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Community Transit — Merrill Creek Facility Renovation — Transportation Analysis 2. Background Conditions heffron transportation iric This section of the report presents the existing and future conditions without the proposed project. The impacts of the proposed project were evaluated against these base conditions. The proposed project and staff re -assignments are planned to be complete by 2025; however, the City of Everett typically requires traffic analyses to evaluate a horizon year that is no earlier than six years from the date of the completed project application.2 Since project applications are expected to be submitted in 2021, year 2027 was selected as the horizon year. The following sections describe the existing roadway network, traffic volumes, traffic operations, and parking. The three existing site access driveway intersections were identified for study during the PM peak hour based on the anticipated project -related changes in traffic expected. 2.1. Roadway Network The following describes roadways in the site vicinity and shown previously on Figure 1. The functional classification for each is based on the City of Everett's Comprehensive Plan- Transportation Element.3 Hardeson Road is a northwest -southeast Secondary (or Minor) Arterial connecting Merrill Creek Parkway on the northwest to the State Route (SR) 526 underpass, where it becomes 5`h Avenue W. Near the project site, it has three lanes (one in each direction with a center, two-way left -turn lane) with bicycle lanes, curbs, and sidewalks on both sides. Its intersections with Merrill Creek Parkway to the north and 75`h Street SW -Sievers Duecy Boulevard to the south are signalized. The posted speed limits adjacent to the site is 35 miles per hour (mph). Shuksan Way is a local street that extends east from Hardeson Road about 1/3-mile where it dead -ends east of Associated Boulevard. It provides access to nearby industrial and warehouse properties located east of the CT site. The roadway has three lanes (one in each direction with a center, two-way left -turn lane) with curbs and sidewalks on both sides. Its approach to Hardeson Road is stop -sign controlled. The City of Everett's adopted 2021 to 2026 Six year Transportation Improvement Program' was reviewed to determine if any proposed transportation improvements could affect any of the site access intersections. No projects are listed that would change the roadway configuration or intersection operations at the site driveways. A future SR 526 / Hardeson Road interchange project is being led by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) but is not expected to affect the roadway adjacent to the site. Based on this review, the existing roadway and intersection channelization and operating conditions were assumed to remain unchanged for the year 2027 analysis. 2.2. Traffic Volumes Existing Hardeson Road Traffic Traffic analyses were performed for the PM peak hour of the adjacent roadway network. To capture the existing traffic conditions, including current trip generation at the CT Merrill Creek facility, new traffic counts were performed at all three site access intersections from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 28, 2020. CT staff indicated that Wednesdays typically have higher numbers of maintenance staff at the MCOB than during other weekdays. Based on the count results, the PM peak hour of the adjacent roadway network occurs from 4:00 to 5:00 P.M. The existing PM peak hour traffic volumes are shown on Figure 4. z City of Everett Municipal Code, § 18.40.070.13. 3 City of Everett, Figure 8: Roadway Network, Updated July 2019. ° City of Lakewood, Final Draft, June 1, 2018. December 9, 2020 1 7