Saticoy & Wells Community Plan & Development ... - City Of Ventura

Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.15 Traffic and Circulation4.15 TRAFFIC AND CIRCULATIONThis section evaluates the impacts of the Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code on thelocal circulation system. The analysis utilizes information from the City of Ventura 2005General Plan FEIR and the Parklands Specific Plan DEIR. Both of those documents areincorporated by reference and available for review at the City of Ventura Department ofCommunity Development.4.15.1 Settinga. Existing Street Network. The Project Area is served by a network of highways, arterialstreets and collector streets, as shown on Figure 4.15-1. The following text provides a briefdiscussion of the major components of the area circulation network.State Route 126. State Route (SR) 126 bisects the Project Area and is a four-lane east-westfreeway that extends from U.S. Highway 101 to Santa Paula. East of Santa Paula the freewaybecomes a conventional highway, extending to Interstate 5 in Santa Clarita (Los Angeles County).SR 126 provides regional access to the Project Area via the SR 126/Wells Road interchange. The SR126/Wells Road Eastbound Ramp intersection is controlled by a traffic signal, and the SR126/Wells Road Westbound Ramps intersection is controlled by a stop-sign on the off rampapproach.Wells Road. Wells Road is a primary arterial that extends south from Foothill Road until itbecomes Los Angeles Avenue at a point south of Telephone Road in the County of Ventura. Southof SR 126 the roadway is also a state facility (SR 118). Wells Road bisects the Project Area into westand east sections and continues both north and south beyond the Project Area boundaries. Theroadway contains five travel lanes and a raised median from SR 126 to Carlos Street. North ofCarlos Street the roadway gradually narrows to two travel lanes and a median two-way left-turnlane. The intersections of Wells Road with Telegraph Road, Citrus Drive, Blackburn Road, DarlingRoad and Telephone Road are signalized. The Wells Road/Carlos Street intersection is controlledby a stop sign on Carlos Street.Telegraph Road. Telegraph Road, which forms the Project Area’s northern boundary, is aneast-west primary arterial that connects the residential and commercial uses in the eastern part ofVentura to downtown. Telegraph Road extends from Main Street through east Ventura to the Cityof Santa Paula. It contains four travel lanes east of Kimball Road, and two travel lanes and amedian two-way left-turn lane between Petit Avenue and Wells Road. The posted speed limitadjacent the Project Area is 45 to 55 mph. The intersections of Telegraph Road with Kimball Road,Petit Avenue and Saticoy Avenue are controlled by traffic signals. The Telegraph Road/NevadaAvenue intersection is controlled by stop signs on Nevada Avenue.Telephone Road. Telephone Road is located south of SR 126, is a four- to six-lane primaryarterial that extends north from Olivas Park Drive to U.S. Highway 101. From there it extendseasterly until it terminates at Wells Road. The intersections of Telephone Road with Kimball Road,Montgomery Avenue, Petit Avenue, and Saticoy Avenue are controlled by traffic signals.4.15-1City of Ventura