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Traffic counts on SH 133 and SH 187 were also obtained from the <br />• Colorado Department of Highways (CDOH). These counts were made on <br />Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, May 13, ]4 and ]5, 1980. In general, <br />the SH 133 counts by CDOH corroborated the counts made in September. <br />The CDOH counts revealed a raw average weekday figure of 2546. This <br />figure, however, is not adjusted for combination trucks and, hence, is <br />lower than the values obtained in the September count.* <br />Employment <br />Presently, CLdI has 155 workers at the mine and silos and 20 workers <br />~_ in the downtown Paonia office. At 1.3-million TPY, 95 workers would be <br />added to the mine work force. <br />• For analysis presented later in the report, it was assumed that two <br />shifts would be utilized for both the mining and trucking operation. As <br />!_ will be shown, this portrays a more conservative "worst case" condition <br />~- in analyzing traffic impact. If, for example, the mining operation were <br />`- spread over three shifts, the concentration of employee commuting traffic <br />would be less during peak periods than it would be under the assumed two- <br />4 shift condition. It should be noted, however, that the trucking operation <br />• is planned to be no more than a two-shift operation, 7 A. M. to 11 P. M. <br />~-- Truck Hauling and Maintenance <br />During the period of the traffic counts, five Savage Brothers trucks <br />were being utilized to haul coal, working one shift a day. The present <br />• * The figures are comparable because the seasonal adjustment factors for <br />the May counts by CDOH and the September counts are the same. These <br />factors will be discussed later in the report. <br />-10- <br />