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REZONING PETITION 93-02 April 15, 1993 Phil W. Cline, Petitioner Highway 49 will be widened to four lanes from UNC-Charlotte to Morehead Road in Harrisburg. It is highly likely this widening will continue in 1997 from Harrisburg to the Cabarrus/Stanly County line according to the 1993-99 North Carolina Transportation Improvement Program. Accordingly, the community or region can handle the possible increase in traffic as a result of a rezoning to industrial. However, the site itself should incorporate some traffic improvement, discussed in depth below. While the current Cline operation may not change substantially due to the rezoning, the potential for increased activity exists. Many of the 13 uses requested have the potential to be traffic generators. Transportation. A traffic analysis of the property has been completed by staff person Sarah LaBelle and follows: Current operation. Phil Cline Trucking, a dispatch service consisting of 90 trucks and trailers, has no current plan to increase fleet size. Therefore, this rezoning application is not expected to have any immediate additional traffic impact. Phil Cline Trucking is characterized as a dispatch service where trucks are sent to pick-up and carry goods from/to outside points. It is not a "break bulk" point (cargo is not transferred between trucks) nor are there future plans to become such. The vehicles which access the site are tractor-trailer rigs, requiring large areas to maneuver tutus and longer stopping/acceleration distances. Because of the bulk of the tractor- trailer rig, they are often visually difficult to clear. A summary of the truck activity for the month of February, 1993, based on site fueling reports, is as follows: · Average trucks served per day - 12.64 with slightly more served on Monday through Thursday tapering off with Sunday having the least served. · Average trucks served per week - 88.00 with slightly more served during the third week. · Trucks are served on a 24 hour basis with 79% of all served between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Sixty percent of the total were served between the hours noon and 6:00 pm. The largest amount of trucks was served on Mondays and Thursdays (aver 15.5/day) with the least amount on Sundays (aver 10.0/day). This suggests that most of the trucks are on the road for an average of four days, beginning at the start of the week. Most of the trucks were served during the hours when commuters are also sharing the road. The majority of these trucks were served during the second half of the day, including the peak afternoon commute hours, 4:00 to 6:00 pm.