Draft Environmental Impact Report - East Bay Municipal Utility District

Estates Reservoir Replacement Draft Environmental Impact ReportTraffic and CirculationEstates Drive is a two-lane north-south residential street that carries traffic betweenMoraga Avenue and Park Boulevard. Although the roadway provides for two-way travel,some portions of the roadway do not provide standard width travel lanes. The roadway is30 feet wide south of Moraga Avenue, narrows to about 18 feet south of McAndrewDrive, and widens to 24 feet next to the Estates Reservoir entrance. Where the roadwaynarrows to less than 20 feet, it is difficult to provide for two way travel. On-streetparking exists on most sections of Estates Drive near the Project site.Park Boulevard is a four-lane east-west road that carries traffic between SR 13 and I-580.There are two schools along Park Boulevard between Estates Drive and SR 13 (CorpusChristi at 1 Estates Drive, and Zion Lutheran at 5201 Park Boulevard), with residentialuses to the west of Estates Drive. No on-street parking is provided on Park Boulevardbetween Estates Drive and SR 13.La Salle Avenue is a two-lane east-west residential street that connects the east and westsides of SR 13. On-street parking is prohibited on the north side of La Salle Avenuebetween SR 13 and Estates Avenue between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.Traffic VolumesAutomatic machine traffic counts were conducted over a 48-hour period on clear dayswith area schools in normal session on residential streets near the Estates Reservoir. Theaverage daily traffic volumes on these roadways are summarized below in Table 3.6-3and on Figure 3.6-2. Estates Drive, Dawes Street, Bullard Street and Trafalgar Placeexperience traffic volumes well below the daily capacity of 3,000 vehicles per day. Theshort segment of La Salle Avenue, between of Estates Drive and Moraga Boulevardcarries over 4,000 vehicles per day. However, traffic dissipates past the La Salle Avenue/Liggett Drive intersection, as vehicles filter through the neighborhood.Table 3.6-3Existing Daily Traffic VolumesAverageLocationDaily Traffic 1AMRoadwayPeak Hour 2A. Estates Drive South of Moraga Avenue 1,410 122 131B. Estates Drive North of Bullard Drive 430 36 47C. Estates Drive North of La Salle Avenue 630 55 66D. Estates Drive South of Dawes Street 1,120 139 90E. Estates Drive North of Hampton Road 1,150 144 85F. Dawes Street South of Estates Drive 220 33 19G. Bullard Drive South of Estates Drive 220 25 33H. La Salle Avenue West of Trafalgar Place 4,390 394 393I. Trafalgar Place South of La Salle Avenue 780 90 84Source: Fehr & Peers 2009, based on counts taken by Auto-Census.Notes: 1 Average of daily two-way traffic.2 Maximum hourly volume between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.3 Maximum hourly volume between the hours of 4 a.m. and 6 p.m.PMPeak Hour 3sb09_001.doc 3-6.4 7/22/2009