Sunday, August 12, 2012

Some staggering numbers

The addendum Traffic Study has been released and the numbers are staggering! These numbers are found on page 23 of the report and the full report can be found Here

Phase 1: Peak hours - 32 trips per hour, 25 on non peak hours.
Here is the breakdown
Aggregate Trucks: 19,200
Dimension Stone Trucks: 667
For a yearly total of: 19,867 trucks a year!
...Keep in mind this is only phase 1.

Now, if you want to sleep tonight maybe save the rest of this post to read till morning.

Phase 2: peak hours - 61 trips per hour, 47 on non peak hours...
Here is the Phase 2 breakdown
Aggregate Trucks: 33,429
Concrete Trucks: 1250
Dimension Stone Trucks: 667

For a yearly total of: 35,346 trucks per year!

80% of these trucks will be heading towards Bobcaygeon, the remainder through Buckhorn.

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