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APPENDIX II /L METROLiNA STUDIOS TRAFFIC IMPACT NC 200 September 9, 1992 The Metrolina Studio is expected to enploy approx~ately 1,000 employees within one year of opening. Projections of up to 3,000 are expected at fur operation when primary and secondary facil!tJes are completed. The impact on the adjacent and surrounding road system will be significant, The trips per employee to the site were estimated as, (i) total trips per employee per weekday, (2) +.-rips at the a.m. peak hours (incoming), and (3) trips at t!-~e p.m. peak hours (outgoing). Estimations were made for 500 - 3,000 employees at intervals of 500 based on the average trip per employee, per day as well as a low and high range. Justification of the fiY..dings are £ummarized in Tzd~le I. There were originally two access points considered to serve the site. The first plan was to consider direct access off SRl132, (b~iami church Rd. ) ~ minor collector road with the site located approx~nately 5 miles from the US601 intersection. This road system has blind curves a:~.d variable grade changes posing a potential safety hazard. SRl132 serves a rural resident/al area where tke development and expansion cf this road would have a p_roportienately higher n~g~live hnpact than that the alternative option. Direct access to the site off NC200 is a better alternative. It is located approxi~gate!y one quarter ~n~e from th~ US~£01 intersection. NC200 is -% two la~]e major collector street better designed to accommodate not only commute traffic but larger service rebec!es as we~. It currently serves a semi-rural residential area beginning at Lancaster, SC and ending at the US601 intersect/o:/. It was primarily built to serve Reed Gold b~-ine. At present, US601 has a !eft turn lane onto NC 200 which is not a light controlled intersect/on. The design capacity of the road is 13,000 vehicles per day (VPD). The average davy (ADT) was est~aated to be 3,300