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Bryan District
BRYAN DISTRICTDoing a Big Project in a Small City:
Preparing for the Bush–Wellborn
Interchange
Chad Bohne, TxDOT-Bryan
Tim Lomax, TTI
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Bryan District
Project Site Location
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Bryan District
PROJECT
BACKGROUND
High volume of
pedestrians,
bicyclists, buses,
vehicles, trains
200+ nearby special,
athletic and
university events
Congestion
Many trains
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Bryan District
PROJECT
BACKGROUND
Southwest
gateway to
A&M/Bryan/
College Station
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Bryan District
PROJECT
BACKGROUND
A&M
63,000 students (2017)
B/CS
215,000 to 350,000 (2040)
GROWTH—
TAMU and
Bryan/College
Station
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Bryan District
Downtown
Houston
150,000
workers
7 Freeways
Downtown
Dallas
145,000
workers
6 Freeways
Downtown
Austin
125,000
workers
4 Freeways
75,000students, faculty,
staff
0
Freeways
4TH LARGEST TEXAS DOWNTOWN
MONDAY through FRIDAY
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Bryan District
PROJECT
GOALS
Improve
Safety
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Bryan District
Reduce
Congestion
PROJECT
GOALS
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Bryan District9
Kyle Field 2013
Big game congestion
means BIG worries
for the $485MM
expansion
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Bryan District
Congestion
Not Just a
Gameday
Experience
PROJECT
GOALS
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1995
42,000 students
140,000 Brazos County
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2003
45,000 students
160,000 BrazCty
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2017
63,000 students
205,000 Brazos County
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Bryan District
43,000 45,000 48,000
A&M Enrollment
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Bryan District
Grade Separation Layout
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Bryan District
CONSTRUCTION CONCEPT
Full closure for some period rather than maintain
traffic on narrow roads for many years
DEVELOPED BY AGREEMENT BETWEEN:
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Bryan District
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
Right of way
Construction
Date?
Funding?
We are confident that we can get funding if we have
the right project with public support
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TIM LOMAX
MADISON METSKER-GALARZA
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
That Was Then
……..
What’s Different
Now? bwx-bcs.org
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Increase safety &
capacity
Widen to 6 lanes
Complete 2021
WHAT’S NEW? FM 2818 Improvement
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Kyle Field 2017
• Contraflow & staffing
• Traffic cleared by 2 hours
• Fans appreciate service &
wonder about using same
approach on weekdays
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PROJECT
GOALS
Minimize
Construction
Disruption
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email:[email protected]
We will analyze your input and
bring back concepts and
schedules in the Fall.
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PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS
• Raise awareness of outreach; get people to Survey; answer questions, dispel myths (well, try anyway)
• >>We will be back with concepts and schedules
• 43 meetings, 1,100 attendees
• On-campus groups
• Councils, Commissioners, Community meetings
• In the MSC hallway, Outside Blue Bell Park
• Placements within other briefings
• Largest ~100 attendees
• 29 had 25 or fewer attendees
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PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SURVEY RESULTS
4,100 completed surveys AND 4,000+ comments
• Do Something!
• Too much traffic, need separation from railroad
• Bike and ped safety upgrades
• Down rather than up. (Some confusion about ‘underpass’)
• Rapid construction with short closure time
• We’ll deal with traffic disruption by
• Changing routes, and…
• Crickets……
• Appreciate the chance to provide input.
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WHAT THIS MEANS TO THE PROJECT
• Develop depressed and elevated concept
• Wider shared use path; full ‘ped box’ at intersection
• Accommodate a range of ‘futures’; land use will change
• What does rapid mean? Short closure or short project?
• Develop two schedules
• Shortest start to finish
• Least closure time
• Education on key role of travel paths, mode and arrival time
• Sketch-up drawings
• Community meetings, social media, answer questions
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CONSTRUCTION CONCEPT
24/7
construction
schedule
Railroad
continues
operation
Close whole
intersection for
6 months
Open Wellborn
through roads
Keep Bush
closed another
3 months
Current (Possible) Idea
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WHAT COULD HAPPEN?
MANAGE
Expectations
Travel Options
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THE CHALLENGE
Improve
intersection
Maintain
traffic
Maintain
mobility
Minimize
effects
Minimize
extra costs
Re-engage
stakeholders