HomeMy WebLinkAboutMP 139A; Rancho Carrillo Master Plan; Master Plan (MP) (26)MEMORANDUM
DATE: September 8, 1981
TO: Joyce Crosthwaite, Planning Department /\ (jVv^.
FROM: Richard Allen, Jr., Engineering Department \ -
SUBJECT: COMMENTS ON THE REVISED RANCHO CARRILLO TRAFFIC REPORT
DATED AUGUST 21, 1981
General Comment: The proposed realignment of Palomar Airport Road and
Melrose Avenue and the elimination of the commercial designation from pro-
perty at the intersection of the above streets significantly improve the
project from a traffic safety and operational point of view. The street
realignment was first suggested by Engineering in a memo dated March 6,
1980.
The Planning Department should verify the accuracy of the quantities listed
on page 3, Table 2 for the various land uses. The traffic generation of the
project is directly proportional to these quantities and those listed are
much lower than the previous report resulting in 13,200 fewer trips.
The realignment of Palomar Airport Road occuring with the beginning of the
Orange Phase is good unless the Purple Phase precedes it. It should be
kept in mind that a number of projects to the west have already been approved
and that Palomar Airport Road will be widened concurrent with their develop-
ment. It is recommended that Palomar Airport Road be initially constructed
with four lanes at the intersection with Melrose Avenue and taper to two
lanes to the east. When the collector street connects to Palomar Airport
Road, the four lanes should be extended through this intersection.
There is an apparent gap in the text between page 5 and 6.
There is also a gap between page 9 and 11 (page 10 is a Table). Most of the
text on the phasing is missing and, therefore, comments on phasing cannot be
made at this time.
On page 7, Table 4, the first intersection should read "Palomar Airport Road
gild Melrose Avenue".
On page 9, good comments are made regarding the need to revise the inter-
section spacing on El Fuerte and the benefits of realigning Palomar Airport
Road.
On page 12, mitigation measure number 1: The reference to dual left turn
lanes should be deleted. This is not justified by the ICU analysis in
Appendix C.
On page 13, mitigation measure number 7: Consideration should also be given
to improve Palomar Airport Road to four lanes at such time as the City
Engineer determines it is warranted. Additionally, a milestone should be
determined for when full improvements to 6 lanes should be accomplished.
The above comments include those of the Traffic Engineering Consultant who
has also reviewed the report.