DOMINION BOULEVARD CORRIDOR STUDY | Chesapeake, Virginia
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Transportation Master Plan
Speed and Road Configuration
Dominion Boulevard is an Urban Principal Arterial maintained by the City of Chesapeake.
The speed limit along Dominion Boulevard is posted at 45 miles per hour (mph) south of
Cedar Road through most of the study area. Dominion Boulevard currently has three (3) sig-
nalized intersections and one (1) unsignalized intersection in the study area. They include:
Dominion Boulevard and Cedar Road/Moses Grandy Trail
Dominion Boulevard and Grassfield Parkway
Dominion Boulevard and Scenic Parkway
Dominion Boulevard and George Washington Highway (unsignalized)
The intersections on the East and West sides of Dominion Boulevard within the study area
are the following:
Cedar Road and Cahoon Parkway
Grassfield Parkway and Cahoon Parkway
Shillelagh Road and Cahoon Parkway
Drumcastle Lane and West Road
Moses Grandy Trail and Cedar Road
Cedar Road and Scenic Parkway
The studied base condition was based upon the year 2050 forecasted lane configuration
from the City’s Master Transportation Plan. The base condition roadway network consists of
the configuration in the table below:
Limits
Corridor
Number of Lanes
South of Cedar Rd
Dominion Blvd.
8
East of Dominion Blvd
Cedar Rd
6
South of Moses Grandy Trail
2
West of Dominion Blvd
Moses Grandy Trail
4
East of Dominion Blvd
Grassfeld Parkway
4
South of Dominion Blvd.
Shillelagh Rd.
2
South of Dominion Blvd.
Scenic Parkway
4
South of Dominion Blvd.
West Rd.
2
South of Cedar Rd.
Cahoon Parkway
4
North of Dominion Blvd.
George Washington Hwy.
4
Existing Traffic Volumes
The Average Daily Traffic (ADT) volumes for the study area were provided by the City of
Chesapeake and obtained from other publicly available sources. No traffic counts were
done in conjunction with this study. Background traffic data is shown in the following table.
The traffic volumes were grown to the current year 2014 utilizing a 3 percent growth rate per
year and grown 1 percent per year to the 2034 studied year, which was provided by the City
of Chesapeake Traffic Engineering Department.
Limits
Corridor
2014 ADT
2034 ADT
South of Cedar Rd
Dominion Blvd.
11,990
14,630
East of Dominion Blvd
Cedar Rd
26,160
31,920
South of Moses Grandy Trail
6,980
8,517
West of Dominion Blvd
Moses Grandy Trail
13,080
15,960
East of Dominion Blvd
Grassfeld Parkway
7,440
9,078
South of Dominion Blvd.
Shillelagh Rd.
2,530
3,087
South of Dominion Blvd.
Scenic Parkway
5,220
6,369
South of Dominion Blvd.
West Rd.
3,220
3,929
South of Cedar Rd.
Cahoon Parkway
10,360
12,641
North of Dominion Blvd.
George Washington Hwy.
4,560
5,564
The ADT volumes are slightly higher on the northern end of the study area, since some
development has already occurred around Cahoon Parkway, Grassfield Parkway, and
Scenic Parkway. A residential development is located off of Cahoon Parkway along with
Cedar Road Elementary School. Development along Grassfield Parkway consists of a Wal-
Mart, Applebee’s, and a few other retail stores. Grassfield High School is located along
Scenic Parkway.
Existing Level of Service
According to the Highway Capacity Manual 2010, a two-lane highway operates at an
acceptable capacity at 3,200 passenger cars per hour (pc/h) for two directions. Multilane
highways with flow rates over 1,400 passenger cars per hour per lane (pc/h/ln) result in
speeds below the highways free flow speed. Level of Service (LOS) is used to categorize
the segments of the corridors. LOS ranges from A through F and is determined by the
density along the roadway. A roadway with a higher density will cause the free flow speed
to decrease which will lower the LOS. The table below describes the existing level of service
based on density for the corridors located in the study area.
Limits
Corridor
LOS
South of Cedar Rd
Dominion Blvd.
A
East of Dominion Blvd
Cedar Rd
N/A
South of Moses Grandy Trail
A
West of Dominion Blvd
Moses Grandy Trail
B
East of Dominion Blvd
Grassfeld Parkway
A
South of Dominion Blvd.
Shillelagh Rd.
A
South of Dominion Blvd.
Scenic Parkway
A
South of Dominion Blvd.
West Rd.
A
South of Cedar Rd.
Cahoon Parkway
A
North of Dominion Blvd.
George Washington Hwy.
A
Table 4: Existing roadway network configurations
Table 5: Average daily traffic for key intersections
Table 6: Existing level of service at key intersections
