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SECTION II
i II. TH 7 STUDY CORRIDOR ' The corridor which was defined for study included TH 7 bet- ween TH 101 and Chanhassen's western boundary. The northern boundary of the study area is formed by Lake Minnetonka and ' TH 5 forms the southern study boundary. The study boundary is illustrated on Figure 1. ' LAND USE Existing Land Use ' The portion of the TH 7 Corridor which is being studied passes through or along the cities of Minnetonka, Deephaven, Chanhassan, Greenwood, Excelsior, Shorewood, and Tonka Bay ' in western Hennepin and northeastern Carver Counties. (Refer to Figure 1.) Development in these communities con- sists principally of single-family homes. There are also I retail and service business centers at several of the major TH 7 intersections such as TH 101, Vine Hill Road, and TH 41. Additionally, there are large tracts of undeveloped land, mostly south of TH 7. Expected and Planned Development ' Figure 2 indicates the locations and types of new suburban development which is either expected (i .e., currently in the review process as of the first half of 1986) or planned (i .e. , allowed by a municipal land use plan but not yet ' being acted upon) . The number of expected new residential units is also indicated. Figure 3 illustrates potential development in the immediate vicinity of TH 7 at a larger scale over an aerial photograph. As can be seen from Figure 2, nearly all of the new residen- tial development is occurring or will occur south of TH 7 in 11 Chanhassan and eastern Shorewood. A relatively small amount of housing growth is forecast for western Shorewood and western Minnetonka. IIThe principal locations of planned commercial development or redevelopment are the 7-Hi Shopping Center at TH 7 and TH 101, the south side of TH 7 west of Vine Hill Road and west I of Christmas Lake Road, a tract of former railroad land adjacent to downtown Excelsior, and the southwest quadrant of TH 7 and TH 41. 3 Changes in Population, Households, and Employment A forecast of population, households, and employment for each study area city was obtained from the Metropolitan Council . These forecasts are organized by traffic assign- ment zone (TAZ) and form the basis of the computerized regional highway model . Figure 4 illustrates the forecast changes during the 1980 to 2000 period. A major portion of the population and household growth during that period is expected to ocur in TAZs 748, 750 (Shorewood) and 540 (Chanhassan) . TAZs 757 (Excelsior) and 758 (Greenwood) are forecast to lose population. The largest forecast employment growth is in TAZ 540 which includes downtown Chanhassan and the TH 5 corridor. Other locations of employment growth include western Minnetonka (TAZs 778 and 779) and eastern and western Shorewood (TAZs 748 and 750) . The western portion of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, including the study area communities, has been and should continue to increase in population, households, and employment at a relatively fast rate. This is especially true for Chanhassen but less 'So for the Lake Minnetonka cities which were settled earlier and have less developable land remaining. EXISTING ROADWAY SYSTEM ' Functional Classification The functional classification of roadways in the study area ' is illustrated on Figure 5. The funtional classification system establishes a heirarchy of roadways to provide both access and mobility for the area. TH 7 is classified as a major arterial and is intended to serve medium to long distance trips at moderate to high speeds within the urban area. Access criteria for major arterials indicates access should be limited to interstate freeways, other major arterials, minor arterials, high volume collectors and major traffic generators. Minor arterials in the study area include TH 5, Town Line Road, TH 41, CR 19, and TH 101. TH 5 and Town Line Road are parallel routes to TH 7 and relieve some of the traffic demand on TH 7. TH 41, CR 19, and TH 101 are north-south arterials providing access to TH 7. Minor arterials are intended to serve medium to short trips at moderate to low speeds. 4 i gm ow NE en NM — 1 — MI — I — OM r NM — MO OM E \ 1\ (, , . . t R ( :. �. V /I+its .� XI • J F ' / 0 '< I " o I ��� eo® :�" , ,_._._.__.._„ ��•—•ter-• . r`% X J° • ,• \t. I \ -'-1.; c:IlerSpH,:LI'' ;V • . il , O cn ma kP r:xG 1 _ °. i,.P ._._•ter C JJ G ,.• ni Ig $ , s c : Lk,".•:.,,, -----.N\• ! 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Collector roadways in the study area include Smithtown Road, Minnewashta Parkway, Eureka Road, Galpin Boulevard, Carver County Road 17/Hennepin County Road 82, Minnetonka Boulevard, and Vine Hill Road. All the other roadways in the study area are designated as local streets and are intended primarily to provide direct land access. Traffic Volumes Figure 6 shows the 1984 Average Daily Traffic on the study ' area roadway system. The ADT on TH 7 ranges from approxima- tely 9500 vehicles per day (vpd) at the west end of the study area to approximately 32,200 vpd just east of TH 101. TH 101 has an ADT of 15,500 south of TH 7 and 16,400 north of TH 7. The TH 7/TH 101 intersection is the highest volume intersection in the study corridor. Other high volume intersections on TH 7 include Vine Hill Road, CR 19 and ' TH 41. Year 2000 Forecast Traffic volumes have been developed by the traffic forecast section of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) based on 1986 traffic counts, historical traffic volumes, the latest Metropolitan Council computer traffic assignment for the year 2000, and estimates of traffic generation from proposed developments not fully included in the Metropolitan Council ' s year 2000 regional travel model . The 2000 forecast Average Weekday Traffic (AWDT) on TH 7 ranges from approximately 20,000 vpd just west of TH 41 to approximately 48,000 vpd just east of TH 101 and represents up to a forty percent increase on some segments of TH 7 in the study area. These traffic volume forecasts are published in Mn/DOT Transportation Analysis report TA-M345 and will be utilized by Mn/DOT in the design ' of specific projects on TH 7 in the study area. Accidents I/ Figure 7 presents an analysis of 1982 through 1984 accident data for TH 7 between TH 41 and TH 101. The data was ana- lyzed for the major intersections in the corridor and for the segments between the major intersections. Data at the intersections is presented in terms of accidents per million entering vehicles while the data for the segments is pre- sented in accidents per million vehicle miles. Overall the data indicates a very high accident rate along this segment of TH 7. The average accident rate at a typi- cal intersection on a four lane highway is approximately 1.5 accidents per million entering vehicles. Some variation can 11 15 be expected around this average but accident rates in the corridor of two to three times this average are an indica- tion of design problems. I The average accident rate for a suburban/urban expressway is approximately 2.8 to 3.2 accidents per million vehicle miles. Only one of the four segments analyzed had an acci- dent rate below this average. The segment is between Vine Hill Road and Christmas Lake Road and has a relatively small number of access points with relatively low traffic volumes. The other segments which have relatively high accident rates also have a large number of access points with higher volumes. ' The accident data is also broken down by type of accident. The highest percentage of accidents are either right-angle or rear-end accidents, and are the type of accidents typi- cally associated with frequent access on a high speed arterial . 1 11 I I 11 11 I I I 16 , I A - - — M — M - r[ — re am on am N — — r ' — s .— ° k ,.14,_...270:.:.,: • �i� r x _ i • "/y� I i ) .0 s >g W An on. lDm 8m r. l -f� ® 4, t 0 1 Em li -i w r �f ,gip r . ,\ :.....' ma,.,—„i--v'l0'. r ° „":-,,S' m , �s �' Y , n Y — �'�/ r (; s'® a �� , s1 \\ . . .. �� 9 i'py,°l as' , 8 • Ill ® x a -ax°O (nD 7,,,.. :4,...s ow& ' MIN Ewq Z ' .• ; , Q bµ alf (:-1"-Ift . . . ,"» 8 sA on c 11114r1 , cr. •i, qj , :Iivii, i,s„ 1.•••3 > Firli — ' ? 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These issues and problem areas provide the basis for identification of speci- !' fic study segment alternatives. The numbers for each issue or problem area are keyed to Figure 8. II I. Design and operation of Vine Hill Road/Highway 7 Intersection. - Capacity: Currently at Level of Service E (PM Peak IIHour 4:45-5:45) . - Distance between south frontage road and TH 7 is a IIproblem. - What should intersection design be? 1 - If access to south is moved to Old Market Road, where should access to area north of TH 7 be? II 2. Design and functional classification of Vine Hill Road south of TH 7. I - Relationship to proposed Old Market Road. - Current problems are: II o Grades o Setbacks II 3. Access to TH 7 from Old Market Road and functional classification of Old Market Road. II - Relationship to Vine Hill Road. - Adjacent land use. 11 - Grades. 4. Design of Vine Hill Road and Old Market Road (Covington IIRoad) intersection. - Grades. II - Which one should be through street? 5. Access for Minnetonka High School . II - Existing roadway geometrics of Delton Avenue. II - Slip ramps from and to eastbound TH 7 are dangerous. 21 II 11 II6. Access for Stratford Wood Apartments. - If south leg of Vine Hill is closed, what would be replacement access? - Existing roadway geometrics of Delton Avenue. 7. Continuity of north frontage road between TH 101 and Vine Hill Road. - All traffic from this residential area must come back I to Vine Hill Road to go east on TH 7. - Steep grades on existing frontage road. I 8. Access to and from City of Excelsior. - There are too many access points to TH 7 from 11 approximately Christmas Lake Road to CR 19. In addi- tion to full access points at Christmas Lake Road (signalized), CR 19, and Galpin Boulevard, there are numerous other right-in, right-out access points to city streets and private driveways. Need to develop plan to eliminate or consolidate these access points and improve design of those remaining. Also there is no direct access to TH 7 from Mill Street, which is classified by Shorewood and Excelsior as a minor arterial and as such should have access to TH 7. 9. Functional classification and design of Carver County Road 17/Hennepin County Road 82 - Classified as collector by Chanhassen and Hennepin County. - Classified as minor arterial by Shorewood and Excelsior. , - High level design in Chanhassen not consistent with curves, setbacks, access, and condition of road through Shorewood and Excelsior. 10. Design of Galpin Boulevard and access to TH 7. - There is no continuity in the design of Galpin Boulevard through Chanhassen and Shorewood. 11. Access and design of TH 41/TH 7 commercial area. I - Chanhassen has received development plans for this area that show additional access to TH 7. What should be planned relative to this area? 22 1 I I 12. Design of Minnewashta Parkwa /TH 7 intersection. 9 Parkway/TH - Primary problem is skewed angle of intersection. - Chanhassen Fire Department is located in southwest quadrant of the intersection. 13. Number of access points to TH 7. - In addition to the locations listed, there are numerous other access points to TH 7 from city streets and private driveways. How can these be con- Isolidated and/or redesigned? - Between Minnewashta Parkway and TH 41 there are nine 11 access points on the south side of the road and several driveways on the north side. - Between TH 41 and TH 101 there are several slip ramps between TH 7 and the adjacent two-way frontage road and about ten to fifteen feet separation between frontage road and Highway 7. 14. 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