Staff, applicant say traffic study supports rezoning; explain rounding and CDOT timing
County staff and the applicant defended the traffic analysis presented for the Needles/Highway 83 rezoning, saying trip estimates are rounded and that CDOT's roadway timing (including a possible 2045 widening) is outside county control.
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Public Works staff and the applicant defended the traffic study during the hearing and explained two technical points that were central to opponents’ concerns: the method of rounding ADT estimates, and that CDOT’s long‑range improvement timelines (cited as potentially 2045) are planning assumptions rather than guaranteed construction dates.
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