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Issue 2: Truck traffic on Club Drive. Roadside surveys were conducted on Club and Ocean Drives. Observation revealed that the volume of heavy truck traffic is exclusively due to local deliveries, service and/or construction. Sind the number of complaints is not substantial and since the restriction of light and recreational trucks is legally questionable, staff recommends to do nothing. Issue 3: Multi -Way STOP Intersections Two multi -way STOP intersections were investigated in the study area. Because of insufficient traffic volume to justify its contin on, the 4 -way STOP at Cardinal Drive and Flamevine Lane is reccmnended to be changed to a 2 -way STOP. Assignment of the STOP approaches will be determined after Cardinal Drive is paved south of this intersection. The existing 3 -way STOP at Club Drive and Bay Oak Lane.should be maintained because sight -distance is limited for vehicular and pedes- trian movements. Upgrading traffic control devices (i.e., signs and markings) and establishing crosswalks are recommended to improve pedestrian management and safety. Issue 4: Through -traffic in the Riomar Subdivision. Roadside surveys and traffic counts revealed that between 20% and 30% of the traffic on Club and Ocean Drives could be classified as through - traffic. In addition, St. Edward's Lower School has significant traffic on Club Drive at Bay Oak Lane, accounting for 72% of the total traffic during the hour that school opens and 35% during the school closing hour. Because of the traffic generated by St. Edward's School, the small number of written ccoplaints received (four), and the limited capacity of State Road AlA to absorb diverted traffic, staff recommends not to limit traffic in the Ricmar Subdivision and to preserve access for emergency vehicles and the general public at the present time. Re-evaluation of Riomar traf- f dways may-. -be considered after capacity improvements are completed on State Road AlA. Modification of traffic signal phasing at the intersection of Causeway Blvd. and AlA. is reconanended-L Changing the existing phasing for the eastbound approach of CWseway Blvd. to a permissive left turn (green ball) instead of red ball after the green arrow has the potential to reduce left -turning traffic onto Club Drive frm Causeway Blvd. as well as providing additional turning movement capacity. Issue 5: Improvements to State Road AIA. Staff recommends improvements to increase the capacity of AlA, ulti- mately to a four -lane divided roadway (at a cost of approximately one million dollars per mile), within the City of Vero Beach. Such a roadway will have the capacity to accommodate projected traffic volumes into the twenty-first century and possibly at Barrier Island build -out. The Florida Department of Transportation should be immediately petitioned to consider these improvements. In addition, since the Merrill Barber Bridge (S.R.60) is nearing capacity, improvements to the Barber Bridge or construction of an additional bridge to acccnraodate projected traffic volumes between the Barrier Island and the mainland area should be studied. 82 MAR2 1983 rAst:9 6