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the school as the school lets out for the day. Over 10% of the daily eastbound traffic on this eastbound approach occurs in one 15-minute period in the p.m. peak hour. Once the school traffic passes the queues on Woodman Street are relatively short. Therefore, no mitigation measures would be recommended to accommodate the vehicle traffic on Woodman Street. Being near the school, there are pedestrians that cross Patriot Avenue at this intersection. While the pedestrian crossing volumes are moderate, about 40 crossing Patriot Avenue per day, the proximity to the high school makes this location a desirable place to cross and pedestrian crossing improvements would be beneficial. This location is approximately 680 feet south of the pedestrian crossing at the signal at Patriot Avenue/Main Street. With a sidewalk on the north side of Woodman Street west of Patriot Avenue, a crossing across Patriot Avenue on the north side of this intersection would be the appropriate location. Pedestrian crossing signage and striping would be recommended to communicate to drivers and pedestrians the location of the crossing. In-road pedestrian crossing signs placed on the lane lines would further communicate to drivers on Patriot Avenue that they may need to stop in a location they previously may not have anticipated stopping. Curb landings with ADA compliant ramps are recommended on either side of the crossing with a sidewalk extension on the west side to connect to the existing sidewalk. The two-way left turn lane on Patriot Avenue increases the distance pedestrians would need to cross. Looking at the Patriot Avenue left turning volumes at this intersection, the highest hourly volume is northbound left turns in the a.m. peak hour where there are 73 vehicles turning left. With this level of left turning traffic, the northbound left turn lane provides enough benefit to remain. For southbound Patriot Avenue, the highest hourly left tuming movement only contains eight left turns. That level of left turning traffic does not need an exclusive left turn lane. With a pedestrian crossing on the northern portion of this intersection, the southbound left turn lane could be removed and a median could be placed for a pedestrian refuge. This median could either be concrete or striped. This means the two-way left turn lane would start at Woodman Street and extend south. North of Woodman Street, there could still be exclusive left turn lanes for Butler Street and Main Street but not a two- way left turn lane. Figure 3 shows a sketch of these recommendations. Traffic Study 17 • . CONSULTING Pequot Lakes