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City of North Battleford Transportation Master Plan Technical Report FINAL December 2017 CA000196 City of North Battleford Transportation Master Plan Technical Report FINAL Project noCA000196 17 12 21 Prepared by : ______________________________ Rosemarie Draskovic, P.Eng., PTOE, PTP Verified by : ______________________________ René Rosvold, P.Eng. 17 12 21 CIMA+ 333 – 3rd Avenue N, 4th Floor Saskatoon SK S7K 2M2 December 2017 CA000196 City of North Battleford Transportation Master Plan –Technical Report FINAL December 2017 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Study Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Study Team ......................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Regional Context ................................................................................................................................................ 3 1.4 Previous Plans and Studies .............................................................................................................................. 5 1.4.1 Land Use Plans ....................................................................................................................................... 5 1.4.2 Transportation Studies ............................................................................................................................. 7 2. Public & Stakeholder Engagement ............................................................... 12 2.1 Stakeholder Meetings ...................................................................................................................................... 12 2.2 Open House #1 ................................................................................................................................................. 12 2.3 Online Survey ................................................................................................................................................... 13 3. Vision, Goals and Objectives ........................................................................ 17 4. Policies ............................................................................................................ 18 4.1 Administration .................................................................................................................................................. 18 4.2 Vehicular Mobility ............................................................................................................................................. 19 4.3 Active Modes .................................................................................................................................................... 20 4.4 Transit ............................................................................................................................................................. 21 5. Growth ............................................................................................................. 22 5.1 Residential ........................................................................................................................................................ 24 5.2 Commercial ....................................................................................................................................................... 25 5.3 Industrial ........................................................................................................................................................... 25 5.4 Other ............................................................................................................................................................. 26 6. Traffic Patterns ............................................................................................... 27 6.1 Existing Conditions .......................................................................................................................................... 27 6.1.1 Traffic Counts ........................................................................................................................................ 27 6.1.2 External Origin-Destination Data ........................................................................................................... 34 6.2 Forecast............................................................................................................................................................. 40 6.2.1 Regional Traffic Volumes ....................................................................................................................... 40 CA000196 6.2.2 Urban Traffic Volumes ........................................................................................................................... 41 6.3 Results ............................................................................................................................................................. 44 6.3.1 Forecasting Tool .................................................................................................................................... 48 i City of North Battleford Transportation Master Plan –Technical Report FINAL December 2017 7. Roadway Network .......................................................................................... 49 7.1 Existing Conditions .......................................................................................................................................... 53 7.1.1 Safety Review ........................................................................................................................................ 53 7.1.2 Capacity Analysis................................................................................................................................... 55 7.2 25,000 Population Forecast Horizon ............................................................................................................... 59 7.2.1 Capacity Analysis................................................................................................................................... 59 7.3 Roadway Cross-Sections ................................................................................................................................ 65 7.3.1 Municipal Standard Review ................................................................................................................... 66 7.3.2 Complete Streets ................................................................................................................................... 71 7.4 Urban Highway Connectors ............................................................................................................................ 75 7.4.1 Provincial Level of Interest Review ........................................................................................................ 77 7.4.2 Guide Signage ....................................................................................................................................... 81 7.5 Improvement Plan ............................................................................................................................................ 83 7.6 Network Recommendations ............................................................................................................................ 98 8. Active Modes Network ................................................................................. 101 8.1 Existing Conditions ........................................................................................................................................ 101 8.2 Network Recommendations .......................................................................................................................... 104 9. Transportation Noise ................................................................................... 106 9.1 Analysis ........................................................................................................................................................... 109 10. Railway Crossings ....................................................................................... 112 10.1 Crossing Treatment Warrants ....................................................................................................................... 114 11. Plan Implementation .................................................................................... 118 12. Conclusions and Recommendations ......................................................... 120 CA000196 ii City of North Battleford Transportation Master Plan –Technical Report FINAL December 2017 List of Tables Table 1: Population Growth Distribution Summary ............................................................................. 22 Table 2: Employment Growth Distribution Summary .......................................................................... 22 Table 3: Traffic Counting Program ...................................................................................................... 28 Table 4: Estimated 24 Hour Weekday Traffic Volumes ...................................................................... 31 Table 5: Distribution of Regional Trips (2015)....................................................................................