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CFDA Title: Surace Transportation Inrastructure Discretionary Grants or Capital Investments II
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This grant application requests $43,160,000
or the ollowing:
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Replace outdated bridges/inrastructure and makeimprovements along the I-70 corridor system
in the Bi-State region and downtown St. Louis
between the new Mississippi River Bridge (MRB)
and Poplar Street Bridge (PSB) to accommodate
changing vehicular and pedestrian trac patterns
while acilitating saer, multi-modal access between
Downtown, the Jeerson National Expansion
Memorial (JNEM), and the St. Louis Port District
along the Mississippi River. The project includes:
New Walnut Street Bridge over I-70
and improvements to Walnut Streetinto the Downtown Core
Replacement o outdated, unsae Market, Chestnut
and Pine Street Bridges with new Land Bridge
connecting the Downtown Core to JNEM
New entrance/exit ramps at Washington Avenue
to improve trac ow into and out o the
Downtown Core between new MRB and PSB
City street grid upgrades at Washington Avenue
and Third Street to accommodate saer vehicular
and pedestrian trac ow into potential economicdevelopment areas along Washington Avenue and
also the Lacledes Landing Entertainment District
Replacement o portion o Washington Ave.
with a new gateway at the north end o the
JNEM providing accessible route that connects
Downtown, the JNEM, the MetroLink Light Rail
System, Lacledes Landing Entertainment District
and the St. Louis Riverront/Port District
A new exit ramp or southbound I-70 trac
to eed the Tucker Boulevard connection
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Raise Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard (LKS), a major
St. Louis Port access drive along the Mississippi
River, 2.5 to 3 eet above its current elevation to
allow 60-70% more riverront/port access during
ood season and provide positive connections
to the Great Rivers Greenway Trail System.
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Make roadway improvements to Front Street in
East St. Louis, Illinois and extend the Conuence
Bikeway along the east bank o the Mississippi
River completing the River Ring Trail system
between St. Louis and East St. Louis.
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The CityArchRiver Bi-State Transportation Loop
project cost is $99,360,000.
The overall beneits o this project exceed the
costs by a actor o 2.06.
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An international design competition, sponsored by
the CityArchRiver 2015 Foundation (CAR 2015),
culminated in September 2010posing that access
at a diuse set o conditions surrounding the
grounds o the Gateway Arch and the Mississippi
River could yield a more integrated transportation
and public space strategy to support economic
growth in the St. Louis and East St. Louis region.
The competition process led by CAR 2015 with
the National Park Service (NPS) in 2009 built
One o many collaborative work sessions involvingthe applicant, partners, stakeholders and projectplanners.
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE ( COMPLETION)
a network o critical partnering with local
agencies including the Missouri Department o
Transportation (MoDOT), Great Rivers Greenway
District (GRG), Metro East Park and Recreation
District (MEPRD) in Illinois and the City o St. Louis.
A years worth o planning, design and
stakeholder outreach since then has led to a plan
that promotes transportation improvements on both
the Missouri and Illinois sides o the Mississippi
River and provides a multi-modal transportation
network to support land use changes and economic
development. This plan has been developed in a
collaborative context, resulting in critical cross-
jurisdictional partnerships to acilitate and help
und urban inrastructure improvements.
While St. Louis is a major hub or cross-
country and regional trac, this inrastructure
has continually developed at the expense o
supporting the growth o the local downtown
community. This inrastructure has especially
impacted the JNEM, comprised o key national
attractions: The Gateway Arch and Grounds, Luther
Ely Smith Square and the Old Courthouse.
By making transportation improvements that
will result in greater connectivity between the JNEM
and the City o St. Louis, the project will spur neweconomic growth and lay the groundwork or long-
term economic competitiveness or the region.
The existing network o highways, expressways
and arterials in the Downtown Core ocuses
vehicular access onto a single collector road,
Memorial Drive, resulting in a heavy ow o
regional highway trac mixing with local trac
and pedestrian movement between the city and
the Gateway Arch, which receives 2.4 million
visitors annually. This has resulted in a collection
o compromised conditions or vehicular andpedestrian saety along the perimeter o the JNEM.
The existing roadways, cantilevered lanes
and bridges over the I-70 depressed lanes and
Memorial Drive are primarily designed to
accommodate peak trac in and out o the city.
These structures have aged to the point that their
replacement and increased maintenance would
become costly but necessary to support City
trac operations and visitation to the Arch.
Successul city connections beneft the public
by both providing the means to traverse obstacles
and giving them the reasons or doing so. Similar
to other integrated transportation planning
projects o recent decades like the Embarcadero
in San Francisco, The Big Dig in Boston and New
York Citys Hudson River Drive, this application
addresses aging, dysunctional transportation
inrastructure while also proposes a positive
inuence on the adjacent community. The
presence o the JNEM in the downtown is a unique
opportunity that has yet to be ully reconciled
with the current transportation system, which
the Bi-State Transportation Loop enables.
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Currently, the Poplar Street Bridge, known locally
as the PSB, is the only urban interstate bridge
between Illinois and Missouri and is one o only
two bridges in the United States that carry three
interstates. The new Mississippi River Bridge
(MRB), which will relieve a signifcant portion
o the demand on the PSB, will be the frst new
bridge connecting the St. Louis metro-region
and southwestern Illinois in over 40 years. In
order to leverage the most beneft out o public
transportation investments, the project will build
creatively within the changes brought about by
the MRB.
Construction work on the MRB project is well
underway and is scheduled to open to trac in 2014.
Once open, The MRB will relieve the combined
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I-70/I-44 corridor by relocating the I-70 portion
to the northern edge o Downtown and away rom
the depressed lanes adjacent to the Downtown
Core. The remaining inrastructure will provide
easier localized access to the Downtown Core as I-44
continues to serve as a major gateway to the city.
Learn more about the MRB project at thisweblink
With the MRB taking over the role o carrying
I-70 trac, the Poplar Street Bridge ramps that
eed cars into the St. Louis Downtown Core are
being redirected to better accommodate I-55
trac to and rom south o the City. Elimination
o an east bound I-70 ramp rom the depressed
section to the PSB will allow easier acilitation
o the new Walnut Street Bridge and the
southbound Washington Avenue ramp.
The MRB and PSB Ramps both have a
tremendous impact on the CAR 2015 transportation
initiatives. These two projects are already
unded and will be completed by 2015.
The St. Louis MetroLink Light Rail system
frst implemented in 1993 repurposed the
rail deck o the historic Eads Bridge or public
use. The success o this major investment and
commitment in light rail, managed by the Bi-
State Development Agency, spurred severalsuccessive waves o the networks expansion in both
states. This proposal recognizes the importance
o this success in terms o the regions appetite
or multi-modal means o transportation.
The transportation improvements or which
TIGER unds are being requested are core
components o the larger CAR 2015 project which
seeks to bolster visitor and resident pedestrian
engagement with the City, the Arch and the
River by improving access into the city. When
complete, the project will improve access todowntown St. Louis and to the Jeerson National
Expansion Memorial (JNEM), the site o the
monumental Gateway Arch. Completing the
primary transportation project described
here is crucial to spurring steady, sustainable,
growth in the St. Louis region.
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The larger CAR 2015 project will integrate the
improved inrastructure supported by TIGER Grant
unds with public space investments to complete
the transormation o the area into a revitalized
multi-modal network and thriving communities.
CAR 2015 and Bi-State Development Agency have
ormed the TransRiver Authority (TRA) to acilitate
this project. TRA merges the unding ability o CAR
2015 and Bi-State Development Agencys capacity
to implement the project and the cooperation
and resources o the National Park Service.Full TIGER unding will allow the documentation
and construction o this transportation project to
be completed in time to meet the target deadline o
October 28, 2015, celebrating the 5oth anniversary
o the completion o the Gateway Arch.
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The CityArchRiver Bi-State Transportation Loop
builds upon the transportation improvements
o the MRB, but also upon the opportunity to
rewire trac ow to both increase eciency
o movement and acilitate saer multi-modal,
multipurpose transportation, simpliying the
lives o drivers, light rail users, bicyclists and
pedestrians, and reducing accidents and delays.
A TIGER Discretionary Grant would both realize
these vital transportation improvements and provide
a strong oundation upon which uture connectivityinitiatives can build. Many such uture proposals are
already being explored under the umbrella o the
CAR 2015 project and its partnerships, including
an aerial lit which will connect to a new National
Park Service (NPS) unit on the east side o the
river and an extension o Illinois Route 3 which
will serve as a new entry to Malcolm W. Martin
Memorial Park (MMMP), also on the east side.
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SUMMARy o BeneITS
te ciArie Bi-Sae tanspoaion Loop
will poide e ollowing benes:
coodinae epais and impoemens oegional anspoaion ssems beween
Illinois and Missoui.
Poide sae and onenien oies wi
espe o muli-modal, mulipupose
anspoaion, simpliing e lies o dies,
publi anspoaion uses, biliss and
pedesians, and eduing onfis and delas.
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The proposed Land Bridge establishes a direct
pedestrian and bike connection between the
Arch Grounds and the Downtown Core and
eliminates the treacherous crossing o Memorial
Drive and the I-70 / I-44 depressed lanes thathas rustrated Arch visitors or more than fve
decades. This structure accomplishes two key
agendas or the Bridges, Roadways + Ramps
component o the Transportation Loop project.
First, by removing one block o Memorial Drive,
the structure sets in motion a series o changes that
restructure how vehicles enter the Downtown Core.
Congestion that currently collects along Memorial
Drive will be relieved by utilizing the capacity
o the downtown grid or better vehicular ow.
This redirected trac will also better support thedevelopment currently planned or the Downtown.
Second, it osters a saer, ully accessible and
expanded visitor accommodation or the 2.4 million
people that the Arch attracts annually.
The transormed end blocks o Market Street
and Chestnut Streetrom peak trac eeders
onto Memorial Drive into low trac park drop-
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vehicle drop-os and pick-up lanes at the edge
o Luther Ely Smith Square, an aspect o the
existing acility that is considerably underserved.
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Currently Walnut Street and the associated
bridge over the I-44/I-70 depressed lanes
are one-way and primarily serve trac
leaving the city via Memorial Drive. The
proposed changes associated with the Land
Bridge necessitate the reconfguration o
Walnut Street as a 2-way street that will
be directly tied to the existing Memorial
Drive exits on I-44. This change creates an
entirely new vehicular entry experience to
the Downtown that will stimulate activity
and development in the south side o the
Downtown Core and better serve some
o the major city acilities in this vicinity,
notably Busch Stadium, City Hall and the
Courthouse complex. The new bridge over
the depressed lanes associated with this
change will also oster a much improved and
saer pedestrian crossing between Walnut
Street and the Arch Groundsnotably
at the Basilica o St. Louis which draws a
considerable amount o pedestrian activity.
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The ramps associated with the elevated
section o I-70 at the north end o the Arch
Grounds begin above the intersection o
Memorial Drive and Washington Avenue.
The Eads Bridge roadway also eeds into
this location, creating an un-signalized
fve-leg intersection set beneath the elevated
highway and ramps. This confguration is
not only inecient or trac movement but
also results in vehicular/pedestrian conict.
The proposed removal o these elevated
ramp structures opens up an opportunity
to directly link the depressed lanes to
Washington Avenue with at-grade ramps.
As with the Walnut Street
reconfguration to the south, this proposal
will oster a new threshold that will serve
the north end o the Downtown Core. It will
reinorce Washington Avenues economic
renaissancethe street was voted this year
as one o Americas Great Streets by the
American Planning Associationand urther
support the established lot district, cultural
destinations and retail development.
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The incremental growth o roadway inrastructure
in this area has cumulatively created a barrier that
negatively impacts the development potential o
the neighborhood adjacent to the riverront: the
Lacledes Landing Entertainment District. The
roadway confguration at the end o Martin Luther
King (MLK) Bridge especially limits the ow o
vehicles between the Downtown and this district to
a ew key intersections that conjoin access to city
streets and the interstate system. The proposal to
punch-through this confguration and re-establish
the continuity o Third Street allows or normalized
intersections and better management o the
interace between regional and local trac.
In combination with the Washington Ramps,
Third Streets continuity through the Washington/
Memorial intersection builds greater capacity
or vehicle ow in and out o Lacledes Landing
Entertainment District. These key intersection
improvements eectively create a new ront door
that simultaneously opens up convenient interstate
access to and rom this district and improves
pedestrian interaces with taxi stands and
drop-o lanes.
The realignment o Third Street and the
continuation o Great Rivers Greenway planning
along the riverront set the stage or revitalizing this
area as a draw or downtown residents and visitors,
and as an incentive or more diverse development
within the District.
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As the Third Street Punch-Through improves direct
ow o trac northbound onto the interstate, a
critical ramp addition is planned in conjunction with
the MRB project to create a similar improvement to
southbound I-70 trac entering the Downtown Core.
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Finally, the one block o Washington Avenue
south o the Eads Bridge abutment must be removed
so that the ramps and intersection at Washington
Avenue can be normalized as a our-leg intersection,
which will acilitate sae pedestrian crossings at
this important connection to the Arch Grounds
and improve vehicle ow and trac managementthrough signalization.
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To eliminate the fve-leg intersection at
Eads Bridge and Washington Avenue and
accommodate new I-70 Washington Avenue
ramps, Washington Avenue east o Memorial
Drive to the riverront must be closed.
This portion o Washington Avenue traverses
60 eet o grade change. Historically, the challenges
o this grade change and the intensity o the
surrounding regional roadway inrastructure
have cut o the Riverront rom the City and
rendered the MetroLink Light Rail Station at the
Eads Bridge and the Riverront inaccessible.
The proposed removal o the garage opens
up a signifcant potential or park program
development, but most importantly it creates
the only opportunity in the vicinity to make an
accessible North Gateway that accommodates
a sae environment or pedestrians, bikes, event
vehicles, and a seasonal circulator. With this
reconfguration, the Arch Grounds will eectively
connect the Downtown Core, the Lacledes Landing
Entertainment District and the Riverront.
This reorganization o the north end
o the Arch Grounds also accommodates
a park drop-o or visitors and makes the
MetroLink Light Rail accessible, thereore
expanding the visitor transportation choices
at these regional and national destinations.
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Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard (LKS) is a 1.6-mile
stretch o roadway that is the main north/south
City right-o-way adjacent to the Mississippi
River. By land, LKS accommodates special eventstaging, group tour buses, emergency vehicles,
delivery trucks, taxis and event parking. By river,
the roadway anchors the local barge businesses,
boat launches, Port Authority mooring sites, and
soon the return o overnight stay riverboats.
Currently the existing roadway oods
requently, restricting access and limiting the
economic viability o Riverront development. In
addition to lost jobs due to business closures, this
results in an average annual cost to the City o over
$200,000 or removal o deposition and repairo ood damage. The proposal or this stretch o
roadway is centered on the benefts o elevating
the road above the requently occurring ood
stage events, which typically coincide with peak
visitorship to the Gateway Arch and Riverront, the
season when riverront businesses are most active
and the most City-sponsored events take place.
Based on an analysis o historical ood
data, raising the road elevation by 2-3 eet will
decrease ood occurrences by 60 to 70 percent
in an average wet year, thus oering a dramaticreduction in risk o ood impacts and creating
reliable vehicular service to the Riverront,
improving accessibility and useulness to operations
and businesses moored in this location.
St. Louis has a long history o exploring
opportunities or new business along the riverront
and portgoing back to the origins o the historic
cobble levee as the stepping stone or commercethat drove this nations westward expansionand
the City, Great Rivers Greenway Districe (GRG),
TransRiver Authority (TRA) and the project
partners are eager to support the programming
o this unique stretch o roadway, once the
high-requency ooding is mitigated with the
implementation o the proposed port improvements.
The proposed port improvements also seek to
oster continuity across the monument, the historic
cobble levee, and the river. The project promises to
better integrate various modes o trac that needto traverse and cross LKS: tour buses dropping o
visitors, bicyclists using the riverront bike path, and
pedestrians moving between the Arch grounds and
the river. The improvements also accommodate the
mooring and utility needs o vessels docked at the
levee and brings visitors down to these riverront
businesses with accessible approach walks.
The connective potential o this proposal is
especially evident in the incorporation o a critical
link within the GRG River Ring Plan starting rom
the bike trailhead to the north at Carr Street, whichgoes on to connect to the Illinois Conuence
Bikeway at the McKinley Bridge crossing, and to
the south to Chouteau Avenue where the bike
route sponsored by the City o St. Louis connect.
Flooding along Leonor K Sullivan Blvd. (atEads Bridge) is a requent occurence onaverage wet years.
Existing inrastructure limitations do notsupport opportunities or new businessalong the Riverront
Leonor K Sullivan Blvd. (at Eads Bridge)and historic cobble levee where river-based businesses are moored.
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As part o the 2011 Long Range Plan, adopted by
the MEPRD board, a regional bikeway network
spanning the Mississippi River will create
improved access between the MEPRD, GRG andthe Madison and St. Clair County Transit districts.
Concurrently, there is legislation in place or
the NPS to acquire land on the East Bank or an
expansion o the JNEM and the process o site
investigation or this potential acquisition has begun.
The key to seeing the uture park unit realized is
establishment o an eective set o connections
to the other side o the River. This proposal sets
orth a plan or implementing a frst phase o
linking the East side to the JNEM and Downtown.
The Conuence Bikeway rom the McKinley
Bridge to the Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park
(MMMP) along the east bank o the Mississippi Riverwill complete a loop across the east and west side o
the River. A portion o this east side extension will
exist within the Front Street right-o-way, which
currently unctions as the primary means o access
to MMMP, and will include roadway improvements
and a connection to the MetroLink Light Rail
station at the Illinois side o the Eads Bridge.
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II. Prct Partis
Missouri Department o Transportation (MoDOT)
TIGER Grant main applicant Has jurisdiction over the highway corridor, bridges, ramps and Memorial Drive.
25,000,000 bu
Great Rivers Greenway District (GRG)
GRG was ormed by the voters in November, 2000, and is responsible or thedevelopment o greenways, parks and trails in St. Louis City, St. Louis County and St.Charles County, Missouri.
$1,, bu
Metro East Park and Recreation District (MEPRD)
The MEPRD was ormed by voters in November, 2000, and is responsible or the
development o parks, trails, and green spaces in Madison and St. Clair Countiesin Illinois.
$8, bu
City o St. Louis
Has jurisdiction over the City Streets and Riverront.
$4, bu
CityArchRiver 2015 (CAR 2015)
CityArchRiver 2015 Foundation is a non-proft 501(c)(3) organization involved inplanning, design and undingv o the project.
$,, bu
TransRiver Authority (TRA)
TRA is a non-proft corporation organized by Bi-State Development Agency in
partnership with CAR 2015 and NPS to oversee and acilitate execution and
construction o the entire project.
Bi-State Development Agency (BSDA)
Created by an interstate compact between Missouri & Illinois, ratifed by the U.S.Congress. Its compact was modeled ater the New York-New Jersey Port Authoritycompact giving it many o the same, specifc powers, among them bonding capacity.
Supporting TRA in the letting and administration o projects proposed or the Archand River improvements.
National Park Service (NPS)
Landowner o JNEM, including Memorial Drive and North Gateway.
Partner with Bi-State Development Agency or 48 years.
East-West Gateway Council o Governments
Designated by state and ederal agencies as the metro planning organization or thebi-state area
Responsible or selecting the road, bridge and transit projects in the region that willreceive ederal unds.
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III. Grat uds Surcs
MoDOT is requesting $43,160,000 o TIGER
Discretionary Grant unding. This award is the
amount needed to und the completion o design
and subsequent construction o the transportation
improvements needed to realize the goals o the
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Letters and documentation outlining the
fnancial commitments rom unding sponsors
and partners or the 56.6% match are available
or review at the application website.
PROJECTCOMPONENTS TotalProjectCost PublicMatch PrivateMatch* GrantRequest
1.Bridges,RoadwaysandRamps
MoDOT 70,288,000.00$ 25,000,000.00$CityofSt.Louis 400,000.00$
CAR2015 14,148,200.00$SubTotal 70,288,000.00$ 25,400,000.00$ 14,148,200.00$ 30,739,800.00$
2.LeonorK.SullivanBlvd.+PortImprovements 25,072,000.00$GreatRiversGreenwayDistrict 10,000,000.00$
CAR2015 5,046,600.00$
SubTotal 25,072,000.00$ 10,000,000.00$ 5,046,600.00$ 10,025,400.00$3.ConfluenceBikeway+FrontSt.Improvements 4,000,000.00$
MetroEastParksandRecreationDistrict 800,000.00$CAR2015 805,200.00$
SubTotal 4,000,000.00$ 800,000.00$ 805,200.00$ 2,394,800.00$TOTALPROJECT 99,360,000.00$ 36,200,000.00$ 20,000,000.00$ 43,160,000.00$
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LEGEND
The Gateway Arch
Tourist Zip Codes
300 Mile Radius
600 Mile Radius
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Draw additional tourists rom the region, country,and international locations to bolster the economy.
Encourage private development o underused
parcels located near the perimeter o the JNEM.
Optimize the utilization o private property
located near the perimeter o the JNEM (Lacledes
Landing Entertainment District, Chestnut, Market
and Walnut Streets, Washington Avenue).
Foster more ecient transitions between regional
highway inrastructure, city street networks,
neighborhood destinations and bike trails. Revitalize the national legacy o the Gateway Arch
and its inuence upon the prosperity o the city
and region.
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Bring together the Downtown Core, the JNEM and
the riverront as a cohesive economic entity.
Leverage the segment o riverront adjacent to the
JNEM as a regional draw and connectivity hub.
Transorm underutilized open space into public
space, capitalizing on its proximity to the Arch.
Elevate Leonor K Sullivan Blvd. to anchor a
comeback or local riverront business and
increase tourism opportunities along the
Mississippi River.
Extend the Conuence Trail along the Illinois banko the Mississippi River to provide recreation and
connections to the MetroLink Light Rail Station
and nearby communities.
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LIvABILITy
The CityArchRiver Bi-State Transportion Loop
project will improve multi-modal access or
communities on both the Missouri and Illinois
banks o the Mississippi River. As a multi-
jurisdictional, multi-sponsor project it includes
livability initiatives that will beneft every part
o the St. Louis region, and will demonstrate
that action undertaken by government agencies
at all levels, private and non-proft sectors
can help build greater value into interaction
between various members o the community.
Multiple aspects o the scheme will contribute
to the improved reliability, saety, and convenienceo multi-modal access to the Downtown Core, the
Old Courthouse, the Convention Center, the sports
stadiums, the MetroLink Light Rail System, the
JNEM, the historic Lacledes Landing Entertainment
District, East St. Louis Businesses, and Malcolm
W. Martin Memorial Park by providing a new land
bridge, highway ramps, bikeways and year-round
use o Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard. One aspect
o livability will be eorts to mitigate the existing
negative experience o air and noise pollution
at pedestrian crossings o Memorial Drive.The growing number o residents in
Downtown St. Louis will be better able to take
advantage o proximity to local and regional
destinations through improved access to a bi-
state transportation loop or motorists, transit
riders, pedestrians and bicyclists brought about
by the project. Several projects contribute to
the creation o convenient local and regional
pedestrian access to the Gateway Arch, which is
the symbol o St. Louis, and yet is very dicult and
hazardous to access rom the Downtown Core.In another high-profle improvement, pedestrian
connections or residents and visitors crossing
Washington Avenue at Memorial Drive will be
dramatically improved by the reconfguration o
a notoriously conusing and unsae intersection.
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The proposed Land Bridge over I-7 will erasethe negative experiences o trac noise and airpollution associated with the depressed lanes or the. million annual visitors to the Arch Grounds.
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This will lay the groundwork or an accessible
North Gateway between Downtown, Lacledes
Landing Entertainment District, Eads Bridge
MetroLink Light Rail station, the Arch Grounds
and LKS Riverront through proposed removal
o the garage and installing multi-modal
paths. Trac improvements at Walnut Street
and Washington Avenue will also contribute to
the increased consumer access to ground oor
retail and stronger economic competitiveness o
residential communities in Downtown St. Louis.
The economically depressed neighborhood on
the North Riverront, and the City o St. Louis, will
be given greater opportunity to prosper through
the elevation o LKS roadbed above seasonal
ooding, and reducing the $200,000+ averagestreet cleaning and repair expenditure attributed
to ooding in this area. The integration o LKS
into the growing regional bike trail networks on
both sides o the Mississippi River will urther
ortiy the social vitality o the riverront.
The project as a whole will increase the direct
use value tourists and other visitors place on the
Jeerson National Expansion Memorial, and the St.
Louis Mississippi Riverront, by converting paved
areas to green space and dramatically expanding
program opportunities and sae connections.
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SAeTy
The improvements proposed by the CityArchRiver
Bi-State Transportation Loop will address a range o
vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle saety issues.
First, the construction o the Land Bridge and the
re-routing o Memorial Drive trac will eliminate
the vehicular-pedestrian conicts that occur at theexisting Market and Chestnut Street crossings. These
crossings link two important JNEM destinations
the Old Courthouse and the Arch Grounds. The
crossing distance requently tempts pedestrians to
violate the walk signals rather than wait or two
signal changes to reach their destination.
Second, the relocation o the existing high-speed
through trac rom Memorial Drive to the City
arterials o Broadway and 4th Street, the project
will eectively calm incoming trac and improve
pedestrian crossings in the Downtown Core.Additionally, improved pedestrian crossing
points along Memorial Drive at Walnut Street and
Washington Avenue will make it easier and saer or
pedestrians to navigate these intersections.
Trac calming measures proposed along LKS,
including a slightly elevated table top at the base
o the Arch Grounds steps and designated bus drop
o zones, will create better opportunities or saely
accommodating visitor arrival and gathering spaces
while reducing vehicular-pedestrian circulation.
The existing LKS and Front Street right o ways
do not adequately provide sae vehicle-bicycle
separation. Improvements in bike route delineation
at both locatons will separate vehicle and bicycle
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High requency food events during spring andsummer can each last up to weeks. A single eventcould account or -% o the peak revenue-generating period or riverront businesses.The clean-up o food deposition costs the city$,+ annually.
Delamination o concrete is visible on the undersideo the bridges over the I-7 depressed lanes.
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Bridges, ramps and cantilevers to be removed at I-7depressed lanes.
STATe o GooD RePAIR
The existing roadways, cantilevered lanes and
bridges over the I-70 depressed lanes have aged
to the point that their replacement and increased
maintenance will become increasingly costly,
simply to adequately maintain the current level
o service needed or visitors and residents withinthe Downtown Core and Arch Grounds area. By
updating this inrastructure, the project will
specifcally alleviate the capital costs o replacement
and dramatically reduce uture lie cycle costs
associated with our critical collector road bridges
at Walnut, Market, Chestnut and Pine Streets, while
also improving the roadway system to better meet
current and uture demands.
Each bridge mentioned above requires a
dierent response based on its role within the
overall transportation network. The Market andChestnut Bridges will be replaced by the Land
Bridge. The Walnut Street Bridge will be replaced
with a wider, more unctional bridge. These bridge
structures will be designed and built to the most
current engineering standards in an eort to achieve
maximum lie expectancy and minimal operation
and maintenance costs. The Pine Street Bridge and
the cantilevered turn lanes will be demolished and
not replaced, eectively eliminating the higher
operations and maintenance costs required by these
elevated structures.
Taken as a whole, the ineciencies o the
existing trac network have the eect o limiting
the economic vitality o the region. The reconfgured
network will improve mobility and eciency or
visitors and residents and by providing a more even
distribution o trac across the network the project
will reduce concentrated wear and tear on roadway
suraces.
Raising the elevation o LKS will provide a
new roadway that is less costly or the City to
maintain and one that is less prone to annual ood
damage. Additionally, the improved LKS Boulevard
will provide greatly improved inrastructure with
greater reliability or year-round, long term, access
and support o Riverront businesses. Front Street
roadway improvements will address long-neglected
maintenance o the roadway surace and right-o-
way, returning them to a state o good repair.
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The downtown street widening program laidthe groundwork or the peak hours trac thatcurrently loads the I-7 corridor.
SUSTAInABILITy
Sustainable approaches have been integrated
as key components o the CityArchRiver
Bi-State Transportation Loop and CAR2015
planning. The project will result in a more ecient
trac network that reduces dependence on oil by
reducing vehicle idling time and providing new bikeroutes and connections with the existing MetroLink
Light Rail System. The key strategies are as ollows:
Reconfgure and improve eciency o the City
signalization system to improve trac ows
and reduce vehicle idling time, thus reducing
dependence on oil and reducing emissions.
Create better conditions or managing event
trac congestion through reconfguration o
the Washington/Memorial intersection and
providing the Third Street Punch-Through.
Additionally, the proposed removal o the
JNEM parking garage will relocate event
parking to other City garages with more direct
access to the interstate highway system.
Reduce dependence on oil by providing new
bicycle routes connected to the regional network.
Both the LKS and Conuence Bikeways, included
in this project, will connect to the MetroLink
Light Rail System to urther promote alternative
modes o travel that decrease the movement o
people through less energy-ecient vehicles. Improve and protect the environment
through sustainable construction
technologies and procurement protocol.
Replace fve acres o impervious roadway surace
with green space, thus reducing the quantity
o stormwater runo and treatment while
simultaneously improving air and water quality.
The MetroLink Light Rail System promotes rail andbicycle combined commuting within the region as analternative to less energy-ecient vehicles.
Transportation CorridorImpervious Area Replaced with Pervious Open Space
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Deadline for NEPA Approvals andObligations of TIGER Funding
BRIDGES, ROADWAYS
RAMPS
Permitting (NEPA MoDOT, NPS)
Permitting (Section )
Permitting (AJR FHWA)
Preliminary Design
Final Design
Letting + Construction
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE
POPLAR STREET BRIDGE RAMPS
Permitting (NEPA)
Permitting (AJR)
Preliminary Design
Final DesignLetting + Construction
LEONOR K SULLIVAN BLVD.
PORT IMPROVEMENTS
Permitting (NEPA)
Permitting (USACE)
Preliminary DesignFinal Design
Letting + Construction
CONFLUENCE BIKEWAY
FRONT ST. IMPROVEMENTS
R.O.W./Easement Acquisition
Permitting (NEPA)
Preliminary Design
Final Design
Letting + Construction
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CityArchRiver Bi-State Transportation Loop
construction will create more than 800 jobs over the
course o the project. A preliminary economic impact
study showed that a very modest increase in tourism
alone(same number o people staying another hal-
day) would provide over 900 jobs in retail, dining,
lodging and entertainment, and multiplier eects
would add another 1,500 jobs.
The applicants are committed to air employment
and contracting practices [link to website] and job
opportunities or low-income and disadvantaged
workers. The new Transportation Loop links
will connect the job sites to low income and
disadvantaged neighborhoods in St. Louis, East
St. Louis, Brooklyn and Venice, all o which are in
Economically Distressed Areas.
Letters o support rom fve agencies that connect
disadvantaged workers with economic opportunities
show the availability o willing partners in that
endeavor.
PRojeCT SCheDULe
Planning and permitting stages are currently under
way on all parts o the project.
The construction phasing o the projects Bridges,Roadways + Ramps will be coordinated to
minimize disruptions to regional trac ow.
Bridges and Roadways and Ramps in the project
schedule include the ollowing: Land Bridge,
Walnut Street Bridge, Tucker and Washington
Avenue Ramps, Third Street Punch-Through, North
Gateway, and work on all city streets associated
with the above.
CAR 2015 and TRA are unding and providing
design services prior to AJR approval in orderto meet the project completion by the 50th
Anniversary o the Gateway Arch,
October 28, 2011.
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envIRonMenTAL APPRovALS
All environmental approvals are anticipated
to be completed during the course o 2012, in
compliance with requested scheduling or a DOT
TIGER unded project.
The NPS 2009 JNEM General Management
Plan and Environmental Impact Statement set
the groundwork or an international design
competition sponsored by CAR 2015.weblink
MoDOT and NPS have initiated NEPA processes
and anticipate separate Environmental
Assessments tiered o the 2009 JNEM General
Management Plan/Environmental Impact
Statement.weblink
The Section 106 review process required by the
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), was
initiated in coordination with the NPS NEPAprocess.
Great Rivers Greenway and TRA have initiated the
U.S. Army Corps o Engineers (USACE) Individual
permit (weblink) and the NEPA application or
work on Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard. The NEPA
decision is anticipated to be an Environmental
Assessment tiered o the 2009 JNEM General
Management Plan/Environmental Impact
Statement.
Metro East Park and Recreation District willcomplete their NEPA process during design in
2012.
City o St. Louis Board o Public Service (BPS) will
review roadway projects during preliminary and
fnal documentation.
LeGISLATIve APPRovALS
MoDOT has the legislative authority in place to
move orward with the roadways, bridges and
ramps design and construction.
Legislative approval to organize TRA to oversee
and obligate construction and management
contracts is in place.
Great Rivers Greenway has the legislative
authority in Missouri to allocate dedicated tax
money to design and construct Leonor K Sullivan
Boulevard improvements.weblink
Metro East Park and Recreation District has
the legislative authority in Illinois to allocate
dedicated local tax money to design and construct
the Conuence Bikeway. View the MEPRD Act at
the ollowing location:weblink
STATe + LoCAL PLAnnInG
MoDOT has documented its transportation
planning process in regards to the MississippiRiver Bridge at the ollowing location:weblink
The City o St. Louis Director o Streets and
Director o the Planning and Urban Design Agency
have both participated in the development and
submission o this TIGER Discretionary Grant
application and ully support it on behal o the
City o St. Louis. Both o these cabinet ocials
have review and approval authority over Right-O-
Way changes and are committed to pursuing any
necessary administrative or legislative approvalsthat may be needed to allow the changes.
The City o St. Louis Regional Transportation
Plan 2040 o the East-West Gateway Council
o Governments regarding transportation
improvements and urban planning is documented
here:weblink
The City o St. Louis Downtown Development
Action Plan is the current City plan or the area,
and established the ramework and the key
projects that this TIGER application is designed to
achieve:weblink
GRG has documented its planning process in
the River Ring Plan which can be viewed at the
ollowingweblink
MEPRD has documented its planning process in
a Long Range Development Plan which can be
viewed at the ollowing website:weblink
East-West Gateway Council o Governments
is responsible or making transportation
investment decisions in the context o a 20-year
Transportation Plan which places the regionseconomic, community and environmental needs
at the top o its agenda. The agency works with a
variety o local government partners to acilitate
and assist coordinated community-driven
planning processes to ensure that development
enhances the quality o lie or present and uture
generations without compromising the regions
natural resource base.
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TeChnICAL eASIBILITy
The components o the Bi-State Transportation
Loop project (including the Land Bridge, the
Washington Avenue Ramps, the City o St. Louis
street work, the North Gateway, the Leonor K
Sullivan Blvd. Riverront and Conuence Bikeway+ Front Street improvements) come with their own
implementation issues related to project and sponsor,
but all are undamentally easible. All have been the
subject o extensive engineering and design studies
that have resulted in design approaches that are
consistent with the capabilities and limitations o
their sites.
Cost estimates have been developed along with
contingency allowances that are consistent with
each projects complexity and current state o design
resolution. The individual sponsors, including the
Missouri Department o Transportation, Great Rivers
Greenway District, Metro East Park and Recreation
District and the City o St. Louis Streets Division
have demonstrated their capacity to implement
projects o similar scale and complexity within
comparable time and budget constraints. TRA will
acilitate and oversee the implementation and
execution o the entire bi-state project to assure
uniorm schedules, standards and execution. The
resources o NPS, Bi State Development Agency and
other public partners are available to it.
For a more detailed description o the specifc
methods used to determine technical easibility or
each project, as well as the relevant qualifcations o
each project sponsor, please visit ourwebsite.
InAnCIAL eASIBILITy
Given the multi-aceted nature o the transportation
initiatives being coordinated through the
CityArchRiver Bi-State Transportation Loop, unding
will come rom a variety o sources. MoDOT willbe contributing $24.5 million rom the 20122016
Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
(STIP) budget or improvements related to the
Jeerson National Expansion Memorial ParK
The Great Rivers Greenway District, which has a
strong track record o managing ederal grants, will
be contributing $10 million or improvements to the
Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard + Port Improvements.
The MEPRD, which also has a strong record o
handling grants, and has no outstanding debts
or bonds, has committed up to $800,000 out o
its annual operating budget (FY 2012) or the
Conuence Bikeway/Front Street Improvementsrom McKinley Bridge to Malcolm W. Martin
Memorial Park. The City o St. Louis, which oversees
an annual budget in excess o $ 937 Million, o
which over $ 450 Million is rom locally generated
revenue, will provide $400,000 rom locally
generated unds.
In Addition, CAR 2015, which has spent over
$15 million to date in the development o the larger
design, has secured a legally binding charitable
pledge in the maximum amount o $20 million, $1
or each $2 awarded by TIGER grant to fnish theproject. Upon receiving the award, CAR 2015 will
cause the unds to be transerred into an appropriate
escrow to assure timely unding o costs or which it
is responsible.
TransRiver Authority was ormed by the Bi-State
Development Agency (BSDA) o the Missouri-Illinois
Metropolitan District in partnership with NPS and
CAR 2015 to acilitate implementation o the plan,
utilizing the powers and authorities o BSDA, to
issue bonds to fnance certain o the inrastructure
projects. Because BSDAs compact gives the agency
broad powers in two states, it has been called upon
requently to accomplish projects that individual
states or local governments or other entities fnd
dicult to do. Currently BSDA is managing over 25
construction grants totaling over $100 million and it
has a long history o successul grant administration
and management o capital projects valued well
in excess o $1 billion. Through the partnership
o CAR 2015 and NPS, TRA also has available to it
access to the engineering, design and construction
management services o NPS.
For a more detailed description o the fnancial
qualifcations o each project sponsor, please visit
our application website.
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InnovATIon
The project and this application were made possible
through a unique consortium o partnershipsassembled to guide and acilitate the planning
process, approvals strategy, and design reviews rom
the outset. In organizing the Technical Advisory
Group (TAG) during the competition process
brought together a spectrum o jurisdictional
administrators whose understanding o their
own agencies objectives and operations allowed
the project partners to devise ecient cross-
jurisdictional strategies and expedite approvals.
Similarly, the comprehensive and coordinated
decision-making that has resulted in plans orthe Bi-State Transportation Loop would not
have been possible without the ormation o
the TransRiver Authority (TRA). The TRA was
created specifcally to oversee and acilitate the
implementation o a complex bi-state, multi-party
public-private partnership. Without this type o
innovative partnering, the eciency and ecacy o
executing this complex project would be reduced.
With respect to implementation, the unique
partnership-based governance structure has allowed
the project team to be more resourceul whenconsidering potential transportation improvements.
In many cases, strategic adaptive reuse o existing
structures and and repurposing o existing urban
amenities have been used in lieu o dramatic
interventions or new construction. Inter-agency
cooperation allows or initiatives that simultaneously
address local and regional connectivity and
encourage more convenient multi-modal choices.
An innovative parking strategy, which resulted
rom a collaboration with city agencies, supports
new urban connections by coordinating use oexisting city parking and introducing integrated
wayfnding. This holistic approach allows the project
to leverage multiple benefts, including the proposed
removal o a parking garage rom the JNEM,
improved access rom Washington Avenue to the
Riverront, and increased use and economic vitality
o existing downtown parking garages.
A careully balanced construction implementation
plan, also the result o cross-agency planning,will minimize impact to trac ow during the
surveying and construction phases o the project.
For construction o Interstate improvements
MoDOT will be building upon its success using
Practical Design and Design/Build techniques
to deliver the project on time and under budget
while maintaining the highest standards or
sustainability and long-term maintenance.
PARTneRShIP
This project would not be possible without the
ormation o strong partnerships to acilitate
agile decision-making. This was initiated when
CAR 2015 partnered with NPS to hold the initial
design competition, which underscored the
value o jurisdictional partnerships. This led to
the ormation o The Technical Advisory Group
(TAG) during the competition, which is made up
o representatives rom over 23 ederal, state and
local entities. The TAG has counseled CAR 2015
and the design team throughout the competitionand subsequent planning and design phases.
MoDOTs partnership with CAR 2015
ollowing the competition was ormed around
the goal o developing innovative multi-modal
transportation improvements to support the
larger urban revitalization goals o the project;
this has resulted in the Bi-State Transportation
Loop proposed. As initial post-competition plans
were being developed, CAR 2015 also developed
an agreement with BSDA to orm the TransRiver
Authority (TRA) to plan, coordinate, and implementdevelopment on both sides o the Mississippi River.
Additionally, in the course o planning this
project, CAR 2015 and Great Rivers Greenway
District (GRG) have recently executed a partner
agreement or preliminary design services or the
Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard project improvements.
Scdar Slcti Critria
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A Beneft-Cost Analysis (BCA) was generated or
the project in August and September o 2011. The
Beneft-Cost Analysis was prepared by Development
Strategies in accordance with the beneft-cost
methodology recommended by the USDOT. in its
Notice o Funding Availability.The ull analysis is provided in the Appendix on the
application website.
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With a discount rate o seven percent, the BCA
shows that the quantifable benefts rom the project
exceed anticipated costs by a ratio o 2.06 to 1
(Table A).
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Increase Lie-Cycle Cost Savings: The replacement
o two bridges over the depressed lanes o I-70 and
the reworking o the intersection at Washington
Avenue, Memorial Drive, and Eads Bridge will
produce annual lie cycle cost savings
Capture Replacement Cost Savings: The proposed
removal o Washington Avenue between Memorial
Drive and Sullivan Blvd. will eliminate the need to
replace or heavily repair the roadbed in the uture.
The savings rom this eliminated uture cost will
produce a one-time cost savings.
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Ampliy Land Premiums: The properties inDowntown St. Louis near the changes proposed
at the land bridge and intersection along with the
properties bordering the proposed bike trail in
the Metro East are not oriented towards attracting
pedestrians or bicyclists. Many parcels are
underutilized. The proposed changes will prompt
property owners to redevelop property to capture
this new market.
Reduce Travel Time: Travel times per automobile
user are expected to decrease due to the
introduction o a more ecient transportation
network, resulting in a net economic beneft to
each automobile user.
lVbl
Increase Direct Use Value: The proposed changes
will support and enhance the use o an existing
National Park, the St. Louis riverront, Downtown
St. Louis, and the riverront in the Metro East. The
Rsults BftCst Aalsisadditional direct use value captured by residents
and visitors is estimated to increase to levels
similar to other cultural institutions and areas in
the region.
Increase Health Benefts: The improvements will
encourage easier connectivity to various partso the region by walking, bike or public transit.
While improvements to road inrastructure will
occur, the easier access to the region by alternative
transit modes will prompt increased use o bike
and public transit. This increase in physical activity
is linked to improved individual health along with
a beneft to society in the orm o reduced medical
expenditures.
Provide Recreational Benefts to Bicyclists: The
project will promote increased bike use or
recreational purposes along both sides o the
Mississippi River and throughout Downtown St.
Louis. This results in a net increase o recreational
bike riders in the region. The NHCRP estimates
that the recreational value o a one-hour bicycle
trip is $10.
Create Value or O-Street Bike Commuters:
Bicycle commuters are willing to spend 20.38
extra minutes per trip to use o-street bicycle trails
when presented along with traditional roadways
with parked cars. This mobility beneft can becaptured or all new bike commuters and existing
commuters able to utilize an o-street trail can be
captured on both the east and west banks o the
Mississippi River.
Decrease Auto Use rom Bike Commuting: All net
new bicycle commuters are assumed to replace
some o their existing auto commute with a bike
commute. We have assumed that the average
bike commute is approximately fve miles in each
direction. The average savings per mile or bike
commuters in urban areas is $0.13. These savingscan be applied to the beneft-cost analysis.
ubl
Increase Tree Cover: The land bridge and
improvements to City streets will contain new
trees to be added as enhancements to the
area, providing benefts including stormwater
retention, energy conservation, and air quality
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improvements.
Reduce Emissions due to Vehicle Idling: The
improved signaling at the intersection o
Washington Avenue, Memorial Drive, and the Eads
Bridge will reduce vehicle idling time at street
lights.F
Reduce Vehicular Accidents: There have been
a minimum o 66 accidents at the intersection
o Washington Avenue, Memorial Drive, and
the Eads Bridge between 2006 and 2010. Many
o these accidents were reportedly due to the
conusing nature o the fve-way intersection
and poor signalization. The redevelopment o
this intersection into a more typical our-way
intersection with improved signalization willvastly reduce the number o accidents in the
immediate area.
ul Vlu
Capture Residual Values: The new bridges over the
depressed lanes o Interstate 70 and the bridge
over the train tracks in the Metro East have a lie-
cycle value o 50 years. Residual values beyond the
25-year BCA timerame are accounted or in this
analysis.
Capital Costs: Initial project costs include
engineering and design, construction, acquisition
o rights-o-way, other capital investments, and
contingency actors. These costs will be incurred
beginning in 2012 and ending in 2015. The project
will be operational in 2015.
Operations and Maintenance Costs: The annual
costs o operating and maintaining the proposed
components were included in the analysis.
Estimated O&M costs were compared against
the existing highway, roadway, parks, and trails
maintenance costs. Net costs were calculated
and used or the BCA.
TableA:BenefitCostAnalysisResults
DiscountRate 7.00%
RecurringBenefits(Costs)
StateofGoodRepair
LifeCycle $4,457,547
Replacement Costs $7,275
EconomicCompetitiveness
LandPremiums $16,911,182
TravelTime $10,725,416
Livability
DirectUseValue $100,295,280
HealthBenefitsofBiking $6,890,877
Recreational Valueof Biking $530,549
ValueofOffStreetTrailstoBikeCommuters $2,496,864
DecreasedAutoUse FromBikeCommuting $238,305
Sustainability
TreeCover $341,994
EmissionsduetoVehicleIdling ($126,664)
Safety
VehicularAccidents $61,644,580
ResidualValue $593,499
TotalRecurring
Benefits
(Costs) $205,006,704
OneTimeBenefits
ProjectConstructionEarnings $67,404,049
ProjectCosts
MatchingFunds $56,492,301
TIGERRequest $42,867,699
TotalProjectCosts $99,360,000
BenefitCostRatio 2.06
TableA:BenefitCostAnalysisResults
NetPresentValue(2011$)for20152039
v. Prct Radiss ad nePAPlanning and environmental approvals processes or the CityArchRiver Bi-State Transportation Loop arecurrently underway. The sponsors are prepared or Design Documentation phases and can act quickly upon
award o a TIGER discretionary grant to complete documentation and begin constuction in the all o 2012 as
shown in the Project Schedule (p.20). For supporting documentation please visit the applicationwebsite.
Sctis vI ad vIIFor Federal Wage Rate Certifcation and Changes to the Pre-Application please visit the applicationwebsite.
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