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• Permit No: M1980244
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 3/7/2000
• Doc Name: TRAFFIC STUDY
• Type & Sequence: AM8
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company Traffic Study
• Currently there are several access points in close proximity to each other at the Carlton
location. Also at this location, mine traffic must cross the highway to move from one part of
the mine to another. The highway realignment will indirectly resolve several issues. The
realigned highway will move mine access to one specific location, and will eliminate the need
for mine operations traffic to cross the highway.
The realigned highway segment is anticipated to be completed and open to the public by
2003. Since this is about the same time the mine employment is expected to peak under
Amendment No. 8, the capacity analysis for the Carlton location was performed under the
existing configuration as well as under the revised configuration of the highway realignment
project for the year 2003.
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As with the Ironclad access, existing access point traffic was used as a starting point.
Additional vehicle trips associated with employment and operational growth were added to
yield total access traffic. Background traffic on the intersecting roads was estimated at 10%
of the projected daily volume, and assigned using the observed directional distribution for
background traffic at each location. The resulting "design hour" traffic for the Carlton access
area for year 2003 conditions is shown in Figure 10.
FIGURE 10 -Year 2003 Intersection Peak Hour Traffic, Carlton Access
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Highway 67
The highway relocation project was assumed to be completed by the year 2003 for purposes
of this study. To estimate future traffic under the changed highway, the directional
distribution of observed trips was utilized as an indicator to re-distribute the traffic under
proposed roadway conditions. Additional employment trips were assigned based on
expected locations of residence and truck trips were added for expanded operations.
Background traffic volume was assumed to be 10% of the daily volume and was assigned
exclusively as through trips on the relocated Highway 67. The "design hour" traffic resulting
from growth in background traffic and mine employmenUoperations under the realigned
highway are illustrated in Figures 11 & 12.

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