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5:7 LANDFILL ACCESS The main access road to the site is Harney Lane, a two-lane rural road which runs east -west. Harney Lane is accessible via State Route 99, a four -lane free- way running north -south between Lodi and Stockton, and Jack Tone Road, a two-lane high speed county road running north and south. The average speed limit on Harney Lane is 45 to 55 mph. The proposed NCSL is expected to have the same traffic volumes and related traffic patterns as the existing Harney Lane Sanitary Landfill. A deceleration lane will be constructed along Harney Lane to assist east -bound traffic into the site. A paved entrance road will be constructed for all-weather access to the site. The entrance facility and gate will be located several hundred feet south of Harney Lane to allow vehicles to line up on site, preventing traffic flow disturbances on Harney Lane. 5.7.1 Traffic Volume The existing Harney Lane facility generates approximately 217 waste loads per day (one waste load represents two trips). Of the 217 loads coming to and from the landfill, approximately 7 percent are waste transfer trucks and refuse collection trucks, such as rear or front loaders, and 93 percent are private vehicles, such as pickup trucks and cars (San Joaquin County Landfills Database, 1988). This traffic volume is expected to continue at the new site. The general origin distribution of existing landfill -related vehicle trips is shown in Figure 5-2. A large portion of the vehicle trips coming to the landfill originate from the Stockton area. A majority of these trips are made by small pickup trucks and independent contractors. A large portion of the waste at the Harney Lane Sani- tary Landfill comes from the Lodi area (61 percent by volume). The Lodi waste, however, is delivered in large waste transfer trucks that account for only 4.6 percent of the total trips per day to the Harney Lane Sanitary Landfill. The existing average daily traffic volume along Harney Lane west of State Route 99 is 3,792 vehicle trips. Traveling east along Harney Lane from State Route 99, traffic volumes decrease. Average daily landfill -related traffic is 9390218A.00W 49 Rev. 0 July 20, 1989