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MEMORANDUM
To: Marcia Banach, Director of Planning
Jeffrey Folger, Environmental Planner
From: Jeffrey Doolittle,P.E.,Town Engineer (3�
Date: 3/15/10
RE: App 10-15P Connecticut Studios
have reviewed the Site Plan for Connecticut Studios on Ellington Road and I have the
following comments.
1 The radius of the driveway exiting onto Chapel Road should be increased to at
least 20 feet.
2. The two new driveways should meet Chapel Road and Ellington Road at a clean
saw cut along the existing edge of pavement. There should not be cuts into the
existing roads to construct these driveways unless necessary.
3. 1 suggest installing a round about in the area where the driveway from Ellington
Road splits to the main CT Studio Site and to future developmentlexpansion to
the north and west(Rte 5 and toward I-291). This would provide traffic control at
this intersection(no stop signs needed), eliminate the need for a temporary cul-
de-sac, and provide traffic calming for full build-out conditions. The round about
center could be landscaped and signed as an attractive entrance to CT Studios
4. Why are the two exit lanes in the driveway to Ellington Road only 11 feet wide
instead of 12 feet wide?
5. 1 suggest the curbing be eliminated from most of the south side of the entrance
drive from Ellington Road so stormwater can sheet flow off the pavement into the
drainage swales planned there. This would eliminate curb breaks that would
have to be maintained and kept clean to function properly.
6. What is the proposed cross slope of the driveway to Ellington Road?
7. On Sheet C-7 there is an 18" pipe shown crossing the driveway from Chapel
Road. Show what this pipe connects to on the east side of the driveway. There
should be a Flared End inlet on the west side of the driveway.
8. On Sheet C-7 there is a note about an existing pipe on the west side of the
driveway to Chapel Road. It is not clear where this pipe will end or where the
water from this pipe will go with the proposed driveway in place. This needs to be
clarified.
9. Is OCS-1 large enough as a 6 foot diameter manhole for the pipes in and out of
this structure?
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