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ARTS 2035 LRTPUpdatep

ARTS TCC and CAC MeetingAugust 11, 2010

Agenda

• LRTP Update• Population and Employment• Population and Employment• Highway Conditions• Revenue and Expenditures• Multimodal Projects• Questions

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ARTS Area

Identifying Issues, Needs, and Projects• Public Involvement

– Public meetings (6)– Advisory Committee meetings (3)Advisory Committee meetings (3)– Environmental Justice meetings (4)– Survey

• Partnerships– Georgia DOT– South Carolina DOT– Augusta-Richmond County– Columbia County– Aiken County– Cities and Towns– Public transportation agencies

• Existing modal studies and plans• Technical analysis

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Population and Employment Growth• 2006 = 406,860• 2035 = 553,467• Approximately 146,600 new residents

Population

pp y ,• 1.2% Annual Growth • ARTS 36 Percent Change• Richmond 14% Percent Change• Columbia 47% Percent Change• Aiken 65% Percent Change• Edgefield 178% Percent Change

• 2006 = 162,219• 2035 = 209,788

Employment

,• Approximately 47,569 new jobs• 1% Annual Growth• ARTS 29 Percent Change• Richmond 28 Percent Change• Columbia 35 Percent Change• Aiken 32 Percent Change• Edgefield 32 Percent Change

2006 Level of Service

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2035 E+C Level of Service

2035 Financially Constrained LOS

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VMT and Hours of Delay Results

20062035 

No‐Build

2035 Financially Constrained

% Changeg

Vehicle Miles of Travel 10,970,762 15,909,345 15,811,443 ‐0.6%Vehicle Hours of Travel 324,671 679,755 549,004 ‐19.2%

VMT Results

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Hours of Delay Results

Georgia 2035 LRTP Available Funding

Total funding = $3.02 billion

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South Carolina 2035 LRTP Available Funding

Total funding = $284 7 millionTotal funding = $284.7 million

ARTS 2035 LRTP Available Funding

Total funding = $3.3 billion• Georgia = $3.02 billionGeorgia $3.02 billion• South Carolina = $284.7 million

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Georgia – 2035 LRTP by Improvement Type

Total YOE Costs = $2.7 billion4% annual inflation

South Carolina – 2035 LRTP by Improvement Type

Total YOE Costs = $279.6 million4% annual inflation

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ARTS 2035 LRTP by Improvement Type

Total YOE Costs = $3 billion4% annual inflation

Financially Constrained

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ARTS Capacity Improvements

Georgia Intersection Improvements• Deans Bridge Road (US 1/SR 4) at Morgan

Road• Deans Bridge Road (US 1/SR 4) atDeans Bridge Road (US 1/SR 4) at

Meadowbrook• Deans Bridge Road (US 1/SR 4) at

Georgetown• Deans Bridge Road (US 1/SR 4) at Walton

Way• Mike Padgett Highway (SR 56) at Dixon

Airline Road• Mike Padgett Highway (SR 56) at Marvin

Griffin• Mike Padgett Highway (SR 56) at Apple Valley• Mike Padgett Highway (SR 56) at Apple Valley

Drive• Mike Padgett Highway (SR 56) at Old

Waynesboro Road• SR 88 at CR 58 Bath Edie Road

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South Carolina Intersection Improvements• Edgefield Road (US 25) and Walnut Lane• Georgia Avenue (US 25)/Knox Avenue (US

25/SC 121) and Five Notch R d/B dl ill R dRoad/Bradleyville Road

• I-20 and Martintown Road (SC 230) interchange ramps

• Silver Bluff Road (SC 302) and Hitchcock Parkway (SC 118)

• Five Notch Road (SC 45) and Pisgah Road• Knox Avenue (US 25/SC 121) and East

Martintown Road (SC 230)• Richland Avenue West (US 1/US78) andRichland Avenue West (US 1/US78) and

University Parkway (S-2131)• York Street/Columbia Highway (US 1) and

Rutland Avenue (SC 118) and Aldrich Street• Five Notch Road (SC 45) and Walnut Lane• Pine Log Road (SC 302) and Collier Street

Park and Ride Facilities

• Georgia– I-20 Park and Ride in Columbia

County– US 78 (Gordon Highway) in

Richmond County in the vicinity of Jimmie Dyess Parkway

– US 1 (Deans Bridge Road) in Richmond County in the vicinity of Tobacco Road

– US 25 (Peach Orchard RD) in Richmond County in the vicinity of y yTobacco Road

• South Carolina– I-20 Park and Ride at US 25, Exit 5

(under construction in FY 2010)– US 1 (Columbia Highway) North

Park and Ride in Aiken County

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Rail Crossing Projects

• Norfolk Southern at Doug Barnard Parkway – Rail crossing safety improvements

• CSX at Broad Street (US 1/US 25/SR 104/SR 28)

• CSX at 15th Street – Rail crossing safety improvements

• CSX at Walton Way (US1/SR 4)/12th Street – Rail crossing safety improvements

• NS at Park Avenue/Williamsburg Lane/Staubes Lane – Rail crossing safety improvements

Intelligent Transportation System Improvements

• Augusta-RichmondAugusta Richmond County Traffic Control Center

• I-20 Communications and Surveillance

• Augusta Slo Scan Radar• Regional Coordination

with Columbia County Improvements

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Public Transportation

• Capital Improvements– New Buses– Transit Facilities– ITS

• Operations– Maintenance– Staff– Route Revisions

Route Extensions– Route Extensions– New Routes

• Coordination

Bicycle Improvements• Off-Road

– Crossing of the Savannah River to connect the Augusta Riverwalk and the Canal trails with the N th A t GNorth Augusta Greeneway

– A connector between US 1/US 78 and the I-520/Palmetto Parkway Greeneway

– An off-road US 1/US 78 Greenway Trail to connect Downtown Aiken to Downtown Augusta

• On-Road– US 1/SC 19/Whiskey Road (Aiken County)– Martintown Road/SC 230 (Aiken County)– SC 302/Silver Bluff Road (Aiken County)

SC 118/U i it P k /R tl d D i (Aik– SC 118/University Parkway/Rutland Drive (Aiken County)

– SC 421/Augusta Road (Aiken County)– GA 28/Washington Road (Columbia & Richmond

Counties)

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Pedestrian Improvements

• All new subdivisions• Areas around schools consistent withAreas around schools consistent with

Safe Routes to School directives• Concurrent with improvements of

existing facilities• Pedestrian improvements in

Downtown Augusta, North Augusta, and Downtown Aiken

• Programmatic additions of sidewalks• Programmatic additions of sidewalks in deficient areas

Non-Motorized Policies

• Policy Considerations– Complete Street Policyp y– Roadway Design Guidelines– Connectivity Requirements– Safe Routes to School Implementation– Rails to Trails

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Next Steps

• Public Meetings– July 7 14 and 15– July 7, 14, and 15

• Public Comments • MPO Committee meetings

– August 2010• Policy Committee Adoption

– September 2010September 2010

Questions and Comments