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Kevin P. McDonough (1953-1994) John H. Rea, P.E. Jay S. Troutman, Jr., P.E. Scott T. Kennel

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Traffic and Transportation Consulting

January 14, 2025

Jackson Township Planning Board 95 West Veterans Highway Jackson, New Jersey 08527

Re: Atlantic Construction Site Lots 7-12 in Block 22401 Jackson Township, Ocean County MRA File No. 21-155

Dear Board Members:

McDonough & Rea Associates (MRA) has been asked to provide the Planning Board with a Traffic Impact Analysis for plans prepared by YP Engineering (YPE) for development of a construction yard and office space on the noted property. The property is located on the west side of Whitesville Road (CR 527) north of Faraday Avenue as shown on Figure 1, a Site Location Map, in the Appendix. Plans prepared by YPE show separate driveways proposed for the construction yard and the office space, thereby separating construction yard traffic from office traffic.

SCOPE OF STUDY

In order to prepare a thorough Traffic Impact Analysis for this project, MRA conducted the following tasks:

1. Made field visits to the site to establish existing roadway and traffic conditions in the area.
2. Conducted peak hour traffic counts at the intersection of Whitesville Road/White Road during the critical morning and afternoon peak hours.
3. Prepared estimates of traffic to be generated by the construction yard and office building based upon Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) data and communication with the Applicant with respect to operations at the construction yard.
4. Prepared estimates of future traffic volume demand for a design year of 2035, in accordance with Ocean County Planning Board protocol.

Please reply to:

1431 Lakewood Road, Suite C, Manasquan, NJ 08736 • (732) 528-7076 • Fax (732) 528-6673 105 Elm Street, Lower Level, Westfield, NJ 07090 • (908) 789-7180 • Fax (908) 789-7181

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5. Conducted level of service capacity analyses for the site driveways to Whitesville Road for the 2031 design year.
6. Reviewed the Site Plan with respect to availability and accessibility of the parking supply and conformance to proper traffic engineering principles.

The following report sets forth the database accumulated and the conclusions reached with respect to the Atlantic Construction site.

EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRAFFIC VOLUMES

Whitesville Road is a Ocean County roadway (CR 527) generally running in a north/south direction in the vicinity of this site. It provides for 1 travel lane in each direction along with shoulders on both sides of the road.

Traffic volume data was collected by conducting manual turning movement counts at the intersection of Whitesville Road/White Road in November 2023. The traffic counts were conducted from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM with the peak hours recorded from 8:45 AM to 9:45 AM and 4:15 PM to 5:15 PM. Table I illustrates base AM peak street hour and PM peak street hour traffic volumes passing the subject property.

TABLEI

2023 EXISTING BASE TRAFFIC VOLUMES

TRIP GENERATION/DISTRIBUTION

Estimates of traffic to be generated by the construction yard and the 15,000 SF of office space were made after consulting with the Applicant with respect to the anticipated operation of the construction yard and by reviewing data published by the ITE in the 11^{th} Edition of the Trip Generation Manual.

With respect to the operation of the construction yard, the Applicant has provided the following information:

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On a typical day, approximately 15 employees arrive at the site between 7:00 AM and 7:30 AM and return at 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM.

Some employees arrive at the site to pick up a company vehicle and then go to a job site and some take company vehicles home and go directly to the job site.

➢ Approximately 2 pieces of construction equipment are moved onto and off the site daily.

Based on the foregoing, MRA assumed a worst-case scenario; one in which 15 employees arrive at the site and 15 employees depart from the site during both the AM peak street hour and PM peak street hour, even though some of the employees may take a construction vehicle home and may not enter or exit the site during these time frames.

With respect to the 15,000 SF of office space, the 11th Edition of the ITE Trip Generation Manual was utilized for trip generation purpose. Table II illustrates the anticipated traffic generation for the office space and construction yard based upon these parameters.

TABLE II

TRIP GENERATION

Site generated traffic was distributed north and south along Whitesville Road 50 percent to and from the north and 50 percent to and from the south based on the relatively equal traffic volumes traveling along the corridor during peak hours.

ANALYSIS OF FUTURE TRAFFIC

A design year of 2035 was assumed in accordance with Ocean County Planning Board protocol. Design year 2035 traffic volumes were prepared after consulting the New Jersey Department of Transportation's (NJDOT) background traffic growth rate data for the area. Existing base 2023 traffic volumes were expanded by 2.0 percent per year for 3 years and then 0.5 percent per year for 9 years to establish 2035 no-build traffic volumes. Site generated and distributed traffic was then surcharged onto no-build volumes and are shown on Table III.

Jackson Township Planning Board

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TABLE III DESIGN YEAR 2035 BUILD TRAFFIC VOLUMES WHITESVILLE ROAD AND SITE ACCESS

Traffic engineers calculate levels of service of unsignalized intersections which relate to the quality of traffic flow. Level of service is a measure of average control delay. Average control delay is the time lost due to deceleration and the amount of time from when a vehicle is stopped for a traffic control device (or at the end of the queue) to when the vehicle departs the intersection. Delay is a relative quantity of driver discomfort, frustration, fuel consumption, and loss in travel time.

Levels of service range from "A" to "F" with "A" being the highest or best attainable level of service. Level of service "E" with average control delays of not more than 50 seconds per vehicle at an unsignalized intersection indicates near to or at capacity conditions and is generally considered the limit of acceptable level of service and delay.

Full definitions of levels of service for unsignalized intersections as well as level of service summaries are included in the Appendix. The intersections studied by this report were analyzed according to the procedures set forth in the Highway Capacity Manual 2022, using the McTrans Highway Capacity Software (HCS 2024).

As previously indicated, separate driveways will be provided for the construction yard and the office space. The following represents our analysis:

Site Access to Whitesville Road

At the site access to Whitesville Road, findings were that exiting traffic to Whitesville Road will do so at level of service “D” during the AM peak street hour and level of service “D” during the PM peak street hour. The northbound left turn ingress movement is projected to operate at level of service “B” or better for the peak hours analyzed. Therefore, the driveway will operate within acceptable traffic engineering parameters.

Jackson Township Planning Board

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SITE PLAN AND PARKING

A single driveway is provided for the construction yard and the office building. With respect to the construction yard, areas are provided on site for equipment parking, construction vehicle parking and storage of materials. A 30-foot-wide asphalt driveway serves as access to both buildings and to the gravel storage areas for vehicles, equipment and materials.

With respect to the office space, 116 parking spaces are provided with 4 EV parking spaces and full access is provided around the building. The parking meets and exceeds Jackson Township ordinance requirements.

CONCLUSIONS

It is concluded, based on the analysis set forth in this report, that plans to construct a driveway to a construction yard and to construct a 15,000 SF office building on the noted property can be approved and operate compatibility with future traffic conditions. Exiting traffic from the 2 uses to Whitesville Road will do so at acceptable levels of service for the 2035 design year.

The Site Plan, prepared by YPE, shows adequate areas for parking and storage of vehicles, equipment and materials for the construction yard and adequate parking for the office building.

A representative from MRA will be in attendance at an upcoming Jackson Township Planning Board meeting to provide expert testimony and answer any questions Board members, Board experts or the public may have. Very truly yours,

Very truly yours,

John H. Rea, PE

principal

Enclosures

cc: Shlomo Horowitz Yosef Portnoy, PE Esther Bakst

Scott T. Kennel Sr. Associate

Date last inventoried: November 2012

SRI = 00000527

Page Created: June, 2020

ROUTE 527 (South to North)

Mile Posts:8.000-11.000

Whitesville Road (CR 527) White Road Whitesville Road (CR 527)

Southbound Westbound Northbound

Start Time Left Thru App. Total Left Right App. Total Thru Right App. Total Int. Total

Peak Hour From 07:00 AM to 09:30 AM - Peak 1 of 1

Intersection Volume 08:45 AM 43 571 614 182 29 211 582 129 711

Percent 7.0 93.0 86.3 13.7 81.9 18.1

09:00 Volume Peak Factor 15 173 188 60 6 66 145 45 190 444

High Int. Volume Peak Factor 09:00 AM 15 173 09:00 AM 60 6 66 145 45 190

WHITESVILLE BUSINESS PARK WHITESVILLE ROAD & WHITE ROAD JACKSON TOWNSHIP, OCEAN COUNTY MRA JOB 21-123 WEDNESDAY AM COUNT

Groups Printed-CARS - TRUCKS - SCHOOL BUS

McDonough & Rea Associates 1431 Lakewood Road Suite C Manasquan NJ 08736 (732) 528-7076

File Name : 21123 whitesville & white am1

Page No :1

Start Date : 11/1/2023

Site Code : 00023272

Start Time Whitesville Road (CR 527) White Road Whitesville Road (CR 527) Int. Total

Southbound Westbound Northbound

Left Thru App. Total Left Right App. Total Thru Right App. Total

Peak Hour From 03:30 PM to 05:45 PM - Peak 1 of 1

Intersection 04:15 PM

Volume 16 603 619 88 40 128 522 64 586 1333

Percent 2.6 97.4 157 68.8 31.3 29 89.1 10.9

05:00 Volume 2 155 157 18 11 149 12 161 347

Peak Factor 0.960

High Int. 04:45 PM 04:15 PM 05:00 PM

Volume 8 165 173 31 14 45 149 12 161

Peak Factor 0.895 0.711 0.910

WHITESVILLE BUSINESS PARK WHITESVILLE ROAD & WHITE ROAD JACKSON TOWNSHIP, OCEAN COUNTY MRA JOB 21-123 WEDNESDAY PM COUNT

Whitesville Road (CR 527) White Road Whitesville Road (CR 527)

Southbound Westbound Northbound

Start Time Left Thru App. Total Left Right App. Total Thru Right App. Total Int. Total

03:30 PM 12 102 114 12 7 19 108 27 135 268

03:45 PM 11 114 125 43 3 46 95 22 117 288

Total 23 216 239 55 10 65 203 49 252 556

04:00 PM 5 128 133 30 5 35 123 23 146 314

04:15 PM 2 118 120 31 14 45 131 25 156 321

04:30 PM 4 165 169 12 7 19 126 13 139 327

04:45 PM 8 165 173 27 8 35 116 14 130 338

Total 19 576 595 100 34 134 496 75 571 1300

05:00 PM 2 155 157 18 11 29 149 12 161 347

05:15 PM 1 127 128 9 2 11 114 10 124 263

05:30 PM 8 128 136 10 8 18 109 4 113 267

05:45 PM 10 124 134 15 8 23 118 11 129 286

Total 21 534 555 52 29 81 490 37 527 1163

Grand Total 63 1326 1389 207 73 280 1189 161 1350 3019

Apprch % 4.5 95.5 73.9 26.1 88.1 11.9

Total % 2.1 43.9 46.0 6.9 2.4 9.3 39.4 5.3 44.7

Groups Printed-CARS - TRUCKS - SCHOOL BUS

McDonough & Rea Associates 1431 Lakewood Road Suite C Manasquan NJ 08736 (732) 528-7076

File Name : 21123 whitesville & white pm1

Page No :1

Start Date : 11/1/2023

Site Code : 00021123

LEVEL OF SERVICE CRITERIA FOR TWO-WAY STOP-CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS1

1 Transportation Research Board, Highway Capacity Manual 2022, National Research Council, Washington, DC, 2022.

HCS Two-Way Stop-Control Report
General Information							Site Information
Analyst	STK						Intersection				CR 527 & SITE ACCESS
Agency/SOS	MBA						Junction				Size
Date Performed	1/13/25						East/West Street				SITE ACCESS
Analysis Year	2005						North/South Street				Size
Time Analyzed	AM						Peak Hour Factor				0.95
Interpreted Orientation	North/South						Analysis Time Period (h)				0.95
Project Description	21-155AFB-1 BUILD
Lanes
Vehicle Volumes and Adjustments
Approach	Eastbound				Westbound			Northbound			Southbound
Moveries	U				U			U			U				R
Priority		10	11	12		7	8	9	1U	1	2	3	4U	4	5
Number of Lanes		0				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Configuration			LR						LT						TR
Volume (veh/D)		9		9					1B	7B				830	19
Percent Heavy Vehicles (%)		3		3					3
Proportion Time Blocked
Percent Grade (%)		0
Right turn Channelized
Median Type | Storage		Undivided
Critical and Follow-up Headways
Base Critical Headway (sec)	7.1		6.2						4.1
Critical Headway (sec)	16.4		6.3						2.1
Base Follow-Up Headway (sec)	3.5		3.3						2.2
Follow-Up Headway (sec)	3.53		3.33						2.2
Delay, Queue Length, and Level of Service
Flow Rate, v (veh/h)			19						19
Capacity (veh/h)			12						1.55
v/c Ratio			0.13						0.03
95% Queue Length, Qs (veh/h)			0.4						0.1
95% Queue Length, Q95 (ft)			10.2						2.6
Control Delay (s/ve)			3.2						9.9	0.2
Level of Service (LOS)			D						A	A
Approach Delay (s/ve)
Approach LOS		D						0.7
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HCS Two-Way Stop-Control Report
General Information							Site Information
Analyst	STK					Intersection				CR 527 & SITE ACCESS
Agency/G&I	MRA					Intersection
Date Performed	1/13/25					East/West Street				SITE ACCESS
Analysis Year	2035					North/South Street				CR 527
Time Analyzed	PM					Peak Hour Factor				0.95
Intersection Orientation	North South					Analysis Time Period (hrs)				0.25
Project Description	21-155PFB-1 BUILD
Lanes
Vehicle Volumes and Adjustments
Approach	Eastbound				Westbound			Northbound			Southbound
Movement	U	L	T	R	U	L	T	R	U	L	T	R	U	L	T
Priority		10	11	12		7	8	9	1U	1	2	3	4U	4	5
Number of Lanes		0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Configuration			LR							LT
Volume (veh/h)		18		18						9	648				770
Percent Heavy Vehides (%)		10		10						10
Proportion Time Blocked
Percent Grade (%)		0
Right Turn Channelized
Median Type | Storage		Undivided
Critical and Follow-up Headways
Base Critical Headway (sec)		7.1		6.2						4.1
Critical Headway (sec)		6.50		6.50						4.20
Base Follow-Up Headway (sec)		3.5		3.3						2.2
Follow-Up Headway (sec)		3.59		3.99						2.29
Delay, Queue Length, and Level of Service
Flow Rate, v (veh/h)			38							9
Capacity, z (veh/h)			184							774
v/c Ratio			0.21							0.01
95% Queue Length, Q95 (veh)			0.7							0.0
95% Queue Length, Q95 (ft)			18.9							0.0
Control Delay (s/veh)			29.5							9.7	0.2
Level of Service (LOS)			D							A	A
Approach Delay (s/veh)		29.5								0.3
Approach LOS	D								A

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