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SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENTS Short-term improvements are those that optimize existing facilities without significant capital improvement (Figure 2). These improvements include: • Diverting commercial-side MRF traffic around waiting self-haul traffic during peak traffic periods (Saturdays) as needed. • Directing select self-haul traffic to the active face for direct disposal. Vehicles containing few materials that could be recycled, or whose loads could be quickly deposited, would be selected. These vehicles would be directed to the winter pad area, using a procedure similar to that applied in July 2007 when the MRF was closed for floor repairs. • Increasing the average transaction speed at the scale house by providing automatic bank transfer (ATM) payment options. Presently, only cash payments are allowed, requiring time-consuming handling of cash and making change. San Joaquin County Traffic Engineers recommend traffic control (stop sign, flagger, or equivalent) where traffic exiting the active face may cross traffic traveling from the scale house to the wood waste facility. LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS Long-term improvements could increase the theoretical maximum incoming refuse vehicle capacity of the site to above 1,600 incoming refuse vehicles per day (Figure 3). Long-term improvements include: • Providing additional self-haul bays, such as in a covered building east of the present MRF. Refuse deposited at the new self-haul drop-off building would be transferred to the active face by transfer vehicles as are presently used to carry refuse from the existing self-haul area, or by other appropriate vehicles. • Increasing the number of incoming traffic lanes from one to two. This improvement will involve replacing the existing berm (the purpose of which is to reduce traffic noise into the mitigation area)with a sound wall. Construction of this wall will require close coordination with the Fish and Wildlife Department to ensure that the wetlands west of the berm are not impacted. A second scale house may be needed to serve the additional traffic. Removal of the berm without adding a sound wall is not considered at this time. • Increasing the size of wood waste processing area and capacity. This is the most easily implemented of the three long-term improvement items. • Widening and improving the internal roads to increase the internal traffic handling capacity. Traffic Evaluation 6 North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill June 16,2008 San Joaquin County Public Works Department