I m having a problem with a local Florida city regarding a roadway functional classification. This roadway meets the functionasl classification of a collector roadway per the following documents -
However, the Director of Planning and the City Engineer of Un-named City, Florida ruled that the roadway is a local road. It is a matter of potential impact fee credits and politics.
The roadway is a collector roadway for three main reasons -
1) It connects between two arterial roadways and enables through traffic from one arterial to the other.
2) Each of its three segments (it is a 3/4 loop around an arterial-arterial intersection) provides the only access to either a medium hospital with 200,000 sqft of detached associated medical offices or 1000 appartments or 350,000 sqft of retail or equivilent.
3) It is designed as a divided two lane roadway with left turn bays at the median openings and the ability to expand to a 4 lane divided roadway with left run bays when warrented.
My 1st question is how may I convince the City Engineer and City Manager that they are technically incorrect (but politically correct).
Second - are there any accepted numerical functional guidelines, such as maximum 2000 vehicle trips per day for a local roadway. I could derive such numbers from the previous mentioned documents, but I prefer an independant, preferably state or federal, determination.
Thank you,
Clifford H Laubstein
FL PE 58662
However, the Director of Planning and the City Engineer of Un-named City, Florida ruled that the roadway is a local road. It is a matter of potential impact fee credits and politics.
The roadway is a collector roadway for three main reasons -
1) It connects between two arterial roadways and enables through traffic from one arterial to the other.
2) Each of its three segments (it is a 3/4 loop around an arterial-arterial intersection) provides the only access to either a medium hospital with 200,000 sqft of detached associated medical offices or 1000 appartments or 350,000 sqft of retail or equivilent.
3) It is designed as a divided two lane roadway with left turn bays at the median openings and the ability to expand to a 4 lane divided roadway with left run bays when warrented.
My 1st question is how may I convince the City Engineer and City Manager that they are technically incorrect (but politically correct).
Second - are there any accepted numerical functional guidelines, such as maximum 2000 vehicle trips per day for a local roadway. I could derive such numbers from the previous mentioned documents, but I prefer an independant, preferably state or federal, determination.
Thank you,
Clifford H Laubstein
FL PE 58662