Comprehensive Traffic Study (Ephrata, PA)
Client: Ephrata Borough
Contact: Robert Thompson, Director of Engineering/Public Works
Professional Services Provided:
- Signal Permitting
- Traffic Impact Study
The Ephrata Borough contracted ELA Group Traffic/Transportation Engineers to conduct a comprehensive traffic study in response to continuing growth in traffic volumes in and around the Borough. The study encompassed four highway corridors and 23 intersections within Ephrata Borough. The study aimed to examine the transportation network and develop recommendations that addressed current and anticipated traffic issues to reduce congestion on the Borough streets.
Initial work involved traffic data collection, including traffic volume counts at all study intersections and along all study corridors, an origin-destination study along Main Street (U.S. Route 322), recording physical features of the transportation areas being studied, and a traffic signal equipment inventory at all signalized intersections in the study area. ELA Engineers then projected traffic volumes to 10 years in the future to address not only existing transportation needs but future needs as well.
In the final stage of the study, conceptual roadway improvement plans and detailed construction cost opinions were prepared for intersections where significant roadway improvements were recommended. The base mapping for the conceptual roadway plans was prepared using a combination of GIS data, traffic signal permit plans, and survey data collected by ELA Group. The detailed construction cost opinions included estimated total construction costs, survey and engineering costs, right-of-way acquisition costs, and costs for relocation of overhead utilities. Construction cost opinions were also prepared for all other intersections where improvements were recommended.
