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' PAHOA COMPLEX OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS REPORT <br /> <br /> I The project generated trips were then distributed by direction of travel to and from the <br /> project site. The distribution of trips was determined by the population distribution in the <br /> ~``r,..- Puna area, based on the 2000 U.S. Census, as follows: <br /> Direction of Towns Included Population <br /> Travel and Percent <br /> Northwest Keaau to Ainaloa 12,700 (65%) <br /> Southeast Yz of Pahoa and Kapoho 2,600 (13%) <br /> East Hawaiian Beaches 3,700 (19%) <br /> West '/z of Pahoa 480 (3%) <br /> Therefore, two-thirds the generated trips would be to/from the northwest while 13% <br /> would be to/from the southeast. These trips would travel on Highway 130. 19°I° of the <br /> trips would utilize Kahakai Boulevard for travel to/from the east, and the remaining 3% <br /> of generated trips would travel to/from the west via the old Keaau=Pahoa Road. The <br /> results of the trip distribution analysis are shown on Table 1. The combined total <br /> volumes may not add up to the sum of the individual components of generated trips due <br /> to rounding. <br /> The project generated traffic volumes were assigned to the study area network based <br /> on the directions of travel, entering and egressing from the main access roadway. The <br /> results of the traffic assignment analysis are shown on Figure 6 with the volumes not <br /> rounded. <br /> Total Forecast Volumes <br /> The project generated traffic assignment volumes from Figure 6 were added to the <br /> 2008 ambient traffic forecasts from Figure 5 to obtain the 2008 total with project traffic <br /> forecasts shown on Figure 7. The traffic volumes are rounded to the nearest five vph. <br /> M & E PACIFIC, INC. PAGE 6 60018945.00300 <br /> December 2006 Pahoa Complex TIAR.doc <br /> <br />