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To:Tahir Curry
Associate Planner
St. Lucie County Planning and Development Services
From: Alexander R. Memering, E.I.T.
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
Date: June 7, 2021
Re:Southern Truss
Review of Traffic Impact Analysis
Kimley-Horn has reviewed the traffic impact analysis (dated April 20, 2021) prepared by Engineering Design
& Construction, Inc. related to the above-mentioned project. Please find our review comments below
pertaining to the development’s impacts and study needs for adjacent transportation facilities.
1.Please provide an anticipated buildout year for the development.
2.Please calculate a historical growth rate based upon study area roadway historical AADT volumes.
3.Please include future background (without project) traffic conditions within the roadway analysis
table. The future background (without project) traffic conditions is calculated by applying the
historical growth rate (Comment #2) based upon the anticipated buildout year to existing peak hour
peak directional volumes.
4.Please calculate total peak hour volumes within the roadway analysis table by summing future
background (without project) traffic volumes and project traffic volumes.
5.Please confirm that peak hour project volumes shown within the roadway analysis table reflect
directional project volumes.
6.Kings Highway is currently under construction to widen from a 2-lane facility to a 4-lane facility.
Please include this capacity improvement within the roadway analysis table.
7.Please provide an intersection analysis for the existing full access driveway on Kings Highway.
8.Please provide a turn lane analysis to determine the need of ingress turn lanes at the existing full
access driveway.
9.Please confirm whether northbound traffic volumes along Kings Highway between Angle Road and
the existing project driveway are presented correctly within Exhibit 3.
Thank you for the opportunity to assist St. Lucie County in reviewing this project. Please contact us if you
have any questions or need additional information.