Design Guidelines for Approach Zones include:
The development of Division Street Gate will alleviate traffic on
White Avenue and Irish Hill Avenue.
Sort traffic by vehicle type. For example ‐ use the farthest
right lane for truck traffic. Rejection of these vehicles requires
additional space for their larger turning radii. The development of Division Street Gate will likely initiate the closure
of Meadows Drive Gate, reducing traffic at the gate, but likely not
reducing traffic on Forrest Avenue due to the location of the new
gate.
DoD standards for queuing should be considered during the
development of Division Street Gate.
Separating vehicles with varying inspection requirements can
also increase throughput. For example ‐ authorized personnel
could use a separate lane with automated equipment. The development of Division Street Gate is identified in the
Biloxi Comprehensive Plan.
Maximize the length of the approach zone, to provide optimal
stacking distance for the traffic queue.
Reversible lanes can increase throughput and flexibility where
space is unavailable for additional lanes.
Findings
The development and design of the new Division Street Gate should follow
such standards.
Within the Biloxi Comprehensive Plan, it is noted that the Keesler AFB
creates limitations to accessibility across the city. Although Biloxi does not
pose strategies for mitigating this with the installation in the Comprehensive
Plan, the City is involved in the development of Division Street Gate. The
Biloxi Comprehensive Plan includes a strategy for creating a thriving
community in east Biloxi, which is to create a network of corridors that
would support multiple modes of transportation. One such key corridor is
Division Street.
Source: Gulf Regional Planning Commission Proposed 2014 City of Biloxi Road
Classifications, GRPC Regional Demand Forecasting Model
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Traffic Generation at Commercial Gate
ISSUE
RC‐2
Use of temporary commercial gate on Bayview Street
creates heavy truck traffic in the Oak Park neighborhood.
As discussed in Issue NOI‐4, the Kensington Drive gate was intended to be a
temporary commercial gate for construction purposes following
Hurricane Katrina. The gate has since remained open, creating commercial
traffic through the Oak Park neighborhood. Although the construction for
Hurricane Katrina improvements has since ended, the Keesler Medical
Center is looking to begin renovations, which will further contribute to the
commercial truck traffic through the neighborhood.
Background Report