2019-040 - Mainplace Mall Transformation

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City of Santa Ana MainPlace Mall Transformation Project Traffic Impact Study 4 EXISTING TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT/AREA CONDITIONS 4.1 Existing Transportation System Regional access to the site is provided by 1-5 and SR-22. 1-5 is located along the southwest side of the project site, and SR-22 is located along the north side of the site. Local access to the project vicinity is provided by the following roadways. Main Street is a north -south roadway that forms the project site's eastern boundary and provides direct access to the site. Along the project frontage, Main Street provides three travel lanes in the southbound direction, and four travel lanes in the northbound direction, with a raised/painted median. The posted speed limit south of MainPlace Drive is 35 miles per hours (mph) and 40 mph to the north in the City of Orange. On -street parking is generally not allowed on either side of the street. Main Street is classified as a Major Arterial on the City of Santa Ana Circulation Element. On the City of Orange Circulation Element, Main Street is classified as a Principal Arterial between La Veta Avenue and the City boundary, and as a Major Arterial north of La Veta Avenue. MainPlace Drive is a road that provides two travel lanes in each direction, and encircles the project site on the north, west, and south sides. Several project site driveways connect to MainPlace Drive. The posted speed limit is 35 mph. Parking is prohibited on both sides of the road. Bedford Road is a north -south roadway that runs parallel to Main Street and connects to MainPlace Drive at an unsignalized intersection at the north edge of the project site. North of the project site, Bedford Road is a two-lane overcrossing over SR-22, and then continues past single-family homes on the west side of the street, and office parking on the east side of the street to its signalized intersection with La Veta Avenue. Bedford provides one travel lane in the southbound direction, and two travel lanes in the northbound direction, with a painted two-way left -turn lane. Parking is allowed on the west side of the road, in front of the single-family homes. At its intersection with La Veta Avenue, the north leg of Bedford Road is signed and configured with a "pork chop" median to prohibit northbound and southbound through traffic across La Veta Avenue. North Broadway is a north -south roadway that runs parallel to Main Street and connects to MainPlace Drive at a signalized intersection at the south edge of the project site. North Broadway provides two travel lanes in each direction, with a raised / painted median. The speed limit is 40 mph, and parking is prohibited on both sides of the road. North Broadway is classified as a Secondary Arterial on the City of Santa Ana Circulation Element. La Veta Avenue is an east -west roadway located approximately 1,000 feet north of the project site in the City of Orange. West of Main Street, La Veta Avenue provides two to three travel lanes in each direction, with a painted median, and a speed limit of 45 mph. East of Main Street, La Veta Avenue has three lanes in both directions, and a speed limit of 35 mph. La Veta Avenue is classified as a Major Arterial on the City of Orange Circulation Element. Town and Country Road is an east -west roadway in the City of Orange that aligns with the northern terminus of MainPlace Drive at Main Street, and that extends approximately one-half mile eastward, ending at Memory Lane. Town and Country Road is a four -lane divided roadway and is classified as a Primary Arterial on the City of Orange Circulation Element. The posted speed limit is 35 mph, and parking is allowed on both sides of the street east of Lawson Way. Kimley>»Horn Page 114