Report on the 120 Bypass (Part 4 of 5)

Today we are going to look at Scenario Four which is a 4 lane 6 Lane Arterial By-pass

NOTE: Please read part one for an explanation of the terms I am using in this post.

Scenario 4: 6 Lane Arterial By-pass

One caveat on these scenarios, is that they have been adjusted to take in the planned road improvements over the next 22 years, so for example Peterson's eventual widening to 4 lanes is taken into account. So using the same bullet points and spots we looked at in the earlier posts we see the following I am going to bold my observations on the changes.

• Look at the number for 120 at 83, 17,700 in 2008 but in 2030 the number is 19,100 indicating that the stretch of road is as full as it can be right now. However we have added a 6 lane bypass and traffic is 61,400!
  
• Interstate 94 has 113,000 ADT in 2008. The new number is 162,1300 in 2030. Very little change between the scenario 1, 2, 3 here! Huge number increase however from 2008.
  
• Peterson Road has 9,400 ADT between 60 and Alleghany in 2008. With the widening the road is heavily congested at 17,400 ADT in 2030. This is reduction in what we can expect.
  
• 60 has 14,200 just past Fremont Center in 2008. The traffic flow along 60 is now seriously reduced down to 9,600!
  
• Fairfield has 10,500 at Gilmer in 2008. The number now is 9,600 in 2030. We now see that the concept of a large bypass across the county does make sense because we see a drop in traffic on the subsidiary routes
  
• Washington has 15,800 at 83 in 2008. The number in scenario 1 is 14,900 in 2030. In scenario 2 its now 17,100, still very serious congestion. In scenario 3 the traffic is 16,100, and now its 14,900 in scenario 5.
  

I am stunned by the volume of cars that would travel on the 120 bypass in this scenario, if you delve deeper you see a reduction across Lake County of the ADT numbers as you see most commuters find the 120 bypass to their liking!