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III. Environmental Setting, Impacts,and Mitigations <br /> D. TRANSPORTATION AND CIRCULATION <br /> SETTING <br /> Roadway Network <br /> The entrance to the landfill site is on Austin Road,approximately three and one-half miles north <br /> of French Camp Road, and about two miles south of Mariposa Road. Immediately to the south <br /> of the project site is the Forward,Inc.Landfill,for which a proposal to expand currently is being <br /> processed by San Joaquin County. Other land uses in the project area generally consist of <br /> agricultural uses. The primary study area network,illustrated in Figure II.2,consists of the <br /> following roadways: Mariposa Road, Arch Road,French Camp Road, Austin Road and State <br /> Route 99(SR 99). <br /> Mariposa Road(County Road J7)is a two-lane northwest-southeast roadway,connecting SR 99, <br /> to the west,to Austin Road and County Road J6(Escalon-Bellota Road),to the east. French <br /> Camp Road(County Road J9)is also a two-lane northwest-southeast roadway,connecting <br /> SR 99,to the west,to Austin Road and SR 120,to the east. Austin Road is a two-lane,north- <br /> south local roadway that provides direct access to the project site,connecting Mariposa Road,to <br /> the north,to French Camp Road and SR 120,to the south. <br /> State Route 99 is a six-lane north-south divided highway that provides regional access,running <br /> generally parallel to Interstate 5,running from north of Sacramento to south of Bakersfield. <br /> Average daily traffic is about 44,000 vehicles per day(vpd) (State Department of Transportation, <br /> 1992). <br /> Existing Traffic Characteristics <br /> Traffic Volumes <br /> In order to establish baseline traffic conditions,average weekday daily and a.m.peak-hour traffic <br /> volumes were assembled for key roadways within the study area(see Table III.D.1). Because the <br /> Austin Road Landfill is, and would continue to be open to the haulers,from 6:00 am. to <br /> 3:00 p.m.,analysis of peak-hour traffic characteristics in this EIR excludes the p.m.peak hour <br /> (occurring between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.). <br /> IILD.1 <br />