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Ogden Energy Group,
Inc. retained Burk-Kleinpeter, Inc. to
analyze the impact of their 140-acre
Jazzland theme park on local traffic and
to make recommendations for minimizing
that impact.
The theme park,
located on formerly vacant land in
suburban New Orleans, will bring an
estimated 1.4 million visitors a year to
what had been a lightly developed,
residential area. BKI analyzed current
traffic patterns, short-term and long-term
Jazzland attendance and employment
forecasts, and changes resulting from the
potential development of adjacent acreage
based on stimulus created by the initial
Jazzland investment. Based on this
analysis, BKI made recommendations on
signalization, roadway improvements, and
site-specific entry controls.
After completing the
traffic impact analysis, BKI was retained
by Ogden to examine in more detail the
need for traffic signals at specific
intersections. BKI used the methodology
established by the Manual on Uniform
Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) from the
US Department of Transportation and the
Louisiana Department of Transportation and
Development (LADOTD) to establish the need
for signals at the intersection of
Jazzland's main driveway and Lake Forest
Boulevard and at the intersection of Lake
Forest Boulevard and I-510.
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