Opinion ID: 3011088
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Heading: Traffic

Text: The plaintiffs also complain about the increased traffic volume on Factory Street that will occur under the FSU alternative. According to the plaintiffs, traffic would increase 400% on Factory Street under the FSU alternative. The defendants, by contrast, calculate that by the year 2013, traffic would have increased only 226%. Even if we assume that the plaintiffs' estimate is correct, traffic on West Market between Factory and Mill Streets is expected under the FSU alternative to drop by the year 2013 from 525 cars at peak hours to 125 cars at peak, a 420% decrease. Under the MS alternative, cars and trucks would continue to detour onto Factory Street to avoid Mill Street traffic, thus failing to abate traffic problems on either Factory or Mill Streets. However, under the FSU alternative, the traffic volume on Mill Street would decrease substantially. Therefore, though the FSU alternative will increase traffic on Factory Street, it will reduce traffic on other streets in the Danville Historic District. We therefore cannot hold that--based on traffic projections--it was arbitrary for the defendants to opt for the FSU alternative.