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' Avenue eastbound and westbound movements. The third phase moves the
Rye Street southbound approach. All approaches are vehicular-actuated.
• Route 194 (Sullivan Avenue) at Kennedy Road and Private Drive: This is a
4-way, unsignalized intersection with Sullivan Avenue running east-west,
Kennedy Road as the north leg, and a private drive as the south leg. The
Sullivan Avenue eastbound approach is one lane wide for combination left
turn, through, and right turn movements. The Sullivan Avenue westbound
approach is one lane wide for combination left turn, through, and right turn
movements. The Private Drive northbound approach is two lanes wide with
the left lane for combination left turn and through movements, and the right
lane for right turn movements. The Kennedy Road southbound approach is
one lane wide for combination left turn, through, and right turn movements.
Both the Private Drive northbound and Kennedy Road southbound
approaches are controlled by Stop signs.
• Route 194 (Sullivan Avenue) at West Road; This is a 3-way, unsignalized
' intersection with Sullivan Avenue running east-west and West Road as the
south leg. The Sullivan Avenue eastbound approach is one lane wide with
one combination through/right lane. The Sullivan Avenue westbound
approach is one lane wide for combination left/through movements. The
West Road northbound approach is one lane wide for left turn and right turn
' movements and is controlled by a Stop sign.
• Route 194 (Sullivan Avenue) at Troy Road: This is a 3-way, signalized
intersection with Sullivan Avenue running east-west and Troy Road as the
north leg. The Sullivan Avenue eastbound approach is two lanes wide, with
one left turn lane and one through lane. The Sullivan Avenue westbound
' approach is one lane wide and serves as a combination through and right
turn lane. The Troy Road southbound approach is one lane wide for both left
turns and right turns. The traffic signal provides three vehicular phases. The
' first phase is an eastbound advance to allow Sullivan Avenue left-turning
traffic an opportunity to turn onto Troy Road. The second phase moves all
movements eastbound and westbound on Sullivan Avenue. The third phase
' moves Troy Road southbound approach traffic onto Sullivan Avenue. All
approaches are vehicular-actuated.
' Background Traffic Volumes
For the purposes of establishing background traffic volumes for the subject study
area, it was recommended by the Connecticut Department of Transportation
(ConnDOT) Division of Policy and Planning that we utilize the combined peak
hour traffic volumes that were developed for the Aldi's Distribution Center on Rye
Street, which was certified by the STC in 2007, as a basis, conduct new turning
movement counts at selected intersections within our defined study area to serve
as a basis for comparison, and then develop an estimate of 2010 existing peak