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Pikeview Quarry Environmental Assessment Page 34 Daily traffic count information from the Public Works Traffic Engineering (City of Colorado ;iprings) for the Allegheny Dtive and Centennial Blvd are limited to a few day:; (Table 3.5 ). This is because these roads do not constitute major traffic routes (e.g. highways) in the county and in the city, where constant or more frequent traffic surveys take place. Therefore, these data aze not representative of the traffic on these two roads, but can be used as an indicator of the daily volume of traffic during a weekday. Table 3.5 -Traffic Count on Allegheny Drive and Centennial Blvd, Colorado Springs Site Date Day of Traffic Count Week East Bound & West Bound Allegheny September 28, 1992 Monday 1,199 Dr. East of Split Rock Dr. Allegheny Dr., West of Centennial May 9, 2000 Tuesday 3,750 Blvd East Bound R West Bound Allegheny May 22, 2000 Monday 2,312 Dt., West of Native Cir. West East Bound 8 West Bound Centennial July 28, 1993 Wednesday 10,230 Blvd, North of Vindicator East Bound & West Bound Centennial August 2, 1993 Monday 8,315 Blvd, South of Tyrone East Bound & West Bound Centennial January I, 1995 Wednesday 9,603 Blvd, North of Atherion Source: Public Works Traffic Engineering (City of Colorado Springs) Allegheny Road serves both the Pikeview Quarry and the residential communities in the area, including the Oak Valley Ranch development. This housing development is situated a short distance east of the quarry. The traffic count data show a significant increase in traffic in Allegheny Drive in the past 8 years, most likely due to increasing residential development in the area. The traffic from the quarry then follows through Allegheny to Centennial Road, where residential development is also occurring at increasing rates. Therefore, traffic noise associated with the mining activities will affect an increasing number of residents moving close to the quarry and its access roads. The truck traffic from and to the Pikeview Quarry in the last 5 yeazs (Table 3.6) represents ] 0 to 16% of total traffic on Allegheny Drive 14. In 1992 it represented approximately 34%. Pikeview Quarry traffic represents about 1 % of traffic on Centennial Blvd (1995). In 1993 it represented 3-4%. 14 From traffic count data for 2000 Hydrosphere Resource C°nsultan6. 1002 Walnut Street Suile 200, Boulder, CO 80302 L 1 1 1 1 1 1