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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.B-17 _ Forward Inc. Landfill 2014 Expansion Project Therefore, for the 2014 Expansion Project, this impact would be less than significant and no mitigation measures are required. Table IV.B-6 — Roadway Segment Analysis Austin Road from Arch Road to Project Site Driveway Segment LOS (Speed in mph) Scenarios Description AM PM NB SB NB SB — Existing Two-Lane A(41.1) A(45) A(41.1) A(45) IlExisting Plus Project Arterial A(40.4) A(45) A(41.0) A(45) Impact B.3. Queuing at Landfill Entrance (Same As 2013 EIR Impact B.3): The effect of the proposed project on the on-site entrance facilities (driveway and scales) is discussed below,based in part on a transportation study for a previously proposed project on the site, conducted by an independent transportation consultant retained by the applicant. _ (Republic ITS, 2009). The 2014 update of the transportation study found that the previous analysis of queuing also applies to the 2014 Expansion Project. In the past, queuing of trucks has occurred on Austin Road before the landfill opens in the morning. In response, the gates at the main entrance to the landfill and the composting facility were recently reconfigured. At the time the 2013 EIR was prepared, as well as the time this SEIR was prepared, the main entrance to the landfill had two sets of gates, located approximately 70 feet west of Austin Road and approximately 800 feet west of Austin Road, respectively. The gate at the main landfill entrance nearest Austin Road is opened no earlier than 5:30 a.m. The second set of gates (approximately 800 feet west of Austin Road) is opened at approximately 5:50 a.m. As a result, there is no queuing of trucks on Austin Road at the reconfigured main landfill entrance with these procedures.Z The entrance to the composting facility was redesigned and the gates were moved approximately 150 feet west of Austin Road. These gates open at approximately 7:00 a.m., Monday through Friday. There is currently no queuing on Austin Road at the reconfigured entrance to the composting facility. Neither the previously proposed project nor the 2014 Expansion Project would change the gate configurations or opening procedures at the entrances. As discussed under Impact B.1, the _ landfill driveway operates at a satisfactory level of service, and with the project would continue to operate at a satisfactory level of service. As discussed under Impact B.8, under cumulative conditions, the landfill driveway with the project would continue to operate at a satisfactory _ level of service. For these reasons, the Expansion Project would not affect queuing on Austin Road before the landfill is opened in the morning. This impact would be less than significant and no mitigation would be required. Queuing of trucks waiting to use the scales during operating hours could also occur on the landfill site at the main entrance. According to Forward staff, each truck requires approximately 60 seconds to process at the scales near the truck entrance. One scale is always in operation, and a second scale is opened during busy periods. The scales are approximately 2,340 feet from the entrance to the Forward site. At 50 feet per truck, this equates to available `'Sangeeta Lewis, Lewis Engineering,email to Michael Kent,Michael Kent&Associates, 16 February 2012.