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KLE1NF-HL0ER Right People.Fight Solutions. Most collection vehicle traffic uses Filbert Street with some secondary traffic observed along E Street. Of the truck collection traffic along Filbert Street most approach and depart via SR 4. The transfer trucks used to off-haul processed materials and landfill material arrive and depart via SR 4. Potential for increased queuing on the northbound Filbert Street to westbound Weber Avenue movement was also considered by KD Anderson. An existing turn pocket of 100 feet is presently striped at this location. Anticipated truck traffic distribution would be approximately one truck per three minutes, which is not expected to result in development of more than occasional and short (e.g. two trucks) queues at this location. For the most common truck lengths, the existing turn pocket could accommodate two- truck queues. In the event that frequent queues of longer (e.g. 65-foot) trucks occur, the turn pocket could be extended to a length of at least 130 feet by restriping existing pavement. As a result, the project's effect on queuing at this location is not expected to be significant. The trafficp atterns into and out of the site will change with the expansion of the site. The easterly driveway will be eliminated, the westerly driveway will be closed to all but service vehicles, and a new entrance will be constructed at the west side of the expanded site. Based on estimated hourly trip distribution provided by Pacific Waste Consulting Group (PWCG) (Appendix E), peak import truck traffic will occur between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m., and the peak hour for export truck traffic will occur between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. The maximum number of trucks projected in any hour is 40 trucks and occurs twice, between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. and between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. During those two hours one truck would arrive and depart on average once every 90 seconds (40 trucks per hour). KD Anderson considered the storage and handling space available within the project site to accommodate anticipated truck loading. The analysis notes that there are adequate truck minutes available on the site for collection trucks and debris box trucks to unload or queue. There are inadequate truck minutes available for import transfer trucks during the 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. hour; however, if the truck-minutes are summed for both import and export transfer trucks there is a surplus of truck minutes available for queuing (480 available truck-minutes vs. 261 truck-minutes required). While not required as mitigation, KD Anderson recommended that transfer trucks be metered to decrease the projected truck traffic during peak periods and allow more transfer trucks to travel through the surrounding area during non-peak times of the day. The KD Anderson evaluation did not identify any potentially significant traffic effects. As a result, the project would have a less than significant effect on traffic, and no mitigation is required. ESRTS accommodates a variety of truck types, including two- and three-axle trucks as well as semi- combo trucks up to 65 feet in length; these larger trucks are known as Cal-Legal trucks. The project would not typically involve any longer trucks, known as 121339/STO11 R226 3-60 October 14, 2011 Copyright 2011 Kleinfelder