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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDP200500135 Review Comments Major Amendment, Preliminary Plan 2008-07-15 (3)i COMMONWEALTH V ]E.AILTH[ Off' VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 1601 Orange Road Culpeper, Virginia 22701 David S. Ekern, P.E. VirginiaDOT.org COMMISSIONER July 15", 2008 Mr. Glenn Brooks Department of Engineering and Development 401 McIntire Rd. Charlottesville, VA 22902 Subject: Site Review Meeting Comments July 17"', 2008 site review meeting Dear Mr. Brooks: Below are VDOT's comments on the Site Plans for the July 17th' 2008 Site Review Committee Meeting: SDP - 2005 -00135 Kia Auto Dealership — Maior (Megan Yaniglos) • The entrance is in accordance with the approved road plan for Olympia Road Phase II. • A profile needs to be shown at the entrance according to the CG -11 standard. SDP - 2008 -00100 Moores Creek Nutrient Removal — Major (Summer Frederick) • No comments. SDP - 2008 -00101 Oakleigh Final (Francis MacCall) • The minimum distance of tangent from the back of the radius off Route 631 to the beginning of the radius entering the lot between building B and Rio Road should be a minimum of 50 feet according to The Minimum Standards of Entrances to State Highways. Without this separation, there will be conflicts with left turn movements into the parking lot and vehicles entering Route 631 from Nichols Court. If the proper distance cannot be designed, Nichols Court needs to be divided so there is no left turn permitted. • The sidewalk needs to be 7 feet wide when constructed adjacent to the back of curb as shown in VDOT's IIM- 55.11. • Remove the "converted manhole" out of the pavement and relocate the pipe to behind the sidewalk or separate the sidewalk from the curb and provide a manhole behind the curb. • The emergency access route appears to be designed as a private entrance and looks that it is easily accessible to unauthorized traffic. The existing CG -9D does not look to have an YfANS 4F T'RANSPORTATfON E %CfiiENCE 9 9 0 6 2 D 0 6 adequate accessible route and needs to be addressed. If this entrance is only for emergency vehicles it needs to be designed as such. If the development has access to the Berkmar Shopping Center, what is the need for this access? • Pavement widening needs to be in accordance with standard WP -2 Please request the applicants provide a written description of revisions with re- submissions. If you have any questions or comments, please contact me prior to sharing these comments with the applicants. ncerel , lv� oe DeNunzio, P.E. Residency Program Manager VDOT Charlottesville Residency 434 - 293 -0011 cc Bill Fritz, David Benish, Juan Wade, Elaine Echols, Joan McDowell, Judith Wiegand, Margaret Maliszewski, David Pennock, Francis McCall, Jon Sharp, Summer Frederick, Patrick Lawrence, and John Giometti