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May 21, 2015
To: Bill Poindexter
Blue Cross of Idaho
3000 E. Pine Avenue
Meridian, ID 83642
Subject: MER15-0044/ CZC-15-051/ Blue Cross of Idaho
3000 E Pine Ave
Parking Lot Addition
Jim D. Hansen, President
Sara M. Baker, Vice President
Rebecca W. Arnold, Commissioner
Kent Goldthorpe, Commissioner
Paul Woods, Commissioner
In response to your request for comment, the Ada County Highway District (ACRD) staff has
reviewed the submitted application and site plan for the item referenced above. It has been
determined that ACHD has no site specific conditions of approval for this application.
There is No Impact Fee Due for this application and an ACHD inspection is not required.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (208) 387-6218.
Sincerely,
Dave Rader
Planner I
drader@achdidaho.org
Development Services
Ada County Highway District
CC: Project file,
City of Meridian, via e-mail
CSHQA, via e-mail
Ada County Highway District • 3775 Adams Street • Garden City, ID • 83714 • PH 208-387-6100 • FX 345-7650
Traffic Information
This development is estimated to generate no additional vehicle trips per day; and no additional
vehicle trips per hour in the PM peak hour, based on the Institute of Transportation Engineers Trip
Generation Manual, 9h edition.
Condition of Area Roadways:
Traffic Count is based on Vehicles per our VPH
Roadway
Frontage
Functional
Classification
PM Peak Hour
Traffic Count
PM Peak Hour
Level of Service
E Pine Ave
1287 -feet
Minor Arterial
626
Better than "D"
N Rosario St
1043 -feet
Local
N/A
N/A
**N Eagle Rd
1157 -feet
Principal Arterial
2166
N/A
* Acceptable level of service for a five -lane minor arterial is "D" (1,540 VPH).
** ACHD does not set level of service thresholds for State Highways.
Average Daily Traffic Count (VDT):
Average daily traffic counts are based on ACHUs most current traffic counts
The average daily traffic count for Eagle Road south of Fairview Avenue was
50,695 on 8/5/2010.
The average daily traffic count for Pine Avenue west of Eagle Road was 11,636
on 11/7/2013.
Ada County Highway District • 3775 Adams Street • Garden City, ID • 83714 • PH 208-387-6100 • FX 345-7650 • www.achdidaho.org