TC 10-06-98 Meeting AgendaCOUNTY of FREDERICK
Department of Planning and Development
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MEMOj"ND UM
TO: Frederick County Transportation Committee
FROM: Michael T. Ruddy, Planner II —1-& _
SUBJECT: October 1998 Meeting and Agenda
DATE: September 30, 1998
There will be a meeting of the Frederick County Transportation Committee on Tuesday, October 6,
1998 at 7:30 p.m., in the Board Room in the County Administration Building, 107 North Kent Street,
Winchester, Virginia. The Transportation Committee will discuss the following items:
AGENDA
1) Proposed modification of the Comprehensive Policy Plan, Eastern Road Plan map.
2) Response to Committee's concerns expressed at September meeting.
3) Other.
Information pertaining to the Eastern Road Plan modification is enclosed. The responses to
Committee concerns will be presented at the meeting. Please contact our department if you have any
questions regarding this information, or if you are unable to attend this meeting.
107 North Kent Street • Winchester, Virginia 22601-5000
Comprehensive Policy Plan Eastern Road Plan Modifications
Mi. MLark Stuitli of Greenway Engineering has requested a modification to the County's Eastern
Road Plan Map. The proposed modification was considered by the Frederick County Planning
Commission at their September 2, 1998 meeting. The Commission members generally supported the
modifications proposed by the applicant. However, they felt it was appropriate for the Transportation
Committee to review the proposal and present a recommendation before they took final action. Prior to
the Planning Commission review, the Comprehensive Plans and Programs Subcommittee had considered
the request. Staff requests that the Transportation committee considers the following information regarding
the request and forwards a recommendation to the Planning Commission.
Eastern Road Plan.
The Eastern Road Plan, contained in the Transportation Chapter of the Comprehensive Policy Plan,
was created to establish necessary arterial and collector road connections and improvements within
the county's development area. The plan describes existing and proposed roads according to their
functional classification and utilizes the following color scheme to depict these classifications.-
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lassifications:
• Red identifies primary arterial roads such as Route 37 and Front Royal Pike (Route 522).
• Magenta identifies minor arterial roads such as Fairfax Pike (Route 277).
• Blue identifies major collector roads such as Senseny Road, Tasker Road and Warrior Road.
• Green identifies minor arterial roads such as Lakeside Drive, Westmoreland Drive and
Farmington Boulevard.
Proposed modification.
Mr. Smith's proposal modifies the Eastern Road Plan Map between Valley Mill Road (Route 659)
and Millwood Pike (Route 50 East). A map depicting this proposal has been provided which
demonstrates these modifications. This map utilizes the same color scheme that identifies road
classifications on the Eastern Road Plan and has been enumerated to correspond with the following
narrative:
1) The elimination of one of the two new major collector roads between Senseny Road and
Valley Mill Road.
2) An adjustment to Channing Drive which is identified as a major collector road to connect
Senseny Road and Valley Mill Road.
3) The extension of Channing Drive from Senseny Road to Millwood Pike (Route 50) which will
create a "T" intersection with Sulphur Spring Road.
4) The reclassification of a portion of the new major collector road that is proposed to be
eliminated to establish a minor collector road connection from Apple Ridge and Senseny
Heights to Valley Mill Road.
5) The reclassification of Greenwood Road between Senseny Road and Sulphur Spring Road
from an existing major collector road requiring improvements to a minor collector road
requiring improvements.
Comprehensive Plans and Programs Subcommittee Review.
Members of the CPPS expressed concern with reducing the number of major collector roads because
the road network was developed to accommodate the number of residences that could be built in this
area. The CPPS committee felt that it would be appropriate to modify the existing major collector
road system in this area to create two north -to -south segments, and felt that the extension of one of
the two major collector roads to Millwood Pike (thus creating a "T" intersection with Sulphur Spring
Road), was preferable to the improvements depicted on the current plan. Subsequent to the CPPS
recommendation, the VDOT Staunton District Engineering Division provided staff with a comment
concurring with the applicant's proposal. The VDOT comment stated that two new major collector
road systems within the area between Greenwood Road and Route 37 was redundant.
Additional Information.
Staff met with the applicant on September 8, 1998 to discuss the proposed amendments and to review
the information and comments obtained from VDOT, the CPPS and the Planning Commission. Staff
asked the applicant to develop a scenario utilizing one major collector road through this area which
would intersect with Berryville Pike (Route 7), and provide an analysis of this scenario compared to
the initial proposal.
Included with this memorandum is a copy of a letter from Greenway Engineering, dated September
23, 1998, which provides an analysis of the scenario requested by staff, as well as mapping which
depicts the two scenarios. Again, staff requests that the Transportation Committee consider this
information and provide a recommendation to the Planning Commission. The Board of Supervisors
will then review the request for final disposition. A copy of the current Eastern Road Plan from the
Transportation Chapter in the Comprehensive Policy Plan is also enclosed for comparison purposes.
Please contact staff if you have any questions regarding this agenda item, or if you desire additional
information.
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September 23, 1998
County of Frederick
Dept. of Planning
107 N. Kent Street
Winchester, Va. 22601
ATT: Evan Wyatt
RE: Comprehensive Plan — Road Revision
Senseny Road and Valley Mill Road
Dear Evan:
Please find attached two copies of the proposed Eastern Road Plan Change, one that was presented and
generally agreed upon by the Planning Commission and staff in our last meetings.and an Alternate Two
which was a discussed study option to be researched. During our research of Alternate Two, we have
established the following points of interest:
1. By moving the major collector road of Channing Drive closer to Route 7 and the 37 Interchange, will
produce a traffic movement that would encourage traffic from Route 7 to travel a major collector road
to Route 50, which is in and around residential and commercial subdivisions. A better traffic
movement would be facilitated with this connection having an intersection stop condition as was
proposed in our eastern road plan change. Therefore, by not having the major collector connecting to
Route 7 and 50 as a through movement would facilitate the use of Route 37 as the preferred traffic
pattern.
2. By moving the major collector of Channing Drive connection to Route 7, we will then have two major
collectors in a parallel mode, existing Valley Mill and what we now call Channing Drive.
3. Two major collectors intersecting or emerging near Route 7 (Valley Mill and Channing Dr.) would
create some confusion and congested point of traffic flow.
4. By leaving the Channing Drive connection at the midpoint of Valley Mill, half way between
Greenwood Road and Route 7, this will help facilitate internal subdivision traffic movement outward
to Valley Mill, Route 7, Senseny Road, Sulfer Spring Road, and Route 50.
Upon review of the Alternate Two road connection as shown on the attached graphics, we have concluded
that the original proposed eastern road plan change, moves and facilitates traffic in a more clear and
concise method than the Alternate Two method that we have studied.
Thank you for your time in this matter and please contact me should you have any questions or comments.
Sincerely,
Green ay ngino
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Mark D. Smith, P.E., L.S.
President
Engineers Surveyors
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