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Treffic Impect A.�alysie, of the Prapcsed Community Transit , ' Opereting Base Conciusion Thr_ purpose of this technical memo is zo evaluate the impact on tt�e nearby street system of tha projected t=affic generated by the Opereting Base. Fzgure 1 depicts the site locatian and the Arterisl Street Plan. Airport Road is pro,jected to have sufficient capecity in 19'JO when t:�e bese is fully operational. Estimates of trriffic demand g�nerated by the transit ba=e to be located east of Airport �ond bPtwe�:i the cross streets of 100th St. S.W. and Casino Roed kere prepared. '1'hese volumes as part of the projectrd traffic for 1990 were compared to the capacity of the street system. Based on this analysis it was co�cluded thet in the vicinity of the site, there will be no serious traffic impact by the project. The intersection of Ai.rport Road and S.R. 99 is currently expeziencing heavy peak hour congestion and the S.P.. 526 on-ramps will .be congested. The pro,jected site traffic will increase the traffic voiume at these intersec- tions by 3%, which is not significant. ?'he proposed intersection improva- ments will eliminate these problem areas. Existing Traffic Gonditions 1'raffic counts on Airport Road and Casino Road were furnished b� the City of Everett staff. P.M. peakhour traffic counts including turning move- ments and classification counts for Oc.tober 1982 were made available by :he Snohomish County Traffic Department for the intersection of Airport Roed and 100th St. S.W. Airport Road is composed of 4 thru lanes plus a left turn lanE. The volume is below the available street capecity. 1'he Subregional T:ansportation Study titled, "1990 Transportation Plan", June 1981 analyzed the axisting traffic conditions in the area. The report indicates the intersection of Airport Road and S.R. 99 has severe P.M. peakhour congestion. The intersection of Casino Road and the S.R. 526 interchange c.ith S.R. 99 are experiencing heavy peak hour congestion. Traffic projectir.ns were made in the rNport for 1990 for the arteriel system. A 199C capacity analysis indi�ates the above intersection would be deficient unless improvements are made. The report recommends improve- ments to widen the intersections of AirPort Road and S.R. 99 and S.R. 99 and also at Casino Roa�! and S.R. 99. The report also recommends the.t treffic su�veiliance contrcl remp metering and HOV bypass lanes be provided on I-5 at the interchange at 128tn S.W. end on S.R. 526 at the Azrport Road i.nterchange. These impro��ements would eliminate probiems of congestion for the Lransit cperations. The report goes an to report there currently are insufficient funds to construct all of these improvements within .he 1983 to -89 construction timetable nnd additional gas tex funds will be necessary. A bill is currently before the Stnte Legisla+.ure to progressively increase the stete gas tax.