NEWPORT BEACH
City officials are still trying to unravel what they say is a complicated traffic study within the recently released environmental report on the proposed Newport Dunes hotel/resort project.
“The content is confusing,” Planning Commissioner Mike Kranzley said. “We need to do a lot more work on the traffic study to really understand the long-term impact of this proposed development.”
The $100-million project proposes a hotel and time-share complex totaling 400 rooms and 100 time-share units. There would also be 55,000 square feet of conference rooms, meeting-room space and banquet facilities.
The study found the intersection of Marguerite Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway would be pushed past acceptable traffic levels by the additional 40 trips a day that the Dunes project would generate.
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