Exhibit 4-3_55A_BRISTOL WIDENING TRAFFIC STUDY

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DKS Associates 6. Residential impact The current intrusion of commuter traffic into the surrounding residential neighborhood as a result of the existing congested conditions along Bristol Street is extremely undesirable. Commuter traffic has been found to spill over onto the adjoining local road system utilizing their capacity and adding to their congestion. Projection of the future traffic volumes on the existing road system further aggravates this congested condition. With the Bristol Street widening project, Bristol Street will be capable of accommodating existing as well as future traffic needs safely and efficiently. Traffic volumes will continue to increase whether or not Bristol Street is improved and the Specific Plan is implemented. With the proposed Specific Plan, total generated trips will be less than that of without the Specific Plan. For the PM peak hour, which is the most critical of the two peak hours involved, the projected difference in total trips is a reduction of 924 trips compared to the future condition without the Specific Plan. With the Specific Plan and Bristol Street widening, the intrusion of commuter traffic into the residential neighborhoods would, therefore, be substantially reduced. On Pacific Avenue, for example, commuter trips will reduce by more than 80 %. The amount of through traffic on this street will decrease from 95 vehicles per hour (during the AM peak) to less than 20 vehicles per hour. The construction of a raised median on Bristol Street will, however, alter circulation patterns and access to land uses that front Bristol Street and to neighborhoods that adjoin it. At minor streets through which the median is constructed and at driveway locations along Bristol Street, turning movements will be restricted to right in and right out maneuvers. The raised median will divert and concentrate turning movements at the median breaks_ In conjunction with the raised median, the widening project is considering the closure of 10 minor streets at their intersection with Bristol Street through the use of cul-de-sacs. Additionally, the Bristol Street Specific Plan recommends cul- de- sacing several other streets as described in the project description. Four of those additional cul -de -sacs are proposed between Washington Street and Civic Center Drive at 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Streets. Turning minor streets feeding Bristol Street into cul -de -sacs would cut off easy access to some commuters and divert them to a longer route to reach Bristol Street. The EIS concluded that, in all cases, the farthest distance residential traffic would be diverted is 1,850 feet. The negative effect of these additional travel lengths would be offset by the reduction in conflict potential at their intersections with Bristol Street. The impact which minor street cul-de -sacs would have on signalized intersections along Bristol Street was evaluated by redistributing the traffic volumes entering or exiting minor streets and reevaluating ICU calculations. However, circulation in the residential neighborhoods that utilize these streets to access Bristol Street would be affected_ Traffic volumes on Pacific Avenue, parallel and east of Bristol Street in particular, would be increased during the morning and evening peak hours. This increase in traffic is a result of cul -de- sacing 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th streets at Bristol which will add a total of approximately 800 vehicles per day to the M. average daily traffic volumes of Pacific Avenue between Civic Center Drive and Washington Street. However, Pacific Avenue has sufficient capacity to accommodate this additional traffic, 28657 7223x0. Rpt 32