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Traffic Impact Report Zoning Petition 95-06 Pg. 2 cars making predominantly left tums out of the site significantly increases the degree of hazard and the likelihood of accidents. Conditions may not be attached to a standard rezoning, but should the property be rezoned staffwill forward the following recommendations to the NCDOT District Office. These recommendations would then be reviewed by the District Engineer before issuing the required driveway permits. 1) Creation of a center turn lane from US601 to a reasonable and safe distance beyond the site until the construction of NC49 improvements. This will allow the safe movement of trucks and autos out of the lane of traffic to make left turns into the site. Widening improvements to NC49 include a four lane divided highway with a grassy center barrier preventing west bound left turn movements into the site. NCDOT will consider installing left turn lanes to cross the median at the terminal trucking entrance. The advantage exists for the parcel immediately across NC49 to align an entrance at that point. Plans do not include parallel roads to carry traffic to the nearest light controlled intersection. These access and turn issues will be left for the property owner to resolve independently. 2) Provision of Acceleration and Deceleration lanes In keeping with a goal to maintain traffic safety it is important to provide acceleration and deceleration lanes for trucks and/or cars to get out of the lane of traffic to make safe turns. NC49 continues to carry an increasing amount of vehicles and will carry even more as a result of the scheduled improvements. 3) Site Access Improvements NCDOT minimum driveway widths for truck terminal facilities is 50'. It is strongly recommended that this be increased to 75' to allow safe truck movements entering and exiting the site.