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Page 1V.B-1 Draft Environmental Impact Report Forward Inc. Landfill Expansion B. 'TRANSPORTATION AND CIRCULATION is based on a conducted This evaluation of transportation and circulation independent t ansporta onoconsultantrtation dretained by he for the proposed project conducted by an mdep applicant. (Republic ITS,2009). That study has beenTransportation Consultant}-reviewe The revised eerb-reviewed eer independent traffic consultant(PHA fM analysis is summarized herein. Settin This section describes the traffic-related din this section aflthis study.ng in the l The firr t background of the roject te. Two background conditions are describe condition is existing traffic conditions, which is raffic conditions plus he "setting" for traffic generatedebycond background condition is composed of existing previously approved projects likely to be constrEPAP) condons.cted in the near eBoth cond t onsass mlel full s referred to as Existing Plus Approved Projects operation of the existing Forwardofanfil for d v life of the e The followinig is a des�r ption of perm Description for a full discussion permitted existing conditions. E Existing Roads The project site is located on Austin Road with accuse IV.B 1e other roadways described below. The regional roadway network is indicated on Fig k' Austin Road he main entrance to hown on Figure IV.B-1. This is the landfill is located on Austin Road, as s `€ T two-lane,north-south minor street that extends from Mariposa Road south toward Lathrop. It a I= provides direct access to the project site as shown in Figure 1V.B-1. Although there was no ;. ,. posted speed limit sign allowing fora 55 mph prima facie speed limit, most motorists were f= observed traveling at about 50 mph during field visits by Republic ITS. ` kY State Route 99 roject site, This is a major regional north-south or cities in approximately fornia's Central Valley. The southern terminus which provides access to all mres with Interstate 5 (1-5); ., P of SR 99 is approximately 25 miles south of Bakersfield, where rt merges F the northern terminus is near Red Bluff,where it again merges with 1-5. In the project vicinity, SR 99 is a four-lane divided freeway (two lanes each direction). Access between Route 99 and the project site is provided via an interchange at Arch Road and,to a lesser extent,interchanges at French Camp Road and Mariposa Road. r Mariposa Road k' This is an east-west two-lane collector that runs between downtown Stockton and Escalon. The t.„ facility serves agricultural, industrial, and residential developments. The posted speed limit along the roadway is 50 miles per hour (mph)within the vicinity of he project. Agra e separation at the crossing with the railroad tracks near Austin Road has recently been completed.