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HomeMy WebLinkAboutemail from Henry on Kanis designMinyard, Brian From: Henry, Bill Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 4:30 PM To: Turner, Bob; Lowes, Guy; Haralson, Steve; Bozynski, Tony; Minyard, Brian; Malone, Walter; Carney, Dana; Beck, Steve Cc: Banihatti, Nat Subject: RE: Kanis Road ; 1 have concerns that the proposed new standard for the section of Kanis Road from Cherry Brook to Kirby Road will not be sufficient to handle added traffic based on the continued growth in this area. The traffic volumes on Kanis at Point West are already in excess of the 36' wide collector design service volume of 5,000 vpd. Based on current growth trends in this area, which is 2.4% per year based on historic data, the volumes on this section of Kanis will grow to 10,465 vpd in the next 20 years based on AHTD counts. With added office and commercial development, we can expect this traffic volume growth rate to increase dramatically. CLR Traffic Engineering personnel recounted this location in July of 2003 and the 24 -hr ADT has grown to 8,955 vehicles per day since AHTD counted the location in 2002. This represents a growth rate of 26% in one year due to the continued residential expansion in this area. With this added growth factored in over the last 10 years this growth rate can be expected to be in the range of 6 to 8% growth per year, which will result in traffic volumes being in the range of 12,600 to 15,000 vehicles per day. With these types of volumes on Kanis, you can expect intersections to have significant delay for vehicles trying to access Kanis Road, thus resulting in significant vehicle delays and increased accident rates due to high levels of congestion. Based on the aforementioned information, Traffic Engineering recommends that this section of Kanis Road remain a minor arterial in order to service the number of vehicles projected for Kanis Road. Without this type of planned cross-section, we can expect the same kind of transportation system breakdown that we are experiencing on Shackleford Road between Mara Lynn and Merrill Drive, due to the down grading of this section of arterial to a collector standard. However, Kanis Road will be much worse due to high demand for left turns to the adjacent properties at commercial and retail developments along this section of roadway. The table below are the measured traffic volumes on Kanis Road at Point West Drive. This location is systematically counted by the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department in conjunction with the metropolitan area wide transportation study. 1 804 anis Rd.: east of Point West Dr. LR 11992 5,740 vpd If you have any questions concerning the information depicted above, please give me a call. William L. Henry, P.E. Traffic Engineering Manager City of Little Rock Public Works Traffic Engineering 621 S. Broadway Little Rock, AR 72201 Phone (501) 379-1816 Fax (501) 340-4853 -----Original Message ----- From: Turner, Bob Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 1:09 PM To: Lowes, Guy; Haralson, Steve; Bozynski, Tony; Minyard, Brian; Malone, Walter; Carney, Dana; Beck, Steve; Henry, Bill Subject: FW: Kanis Road This is the position on Kanis Road that the City Manager wants us to adhere to on the design of Kanis Road. I understand that Dickson Flake will be proposing a project within the boundaries of this policy decision. Please advise if you have any questions on this matter. Bob Turner Assistant City Manager City of Little Rock -----Original Message ----- From: Turner, Bob Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 8:30 AM To: Moore, Bruce Subject: Kanis Road In order to confirm and document the decisions made on Kanis Road from Bowman west to Chenal, I am preparing this memo. As you are aware, the currently approved design for Kanis Road in this location is a 4 -lane facility with a median all within a 90 foot right of way. This is the current Master Street Plan standard for this route. At the meeting between you, me and Director Keck on January 27"', 2004, it was decided that we should work towards changing the design. The design that we agreed on was to construct Kanis Road from Bowman to Cherry Brook Drive to a 4 lane pavement, with turn lanes at the intersection of Bowman and Kanis, within a 90 foot right of way. There is to be no median except what would be necessary at the intersection for safety reasons. Between Cherry Brook Drive and Kirby Road the design would be a two lane section, 36 feet wide, within a 60 foot right of way. There would be left turns lanes constructed at intersections making these areas into 3 lane sections. Between Kirby Road and Chenal the design would be a 4 -lane pavement [on median] within an 80 foot right of way. In order to make this change, we will have to go through the process of presenting it to the Planning Commission and the Pulaski County Planning Board and then to the City Board of Directors. This is a process that will require some time. In order to address the most current needs of developers, I suggest that we allow developers to propose these standards when they bring a project forward and that the staff then support the revised design. If this is your understanding of our decision and if you agree, I will inform Mr. Dickson Flake [who has expressed considerable interest in this project] of the status of the project. As the City has no funding identified for this project, it will have to be developed piece -meal as development occurs. I will also inform the Planning Department who has the responsibility for the Master Street Plan of this change in City position on this project. I will also inform the Public Works Department so that they are prepared to address any questions that may come up on the project.