Jackson Township Planning Board
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Full definitions of levels of service for unsignalized intersections and 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 Highway Capacity Software (HCS 2025).
Findings were that exiting movements from the Shul parking lot to Pitney Lane will do so at level of service “A” during both the AM and PM peak street hours for the 2035 design year. Therefore, the site access to Pitney Lane will operate well within acceptable traffic engineering parameters
At the Pitney Lane intersection with South Cooks Bridge Road, vehicles entering South Cooks Bridge Road from Pitney Lane experience delays during peak hours. Existing and no-build levels of service for Pitney Lane traffic entering South Cooks Bridge Road operate at level of service “F” conditions. The additional traffic generated by the Shul expansion will not have a significant impact on the intersection and will add approximately 5 additional approach movements during morning and afternoon peak hours, one 1 vehicle every 12 minutes.
The Site Plan, prepared by Civil Core Consulting (CCC), shows a single point of access to Pitney Lane and a 32-space parking lot. The expanded parking lot will better serve worshippers at the Shul by allowing 32 vehicles to be parked on site without utilization of permitted on-street parking along Pitney Lane.
It is concluded, based on MRA's analysis that the proposed Shul expansion at 45 Pitney Lane will not have a significant impact on traffic conditions in the area. The Shul expansion will generate approximately 10 inbound and 10 outbound vehicle trips during morning and afternoon peak hours and will have a minimal impact on the intersection of Pitney Lane/South Cooks Bridge Road. Exiting traffic to Pitney Lane from the site driveway will do so at level of service "A" during both the morning and afternoon peak hours for the 2035 design year.
The Site Plan itself has been properly designed with 9-foot wide by 18-foot-deep parking spaces and 24-foot aisles for circulation purposes.