100 Craig Henry Drive, Suite 201 Ottawa, Ontario, K2G 5W3
MEMORANDUM
TO: Nishan Kugan, Pavarani Holdings Inc. DATE: May 6, 2019 FROM: Daniel Riendeau PROJECT #: 19-011 PROJECT: Gas Station and Coffee Shop, 575 King Street East, Gananoque SUBJECT: Traffic Study
1. Introduction
The purpose of this technical memorandum is to review the traffic impact of a proposed gas station and coffee shop to be located at 575 King Street East, Gananoque, Ontario. The site location is shown on Figure 1. A site plan is included in Appendix A.
Project Site
Figure 1: Site Location
Transportation Planners and Value Engineers
Subject: Traffic Study Project: 19-011 Gas Station and Coffee Shop, 575 King Street East, Gananoque Date: May 6, 2019
2. Existing Conditions
The project site is located on King Street East in a light commercial area near Thousand Islands Parkway and Highway 401. Near the project site, King Street East is a 3-lane roadway including a 2-way left turn lane (TWLTL).
King Street East is an arterial roadway located east of Gananoque River. It is the main roadway through the Town of Gananoque and connects the downtown area to Thousand Islands Parkway and Highway 401. Its posted speed limit is 50 km/h.
Between the eastern town limits and Highway 401, it becomes Highway 2. According to MTO’s Provincial Highway Traffic Volumes document, Highway 2 has experienced a 1% growth from 2006 to 2016. East of Highway 401, it becomes Leeds & Grenville Road 2.
Traffic counts were conducted on King Street East near Carmichael Road by the Town of Gananoque from Friday August 7 to Friday August 14, 2015. The hourly volume for an average weekday (Monday to Thursday) is illustrated in Figure 2.
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18:00 22:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 23:00 10:00 Figure 2: Average Weekday Hourly Traffic Volume on King Street East, August 2015
Another traffic count was conducted by BT Engineering on Wednesday April 17, 2019 between 3:00 and 5:30 p.m. at the project site. The traffic volume measured during that period was found to be 1.14 times higher than the traffic volume measured during the same period in August 2015 near Carmichael Road. The peak hour volumes provided by the Town were therefore adjusted to reflect existing (2019) traffic volumes.
The existing traffic volumes near the project site are presented in Table 1.
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Subject: Traffic Study Project: 19-011 Gas Station and Coffee Shop, 575 King Street East, Gananoque Date: May 6, 2019
Table 1: Existing (2019) Traffic Volumes Morning Peak Hour Afternoon Peak Hour Westbound 405 428 Eastbound 377 609
3. 2024 Background Traffic
Future background conditions represent the anticipated traffic volumes resulting from general development growth within the region. It is anticipated that the proposed development will be completed in 2019. Therefore, the year 2024, i.e. 5 years from build-out, has been selected as the planning horizon. An annual growth rate of 1% has been assumed for analysis.
The 2024 background traffic volumes are presented in Table 2.
Table 2: Background (2024) Traffic Volumes Morning Peak Hour Afternoon Peak Hour Westbound 409 432 Eastbound 380 615
4. Trip Generation
The proposed development consists of a gas station with a convenience store and a Starbucks coffee shop. The gas station is equipped with 8 pumps under a canopy. The convenience store and the coffee shop are within a single building with a total floor area of 319 m² (3,432 sq. ft.).
The Institute of Transportation Engineering’s (ITE) Trip Generation Manual is used as a reference to determine the number of trips that will be generated by the development. The “Super Convenience Market/Gas Station” land use (ITE land use 960) has been selected to determine the trip generation rates.
Table 3 presents the number of trips anticipated for the overall development.
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Subject: Traffic Study Project: 19-011 Gas Station and Coffee Shop, 575 King Street East, Gananoque Date: May 6, 2019
Table 3: Trip Generation
Land Use Morning Peak Hour Afternoon Peak Hour Unit Item (ITE Code) Total In Out Total In Out Quantity 3.4 3.4 Super ITE Trip Rate 83.14 69.28 Convenience 1,000 sq. ft. Pass-By 60% 60% Market/Gas gross floor Station area Distribution 100% 50% 50% 100% 50% 50% (960) Net Trips 114 57 57 96 48 48 Pass-By Trips 172 86 86 144 72 72
The proposed development is located in the eastern part of the Town of Gananoque. Part of the net generated trips is expected to come from the town core while the balance is expected to come from Highway 401 or Thousand Islands Parkway. Therefore, it is assumed that 50% of the net generated trips will be to/from the east and the other 50% to/from the west.
As for the pass-by trips, their distribution is anticipated to be consistent with the current traffic distribution (eastbound/westbound), i.e. 48% eastbound / 52% westbound during the morning peak hour and 59% / 41% during the afternoon peak hour.
Figure 3 presents the trip assignments for the proposed development. For the purpose of the analysis, the two proposed driveways are modeled as one.
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Figure 3: Trip Generation, AM (PM) Peak Hour
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Subject: Traffic Study Project: 19-011 Gas Station and Coffee Shop, 575 King Street East, Gananoque Date: May 6, 2019
5. 2024 Total Traffic
The total traffic volumes, reflecting the combined growth in background and site generated traffic, projected for the 2024 planning horizon, are presented in Figure 4.
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Figure 4: 2024 Total Traffic Volumes, AM (PM) Peak Hour
A traffic capacity analysis of the projected traffic volumes with the proposed development was performed using Synchro 9 and is presented in Table 4. For the purpose of the analysis, nearby driveways were not included as they are not expected to significantly impact the capacity analysis. Synchro reports are provided in Appendix B.
Table 4: Intersection Performance, 2024 Total Traffic
Morning Peak Hour Afternoon Peak Hour 95th 95th V/C Delay Level of V/C Delay Level of Intersection Movement1 Queue Queue Ratio (s) Service Ratio (s) Service (m) (m) EBT/R 0.26 0 A 0 0.41 0 A 0 King Street East / WBL/T 0.07 2 A 2 0.06 2 A 1 proposed access (NB stop) NBL 0.17 14 B 4 0.14 15 B 4 NBR 0.12 11 B 3 0.16 14 B 4 1EB = eastbound, WB = westbound, NB = northbound, L = left turn, T = through, R = right turn
The overall impact of the proposed development is minor and there are no issues anticipated at the proposed driveways within the 2024 planning horizon.
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Subject: Traffic Study Project: 19-011 Gas Station and Coffee Shop, 575 King Street East, Gananoque Date: May 6, 2019
6. Conclusion
The project site is located on King Street East in a light commercial area near Thousand Islands Parkway and Highway 401. The posted speed limit is 50 km/h and a 2-way left-turn lane (TWLTL) is provided to facilitate left-turn movements to businesses on each side of the street.
The above analysis determined that no traffic capacity issue is expected to result from the proposed development of a gas station with a coffee shop. The proposed driveways are expected to operate satisfactorily and, as a result, no roadway improvements to accommodate traffic are required.
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Appendix A Site Plan
21 WAM WAM WAM (min) 2 ------1 60 % (max) 12.0 meters 12.0 meters WT RS AA 15.00 m (min) 464.00 m 7.00 meters (min) residential (3.00 meters) residential (3.00 meters) Rear Yard Depth (6.00 meters) 1.20 meters, if abutting site be 1.20 meters, if abutting site be BY-LAW REQUIREMENT TOTAL PARKING SPACES REQUIRED: C-STORE (1 SP. / 20m² OF GFA MIN. 5 SPACES) GAS BAR (3 SP. / SERVICE + 1 EMPLOYEE) REQUIRED = 5 PARKING SPACES RESTAURANT (1 SP. / 10m² OF GFA) REQUIRED = 15 PARKING SPACES PARKING REQUIREMENTS: REQUIRED = 1 PARKING SPACE SP-01 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 m 2 - - - - 7.00 m 7.10 m 7.27 m 8.06 m 9.00 m 6.40 m 25 m 48.80 m 22.96 m 77.11 m 14.26 m 12.17 m 10.98 % 5.30 m 6.00 m 100.00 % 318.85 m 146.42 m 240.5 318.85 m 2902.64 m 2902.64 m 4.00 x 9.00 m 9 (INCL. B/F) PROVIDED AA 1830
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Engineering Inc. Engineering GAMA CANOPY AREA (SQ.M) AREA (% OF TOTAL) AREA (SQ.M) AREA (% OF DEV.) AREA (SQ.M) AREA (% OF DEV.) C-STOR/RESTAURANT C-STOR/RESTAURANT C-STOR/RESTAURANT C-STOR/RESTAURANT C-STOR/RESTAURANT TOTAL (% OF DEV.) C-STOR/RESTAURANT TOTAL (SQ.M) CANOPY CANOPY CANOPY CANOPY CANOPY ISSEUD FOR STARBUCKS REVIEW ISSUED TO TOWN FOR COMMENTS REV'D AS PER CLIENT COMMENTS Tel: 905-264-9295 www.gamaeng-inc.com WM AS SHOWN JUL.10.18 ZONING: PROGRESSIVE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT 8611 Weston Road, Suite 35B - Vaughan, Ontario L4L 9P1 JUL.14.18 SEP.28.18 MAR.21.19 AREA ASPHALT AREA (MOTEL ) (Residential) TOTAL LOT AREA TOTAL DEVELOPMENT SETBACK SETBACK (EAST) SETBACK (WEST) SPACE GROSS FLOOR AREA GARBAGE ENCLOSURE (King Street) PARKING SPACES LOT FRONTAGE LOT DEPTH LOT COVERAGE LANDSCAPED OPEN BARRIER FREE PARKING SPACES LOADING AREA DIMENSIONS PAVARANI HOLDINGS INC. 1096791-2 FRONT YARD REAR YARD SETBACK INTERIOR SIDE YARD INTERIOR SIDE YARD HEIGHT ENTRANCE AND EXIT WIDTHS
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Appendix B Synchro Analysis
19-011 Gas Station and Coffee Shop in Gananoque 1: driveway & King St E HCM Unsignalized Intersection Capacity Analysis 2024 AM
Movement EBT EBR WBL WBT NBL NBR Lane Configurations Traffic Volume (veh/h) 339 70 73 365 73 70 Future Volume (Veh/h) 339 70 73 365 73 70 Sign Control Free Free Stop Grade 0% 0% 0% Peak Hour Factor 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 Hourly flow rate (vph) 368 76 79 397 79 76 Pedestrians Lane Width (m) Walking Speed (m/s) Percent Blockage Right turn flare (veh) Median type TWLTL TWLTL Median storage veh) 2 2 Upstream signal (m) pX, platoon unblocked vC, conflicting volume 444 961 406 vC1, stage 1 conf vol 406 vC2, stage 2 conf vol 555 vCu, unblocked vol 444 961 406 tC, single (s) 4.1 6.4 6.2 tC, 2 stage (s) 5.4 tF (s) 2.2 3.5 3.3 p0 queue free % 93 83 88 cM capacity (veh/h) 1116 467 645 Direction, Lane # EB 1 WB 1 NB 1 NB 2 Volume Total 444 476 79 76 Volume Left 0 79 79 0 Volume Right 76 0 0 76 cSH 1700 1116 467 645 Volume to Capacity 0.26 0.07 0.17 0.12 Queue Length 95th (m) 0.0 1.6 4.2 2.8 Control Delay (s) 0.0 2.1 14.3 11.3 Lane LOS A B B Approach Delay (s) 0.0 2.1 12.8 Approach LOS B Intersection Summary Average Delay 2.8 Intersection Capacity Utilization 62.1% ICU Level of Service B Analysis Period (min) 15
05-01-2019 Synchro 9 Report BTE Page 1 19-011 Gas Station and Coffee Shop in Gananoque 1: driveway & King St E HCM Unsignalized Intersection Capacity Analysis 2024 PM
Movement EBT EBR WBL WBT NBL NBR Lane Configurations Traffic Volume (veh/h) 573 66 53 403 53 66 Future Volume (Veh/h) 573 66 53 403 53 66 Sign Control Free Free Stop Grade 0% 0% 0% Peak Hour Factor 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 Hourly flow rate (vph) 623 72 58 438 58 72 Pedestrians Lane Width (m) Walking Speed (m/s) Percent Blockage Right turn flare (veh) Median type TWLTL TWLTL Median storage veh) 2 2 Upstream signal (m) pX, platoon unblocked vC, conflicting volume 695 1213 659 vC1, stage 1 conf vol 659 vC2, stage 2 conf vol 554 vCu, unblocked vol 695 1213 659 tC, single (s) 4.1 6.4 6.2 tC, 2 stage (s) 5.4 tF (s) 2.2 3.5 3.3 p0 queue free % 94 86 84 cM capacity (veh/h) 901 403 464 Direction, Lane # EB 1 WB 1 NB 1 NB 2 Volume Total 695 496 58 72 Volume Left 0 58 58 0 Volume Right 72 0 0 72 cSH 1700 901 403 464 Volume to Capacity 0.41 0.06 0.14 0.16 Queue Length 95th (m) 0.0 1.4 3.5 3.8 Control Delay (s) 0.0 1.8 15.4 14.2 Lane LOS A C B Approach Delay (s) 0.0 1.8 14.7 Approach LOS B Intersection Summary Average Delay 2.1 Intersection Capacity Utilization 74.9% ICU Level of Service D Analysis Period (min) 15
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