American/Avalon provided professional traffic engineering and planning services in a joint venture for the Village of Royal Palm Beach, Village of Palm Beach Gardens, and the City of West Palm Beach. These reviews were to evaluate concurrency and interagency issues related to the proposed development of a 10,000 home community in Loxahatchee, Florida which would have transformed 3924 acres of citrus groves into a new urban community with uncontrollable traffic impacting Palm Beach County’s roadway facilities throughout the adjacent region. This project was an assignment under American/Avalon’s Miscellaneous Traffic Engineering Services Contract with the Village of Royal Palm Beach. From a technical perspective, American/Avalon was contracted to conduct a review of the 3924 acre Callery Judge Groves Development DRI which consisted of several Phases. The purpose of the review was to determine whether the DRI analysis procedures 1st followed approved methodologies of the Department of Community Affairs (DCA), Palm Beach County, and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). Highlights of the Phase 1 review included:

• Proper ITE Trip Generation Calculations
  
  
• Distribution of Traffic
  
  
• Land Use Change Procedures, and Area of Regional Impacts to the Existing Roadway Network
  
  
• Traffic/Transportation Element Assumptions
  
  
• Review of previously submitted comments from the County and FDOT District 4

The internal capture was calculated and verified with the trip generation tables. The percentages were verified and the numbers were calculated and checked. Review of the Palm Beach County land use regulations were conducted to identify whether the proposed land use changes were consistent with the County’s Comprehensive Plan, Future Land Use Element. ITE Trip Generation calculations and Total Daily Trip Generation were reviewed to comply with the ITE Handbook, 7th Edition. Calculations, Source, ITE Land Use Code, Existing Maximum Daily Trip Generation, Net increase in Maximum Daily Trip Generation, Total Maximum Daily Trip Generation were reviewed. Existing intersection volumes for 15 intersections (recommended by The Village of Royal Palm Beach) were checked and verified with the volume calculations sheets for DRI Phases 1, 2, and 3. Spot checks included accurate input into spreadsheets and the verification of the peak season factor, including AM & PM turning movement counts for 15 intersections. Additionally, existing intersection and Roadway Network links were reviewed at the impacted intersections.