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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01.1 Traffic Impact LetterDecember 8, 2017 Red Barn Guest Ranch CIO tvfr. Lan-y Halonen 26432 El Mar Drive Mission Viejo , CA 92691 MOUNTl\IN CROSS iN6IN~~RIN6, INC. Civil and Environmental Consulting end Design RE: Red Barn Guest Ranch, 345 Mid Valley Lane, Newcastle, CO -Lodging Traffic Dear Mr. Halonen: The purpose of this correspondence is to discuss the possible additional traffic associated with lodging. The project proposes to construct a reception center for an event serving up to 300 people. The project is located in Peach Valley. to the east of Silt and to the west of New Castle, at 345 Mid Val lcy Lane. Trus office has evaluated traffic associated with the reception center in a previous letter dated March 30, 2017 and again in a Level 2 Traffic Study dated August 24, 2017. The anticipated Lraffic tiips were estimated based upon the Trip Generation Manual. Seventh Edition, by the Institute of Transportation Engineers, 2003. However, there is not a traffic generation study for Reception Center. Instead, average daily traffic was estimated from studies on Church (560). This yielded an anticipated 154 trips during the largest event allowed. It could be argued that che lodging component would not increase the peak traffic but instead would decrease the peak. This is because the people primarily using the lodging would already be included in the event capacity but they would anive much earlier and leave long after the planned event when compared to the traffic patterns of a typical guest at an event. Regardless of the above, the estimated trips from the lodging component was estin1ated from U1e Trip Generation Manual, Seventh Edition, by the Institute ofTranspot1ation Engineers. 2003 from studies on Hotel (310) based on rooms. The bridal suite has 2 rooms and the guest house has 4 rooms for a total of 6 rooms: • Hotel (310): Average Vehicle Trip Ends vs. Rooms On a Sunday, Peak Hour of Generator (56% entering, 44% exiting) Average Rate = 0.72 Trips per Room 0. 72 * 6 ---> 4.3 or 5 Trips 826 'h Grand Avenue, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 P: 970.945.5544 F: 970.945.5558 www.mountaincross-eng.com Red Barn Guest Ranch Page 2of2 December, 2017 It is our understanding that the lodging will primarily be offered as an option for those that have scheduled a reception event. In other words , the lodging would only be minimally used for a non- event guest of the Red Barn Guesl Ranch. This adds strength to the opinion that the above trips generated by the lodging use would be included as part of the 154 trips that were calculated for the reception center. Thank you for the opp011unity to provide this letter. Feel free to call if you have any questions. conce111s , or comments . Sincerely, GL se AIC Chris Ha le , PE Mountain Cross Engineering, Inc. Civil and Environmental Consulting and Design 826 % Grand Avenue, Glenwood Springs , CO 81601 P: 970.945.5544 F: 970.945.5558 www.mountaincross-eng.com