A road the Disneyland Resort proposes to buy from Anaheim is utilized almost exclusively by resort visitors, and only a few dozen drivers a day use it for getting to other places, company officials say as they seek to address resident concerns raised during recent public meetings.
Disney is hoping to buy Magic Way, a 1,150-foot road on the west side of the resort, from the city as part of its $1.9 billion DisneylandFoward proposal to further develop its resort property with new theme park areas and hotels.
As critical votes to approve those expansion plans draw near, Disney on Monday during a Planning Commission workshop shared data from a Magic Way traffic study that found more than 99% of vehicle trips are Disney related, and only a few dozen drivers during peak hours use the road as a cut through.
“Of the 11,153 vehicles that traverse Magic Way on a daily basis, 11,053 of them are either departing or arriving at a Disney property,” said Joe Haupt, a consultant for Disney. “Less than 100 are non-Disney users.”
Haupt said the traffic study was done due to community feedback during a City Council workshop in January.
Disney is asking the city to give it more flexibility to choose where it builds new theme park areas, hotels and dining within its existing footprint, and in return has committed to invest at least $1.9 billion into the resort and give Anaheim money for affordable housing, parks and transportation. The City Council is expected to vote on the DisneylandFoward project in April, including agreeing to sell some roads to Disney.
Disney has committed to pay $40 million to buy the streets from the city. Those are Magic Way, Hotel Way and part of Clementine Street. Magic Way right now primarily serves people using the Pixar Pals Parking Structure and the Disneyland Hotel.
Haupt described Hotel Way and the part of Clementine Street that Disney wants to buy as essentially driveways into Disney’s parking lots. Magic Way is far larger at 1,150…
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