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Consultants present downtown traffic study; council asked for targeted policy thresholds
Summary
Johnson Engineering told the City Council that validated March 2025 counts and a 10-year projection show corridors such as US 41 and Goodlette‑Frank face growing congestion; consultants proposed trip‑generation thresholds, directional peak analysis, and turn‑lane warrant criteria for developer traffic impact studies.
Johnson Engineering updated the City Council on a downtown traffic study on Dec. 8, saying March 2025 peak‑season counts validated earlier data and underpin 10‑year projections to 2035. Joshua Hildebrand, a transportation engineer with Johnson Engineering, said the firm applied roughly 1.5% baseline growth for city streets and higher (about 2%) for major corridors, and used that to model roadway and intersection level‑of‑service outcomes.
The presentation laid out five policy recommendations for improving the city's traffic impact study…
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