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Bridge is unique because the bridge itself has substantially more capacity than the intersections on both ends of it due to its length and the four lanes. Commissioner Wodtke could hardly believe that 95% of all -trips generated on the barrier island resulted in off - island trips. While he could understand that one home could generate 4 trips a day, he felt that just those people going to the post office.on the beach instead of the mainland would reduce this figure considerably and pointed out that the new Catholic Church would reduce the off -island trips by 1200 on Sundays. Director Keating explained that the numbers used were based upon figures included in other studies that have been done on the barrier island, several of them in St. Lucie County. One of the latest amendments to the Plan mandates that all of the local governments having jurisdiction on the island undertake a traffic impact analysis within the next three years to redetermine the off -island trips. Administrator Wright felt that we are going to cover the transportation element with or without this plan through the road impact ordinance study, and will probably finish well ahead of the others. Commissioner Scurlock noted that it would also be covered under the Transportation Advisory Committee, and he believed that a lot of the information needed has already been generated. Administrator Wright stated that we are not going to get a true picture until we finish our traffic study, and Commissioner Wodtke agreed that these figures are questionable and pointed out that the studies show trips calculated on developments that are incomplete north of Johns Island. He further pointed out that the Sebastian Inlet Parks draw 1.7 million visits a year and that has to impact the traffic on the Wabasso Bridge. Commissioner ®V �8� 13 b@�K: 5 rw 4:75