Transportation System Plan 2018-2038

improvem ents included as part of the Highway 62 Unit 1 Project. In the future, either additional capacity will have to be added to the highway at this locati on or grade separation will have to be provided. If grade separation were to be provided, a full or even partial interchange would probably not be reasonable given the built-up nature of the adjacent land and th e proxim ity to the Interstate 5 at Highway 62 interchange. The intersection of Delta Waters Road and Highway 62 operates poorly due to the heavy level of through traffic on the highway coupled with the high leve l of traffic accessing the com mercial developm ent along Lear Way (the northern leg of the intersection is Lear Way and the eastern leg of the intersection is Delta Waters Road). Som e capacity enhancem ents could be provided to im prove the operation of this intersection in the near term , however ultim ately another solution will have to be provided to reduce traffic dem and at this location. The Highway 62 Unit 2 Project aim s to provide a new highway alignm ent to the west of the existing alignm ent to serve regional traffic. When the new alignm ent is developed, the existing section of Highway 62 would be converted to a boulevard. The intersections of Highway 62 at Cardinal Avenue and Highway 62 at Vilas Road woul d also operate m uch m ore efficiently with the proposed by pass due to the reduced throughput on the existing highway section. Additional capacity will likely need to be provided on the South Stage Road approaches to Highway 99 to improve the operation of this intersection. A southbound right-turn lane and/ or dual northbound left-turn lanes would also im prove the efficiency of this intersection. The intersection of Highway 99, Highway 62 and Highway 238 (known as the “Big X”) operates at a v/c ratio approaching 1.00 given 2023 traffic volum es. The Environm ental Assessm ent for the Highway 238 Project identified the probable need for additional capacity improvem ents at this intersection in the future. The EA suggested the possible need for a flyover from Highway 62 to Court Street. The EA considered a rather high level of traffic m aking this m ovem ent in the Year 2000. The Year 2002 counts obtained from the City of Medford indicate that the use of this movem ent by motorists is considerably lower than was predicted in the EA. Instead, many motorists appear to rely more on the new Highway 238 alignm ent than Court Street. The poor level of service and v/c ratio for the intersection of Highway 238 (Rossanley Drive) and Sage Road can also be attributed to trav el patterns being different than what was predicted in the Highway 238 EA. The intersection of Highway 99 and Stewart Avenue will be improved as part of the South Medford Interchange Project to include dual northbound left-t urn lanes. The proposed im provem ent is not intended to bring the intersection into compliance with the ODOT m obility standard for the facility , but rather will im prove the level of operation over wh at would be achieved under a “No-Build” scenario. 2023 PM Peak Hour Results – South of Jackson Street Table G-5 provides analy sis results for all city intersections to the south of Jackson Street. Of the 35 intersections listed in Table G-5, seven are expected to operate at LOS E or worse given 2023 PM peak hour traffic volum es. Of these seven intersections, five are expected to operate at LOS F. The intersection of Main Street and Ross Lane is e xpected to operate at a very high v/c ratio given 2023 PM peak hour traffic volum es. Main Street only has one through lane in each direction at this intersection. Additional capacity (either for turni ng traffic or through traffic on Main Street) will be needed in the future to im prove the operation of this facility . G-12