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PROJ

ECT A

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MAP

SR 6

0 PD

&E

Stud

y –

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earin

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Stu

dy P

urp

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The

Flor

ida

Dep

artm

ent

of T

rans

porta

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(FD

OT)

is

cond

uctin

g a

Pro

ject

Dev

elop

men

t an

d E

nviro

nmen

t (P

D&

E)

stud

y to

ev

alua

te

alte

rnat

ive

impr

ovem

ents

al

ong

Sta

te R

oad

(SR

) 60,

from

Val

rico

Roa

d to

the

Pol

k C

ount

y Li

ne in

sou

thea

st H

illsb

orou

gh C

ount

y. T

he to

tal

leng

th o

f th

e pr

opos

ed p

roje

ct i

s ap

prox

imat

ely

12.3

m

iles.

A P

D&

E

stud

y de

term

ines

fe

asib

le

alte

rnat

ives

fo

r tra

nspo

rtatio

n im

prov

emen

ts b

ased

on

the

envi

ronm

enta

l, en

gine

erin

g, a

nd s

ocio

econ

omic

effe

cts

of th

e pr

opos

ed

impr

ovem

ent.

Thi

s sa

tisfi e

s th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f th

e N

atio

nal E

nviro

nmen

tal P

olic

y A

ct o

f 196

9 (N

EPA

) an

d ot

her f

eder

al a

nd s

tate

requ

irem

ents

.

The

purp

ose

of th

e pr

opos

ed p

roje

ct is

to p

rovi

de a

hig

her

capa

city

and

saf

er r

oadw

ay f

or f

utur

e tra

nspo

rtatio

n de

man

d in

thi

s ar

ea o

f H

illsb

orou

gh C

ount

y. S

R 6

0 is

on

e of

the

mai

n ea

st-w

est

road

way

s w

ithin

the

cou

nty

and

is d

esig

nate

d as

an

emer

genc

y ev

acua

tion

rout

e.

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tin

g R

oadw

ayTh

is s

ectio

n of

SR

60

is c

urre

ntly

a f

our-

lane

div

ided

ro

adw

ay w

ith tw

o 12

-foot

trav

el la

nes

and

4-fo

ot o

utsi

de

pave

d sh

ould

ers

in e

ach

dire

ctio

n, s

epar

ated

by

a 30

-40

foot

med

ian.

Sid

ewal

ks in

the

are

a va

ry in

wid

th f

rom

5-

6 fe

et a

nd a

re in

term

itten

t. T

urn

lane

s ar

e pr

ovid

ed

at c

erta

in lo

catio

ns.

The

post

ed s

peed

lim

it al

ong

this

se

ctio

n of

SR

60

varie

s fro

m 5

0 to

65

mile

s pe

r ho

ur

(mph

) and

the

exis

ting

right

of w

ay is

gen

eral

ly 1

82 fe

et

wid

e.

Rec

omm

ende

d A

lter

nat

ive

Bas

ed o

n re

view

of

envi

ronm

enta

l ev

alua

tion,

tra

ffi c

anal

ysis

, fut

ure

need

, and

pub

lic in

put,

the

Dep

artm

ent

has

iden

tifi e

d a

Rec

omm

ende

d A

ltern

ativ

e.

The

Rec

omm

ende

d A

ltern

ativ

e pr

opos

es w

iden

ing

the

exis

ting

four

-lane

roa

dway

to

six

12-fo

ot t

rave

l la

nes

(thre

e in

eac

h di

rect

ion)

. P

aved

ins

ide

and

outs

ide

shou

lder

s, a

nd fi

ve-

foot

sid

ewal

ks a

re i

nclu

ded

alon

g bo

th s

ides

of t

he ro

adw

ay.

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alte

rnat

ive

will

als

o us

e a

pave

men

t-sav

ing

optio

n by

usi

ng m

ost o

f the

exi

stin

g pa

vem

ent a

nd c

ente

ring

the

alig

nmen

t alo

ng th

e ex

istin

g ro

adw

ay. T

he w

iden

ing

will

occ

ur to

bot

h th

e in

side

and

ou

tsid

e of

the

exi

stin

g ro

adw

ay t

o av

oid

the

need

for

ad

ditio

nal r

ight

of w

ay th

roug

hout

the

proj

ect l

imit.

With

th

is a

ltern

ativ

e, a

dditi

onal

rig

ht o

f w

ay w

ould

onl

y be

ne

eded

in c

erta

in a

reas

to

acco

mm

odat

e an

d im

prov

e ex

istin

g tu

rn la

nes.

No-

Bui

ld A

ltern

ativ

e -

The

No-

Bui

ld A

ltern

ativ

e w

ould

in

volv

e fo

rego

ing

maj

or i

mpr

ovem

ents

to

the

exis

ting

road

way

and

pro

vide

onl

y rou

tine

mai

nten

ance

and

safe

ty

enha

ncem

ents

as

requ

ired.

The

No-

Bui

ld A

ltern

ativ

e is

co

nsid

ered

to

be a

via

ble

alte

rnat

ive

and

will

rem

ain

so

for t

he d

urat

ion

of th

e st

udy.

Acc

ess

Man

agem

ent

- I

n ad

ditio

n to

the

roa

dway

w

iden

ing,

sev

eral

acc

ess

man

agem

ent

chan

ges

are

expe

cted

to

oc

cur

with

in

the

stud

y lim

its.

Acc

ess

Man

agem

ent

is

a co

mpr

ehen

sive

ap

proa

ch

to

the

man

agem

ent

and

reg

ulat

ion

of d

rivew

ays,

med

ians

, m

edia

n op

enin

gs,

and

traffi

c si

gnal

s.

The

goal

of

acce

ss m

anag

emen

t is

to

limit

and

sepa

rate

tra

ffi c

confl

ict p

oint

s. B

y re

duci

ng c

onfl i

cts,

saf

ety

is im

prov

ed

and

traffi

c c

apac

ity is

incr

ease

d. T

he p

ublic

hea

ring

for

the

prop

osed

acc

ess

man

agem

ent c

hang

es w

ill b

e he

ld

conc

urre

nt w

ith th

e S

R 6

0 P

D&

E S

tudy

Pub

lic H

earin

g.

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REA

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&E

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earin

g N

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rPa

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ende

d A

lter

nat

ive

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cal S

ecti

ons

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ette

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EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY