1999-01-21 Summary of Actual Traffic Counts•=SEN
January 21, 1999
Mr. Virgil Hawkins, P.E.
Assistant County Highway Engineer
V~'right County Highway Department
1901 Highway 25 North
Buffalo, MN 55313
Dear Virgil:
RE: Albertville, Minnesota
Minneapolis Outlet Mall
SEH No. A-ALBEV 9811.00
Enclosed for your information is a summary of actual traffic counts for just the outlet malls in
Woodbury and North Branch, and a projection of the traffic count for just the proposed outlet mall
• in Albertville. The traffic counts summary, dated 01/19/99, is for the actual outlet mall buildings.
Traffic projections in a study dated 09/28/98, were fora 267,000 square foot retail center, an 85,000
square foot expansion, and 7,000 square feet of restaurants.
Please let me know if this additional information affects your recommendation for a traffic signal
at the outlet mall entrance. Thank you.
Sincerely,
~~~ [ .
eter J. Carts n .E.
City Engineer
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Enclosure
c: Linda Goeb, City of Albertville (w/enclosure)
Mike Couri, City Attorney (w/enclosure)
Alan Brixius, City Planner (w/enclosure)
John Bertelsen, John Oliver and Associates (w/enclosure)
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113 S. FIFTH AVENUE, P O. BOX 1717, ST. CLOUD, MN 56302-1717 320 252-4740 800 572-0617 320 251-8760 FAX
ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORTATION
SHORT ELLIOTT
HENDRICKSON INC. ST PAUL, MN MINNEAPOLIS, MN CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI MADISON, WI LAKE COUNTY, IN
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
01/19/99 TUE 11:18 FAX 651 490 2150 SEH ~-~-~ SAINT CLOLiD ~ 002
01 /19/99
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COMPARISON OF ADTs
Minneapolis Factory Shoppes Project
Albertville, MN
Outlet Center Location Size ADT Rate
Minneapolis Factory Shoppes Albertville 267,000 sq. ft. 5,751 (') 21.54
Manufacturer's Marketplace Woodbury 257,000 sq. ft. 5,850 22.76 (2~
Tanger Outlet NoRh Branch 142,775 sq. ft. 3,548 24.85 (Z)
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(1) ADT estimated from rate
(2) Rafe derived from AOT counts
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ALBERT.WK4 Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. csd