Final Environmental AssessmentU.S.75/I.H.635 InterchangeFrom Forest Lane to Spring Valley Roadon U.S.75 and fromHillcrest Road to east of Greenville Avenueon I.H.635

U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Highway Administration

i * Texas Department' of Traraportotlon

Texas Department of Transportation, District 18andDallas Area Rapid Transit

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This environmental assessment is in two (2) volumes. Volume I contains SectionI through Section V. Volume II contains the Appendices.

SUMMARY

A. PROPOSED ACTIONB. GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED

ACTIONC. PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

SECTION I

SECTION II

SECTION III

PURPOSE OF AND NEED FOR PROPOSED ACTION

A. FACILITY COMMITMENTSB. PROJECT PROPOSAL

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

A. EXISTING CONDITIONS OF FACILITYB. ALTERNATIVES

1. No-Build Alternative2. Desirable Interchange Alternative

a. Proposed Actionb. Project Description

1) Mainlanes2) Bridges3) Frontage RoadsA) Ramps and Direct Connectors

C. TRAFFIC VOLUMESD. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

PROJECT SETTING AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED ACTIONON THE HUMAN AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS

A. SUBSURFACE EVALUATIONB. UTILITIESC. LAND-USE: EXISTING AND FUTURED. SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICSE. POPULATION/EMPLOYMENT TRENDSF. PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICESG. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AFFECTING THE PROJECT VICINITYH. ACQUISITIONS AND DISPLACEMENTSI. ENDANGERED SPECIESJ. FLORA/FAUNAK. PRIME/UNIQUE FARMLANDL. REQUIREMENT FOR SECTION 4(f) STATEMENTM. HISTORICAL/ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCESN. FLOOD PLAINS0. WETLANDSP. WATER QUALITYQ. NOISE ANALYSISR. AIR QUALITY IMPACTSS. HAZARDOUS WASTET. VISUAL IMPACTS

SECTION IV RECOMMENDATIONS

SECTION V REFERENCES

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A ACOUSTICAL ANALYSIS

APPENDIX B PUBLIC HEARING DOCUMENTATION

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Background

The decibel (dB) is the unit of measurement for noise. The decibel scale audible to humansspans approximately 140 dB's. A level of zero decibels corresponds to the lower limit of audibility,while 140 decibels produces a sensation more akin to pain than sound. Table A-l presents somefamiliar noise sources with these respective maximum noise levels. The decibel scale is a compressedview of the actual sound pressure variations. Therefore, a 26 percent change in the energy level onlychanges the sound level one dB. The human ear would not detect this change except in an acousticallaboratory. A doubling of the energy level would result in a three dB increase, which would be barelyperceptible in the natural environment. A tripling in energy level would result in a clearly noticeablechange of five dB in the sound level. A change of ten times in the energy level would result in a tendB change in the sound level. This would be perceived as a doubling (or halving) of the apparentloudness.

The human ear has a non-linear sensitivity to noise. To account for this in noisemeasurements, weighting scales are used to define the relative loudness of different frequencies. The"A" weighting scale is widely used in environmental work because it closely resembles the non-linearity of human hearing. Therefore, the unit of measurement becomes dBA.

Traffic noise levels depend on volume, speed, types of vehicles, distance between the sourceand the receiver, pavement surfaces, and roadway design. Noise levels produced by highway vehiclescan be attributed to three major causes:

0 Running gear and accessories (tires, drive train, fan and other auxiliary equipment)

0 Engine (intake and exhaust noise, radiation from engine casing)

0 Aerodynamic and body noise

Tires are the dominant noise source at speeds greater than 50 mph for trucks and automobiles.Tire sound levels increase with vehicle speed but also depend upon road surface, vehicle weight, treaddesign and wear. Changes in any of these can vary noise levels. At lower speeds, especially in trucksand buses, the dominant noise source is the engine and related accessories.

Regulations

The Noise Abatement Criteria (NAC) of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) wereused in the analysis of the acoustical impact of the proposed project. FHWA issued its Policy andProcedure Manual (PPM) 90-2 as Section 3 of Volume 7, Chapter 7, of the Federal Aid HighwayProgram Manual. FHWA's noise guidelines became effective in February 1973 and were most recentlyrevised in August 1982. This policy provides procedures whereby the acoustical impact of theproposed action can be assessed and the needs for abatement measures determined. The FHWANoise Abatement Criteria for various land uses are presented in Table A-2.

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The noise level units shown in Table A-2 are dBA Leq, the noise descriptor that represents theequivalent steady-state sound level, which in a stated time period contains the same acoustic energyas the time-varying sound level during that period. All traffic noise levels referred to in this reportare in dBA Leq.

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Military Jet Takeoffwith after-burner @ 50'

Rock and Roll Band

Jet Fly-Over @ 1,000'

Power Lawn Mower @ Operator

Diesel Truck (55 mph) @ 50'

High Urban Ambient SoundAutomobile (55 mph) @ 50'

TV-Audio, Vacuum Cleaner

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Background, HUD Report No.of Noise Control, C.M. Harris, 1979; FHVAPrediction Model, FHWA-RD-77-108, 1978.

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Lands on which serenity and quiet are ofextraordinary significance and serve animportant public need and vhere thepreservation of those qualities isessential if the lands are to continue toserve their intended purpose.

Picnic areas, recreation areas,playgrounds, active sports areas, parks,residences, motels, hotels, schools,churches, libraries and hospitals.

Developed lands, properties or activitiesnot included in Categories A or B above.

Undeveloped lands.

Residences, motels, hotels, public meetingrooms, schools, churches, libraries,hospitals and auditoriums.

Source: Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration,Highway Noise Control Standards and Procedures FHPM 7-7-3.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 23 Part 772, Revised July,1982.

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INSTRUMENTATION AND PROCEDURES

Noise Instrumentation Serial Number

Metrosonics db-604 Sound Level Analyzer 1117

B&K Model 4155 1/2 Inch Condenser Microphone 1147991

B&K. Model 2631T Preamplifier 1180589

B&K Model 4230 Acoustic Calibrator 1169633

The combined instrumentation listed above meets ANSI SI. 4-1983 Type 1 and

IEC-651 Type 1 specifications. All measurements were taken

analyzer set to A-weighting, "FAST" response, and a sampling

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temperature and relative humidity were taken to confirm acceptable operating

conditions for the instrumentation. During each measurement session, the

traffic was counted and classified as automobiles (two axles, four times),

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B-91 Written Comments, with Responses, Received at Public Hearing

• B-l 13 Correspondence, with Responses, Received after Public Hearing

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I B-151 Progress Update Newsletter - Issue 12, August 1992

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• B-l57 Notice of Public Hearing (Mailing)

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• Marriott Park Central HotelDallas, Texas

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13 Mr. Charles Harbison 32

14 Mr. Robert Wilson 33

15 Mr. Gary Slagel 36

16 Mr. Jeffrey A. Ford 39

17 Mr. Ron Robinson 39

18 Ms. Joan D. Bowell 42

19 Ms. Penina Weiner 43

20 Mr. W. L. Crowley 44

21 Ms. Edith Tyloch 45

22 Mr. Cliff Franklin 48

23 Ms. Barbara Weinstein 50

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2 MR. BLAIN: Good evening? ladies

3 and gentlemen. The time is 7:30* and we would

4 like to begin our public comment period of the US

5 75/IH 635 Interchange Reconstruction Public

6 Hearing.

7 Before we get started* in compliance

8 with the Americans with Disability Act/ we will

9 provide a sign interpreter for the hearing

10 impaired/ if necessary. Could we get an

11 indication of anyone's specific need for a sign

12 interpreter at this time? Does anyone need one?

13 I don't see any hands* so I take it/

14 then/ there are none in the room that need a sign

15 interpreter.

16 We thank Randi Turner and Larry Rogers

17 for being with us tonight to render this service

18 to those people had they been here. So in the

19 event someone does come in/ would you please/

20 someone let me know if there is a problem and we

21 will be glad to initiate the sign interpretation

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23 My name is John Blain. I'm Director of

24 Transportation/ Planning and Development for the

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District. We wish to welcome each of you in

attendance tonight/ and we do appreciate your

interest in this matter and encourage your

participation later on in the hearing.

Before I proceed further/ though/ I need

to make some introductions. And first/ I am going

to introduce a few members of the Texas Department

of Transportation who are with us tonight.

First we have Gerald Sturdivant/ our

District Advance Planning Engineer; Mary May/ our

Project Manager; and Harlan Moore from our Right

of Way Section; Travis Henderson from our Right of

Way Section.

And then from Howard/ Needles/ Tammen &

Bergendoff/ the prime consulting engineering firm

for the project/ we have Mr. Steve Bonnette --

Steve. Gary Shippy with Turner/ Collie and

Braden/ one of the sub consultants; and then we

have from the Federal Highway Administration/ Mr.

Lee Gibbons/ the Area Engineer of the Texas

Division in Austin of the Federal Highway

Administration .

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the partners in this study with our department/ we

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Okay. Let's see. Is there anyone

else? Did Mr. Huffman come in/ our District

Engineer? Is he here tonight? He indicated he

might be able to come/ but he perhaps didn't make

it.

Most of these individuals that I have

introduced to you are available for questions to

answer tonight/ and they have been throughout the

day during our nine-hour open house.

The purpose of this formal hearing is

expressly for the receipt of public comment

concerning the proposed US 75/IH 635 interchange

reconstruction design and environmental

assessment.

If you should have specific questions

regarding the project design/ the schedule or

assessment of environmental impacts/ please do not

hesitate to visit the open house exhibit room next

door any time this evening. Project staff will be

available until 10:00 o'clock this evening to

assist you with questions and answers. We do not

plan to call a recess of this hearing prior to

receipt of all public comment.

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1 hearing/ and if you desire/ to make a statement

2 for the record of the hearing. All speakers will

3 be given the opportunity to deliver their

4 statements in the exact order in which they

5 registered this morning through this evening.

6 And in the event you did not register/

7 we would encourage you to visit the registration

8 table prior to your departure this evening to

9 insure record of your attendance in addition to

10 the 1-635 Project Newsletter Update mailing list

11 if you desire.

12 This public hearing is being held for

13 the express purpose of/ first/ presenting the

14 proposed design of the US 75/IB 635 interchange

15 reconstruction; presenting the anticipated

16 environmental impacts of the proposed project

17 implementation; and/ three/ recording all written

18 and public comment regarding the proposed action.

19 Today's nine-hour open house was

20 provided to give all interested parties an

21 opportunity to visit with project staff/ review

22 the technical drawings and environmental

23 information; and most importantly/ get answers to

24 your questions.

25 This evening/ we will take time to

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1 present the project technical presentation video

2 which we have shown most of the day -- it is about

3 eleven and a half minutes in length — and review

4 the required information regarding our

5 right-of-way acquisition policies. Then we will

6 immediately begin the public comment period after

7 .these two presentations.

8 We do ask any person present who desires

9 to make a statement concerning what is being

10 presented tonight to come forward to our floor

11 microphone and state your name for the record.

12 Please take note* we will not attempt to answer

13 questions at this time.

14 All questions and comments received as a

15 result of this hearing will be addressed

16 specifically within the contents of the public

17 hearing record which becomes a physical part of

18 the final environmental document.

19 In this case/ we anticipate a finding of

20 no significant environmental impact. A copy of

21 the environmental assessment may be obtained by

22 completing an order blank and submitting a check

23 for eight dollars and ninety cents/ and this will

24 include the cost of postage/ available in the open

25 house next door.

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1 We encourage all interested parties/ if

2 you would like/ to request a copy of the final

3 documentation which will be additional information

4 that will be acquired as a result of this public

5 hearing and other studies that may result as a

6 result of comments. And/ of courser that will be

7 furnished for the cost of reproduction and we

8 won't know what that cost will be until those

9 studies are complete.

10 We follow this public comment procedure

11 so the hearing does not become a platform for

12 debate and we can move forward in a reasonable

13 time frame. But in the event you do not wish to

14 make an oral statement tonight/ written statements

15 will be accepted tonight and ten days following

16 this hearing. August the 29th would be the

17 closing date of 1992.

18 All statements may be delivered to the

19 Dallas District Headquarters/ 9700 East R. L.

20 Thornton/ or mailed to the following address:

21 P.O. Box 3067/ Dallas/ Texas 75221-3067. All of

22 this addressed information is covered on some of

23 the handouts which you received.

24 All of your statements/ comments and

25 exhibits will be given careful consideration in

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1 the final determination of the design of this

2 project.

3 This hearing is being held in

4 conformance with both State and Federal laws/ and

5 final project approval will be requested from the

6 Federal Highway Administration.

7 In summary/ the primary purpose of the

8 hearing is to provide an assured method whereby

9 the State can furnish to you/ interested and

10 concerned citizens of this area* information

11 concerning the State's proposed design project/

12 and in turn/ offer you the opportunity to present

13 statements and comments on the project presented

14 this evening.

15 Before we review the technical video

16 again/ I would like to spend a few minutes

17 discussing the history of the IH 635/DS 75

18 Interchange Reconstruction Project.

19 In 1986, the IH 635/DS 75 Interchange

20 Reconstruction Project was authorized for

21 preliminary design and environmental analysis with

22 financial participation and assistance from Dallas

23 Area Rapid Transit.

24 The Texas Department of Transportation

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2 preliminary design/ environmental analysis and

3 public involvement for the entire IB 635 corridor

4 study; that is/ IB 35E to US 80 over on the east

5 side of the metroplexr including total

6 reconstruction of the IB 635/US 75 interchange.

7 The Department had identified early on

8 the necessity for advancing the design and

9 construction of the interchange project specific

10 to the remaining 20 mile LBJ IB 635 corridor. The

11 specific reconstruction of DS 75 north and south

12 of the interchange to eight lanes requires the

13 existing four lane section at the interchange to

14 be redeveloped.

15 Coordination with local governments and

16 interested citizens began immediately after

17 Howard/ Needles/ Tammen and Bergendoff started the

18 study in April of 1987 with the Park Central

19 Transportation Study Group/ a self-organized group

20 of business and community leaders representing the

21 various interests within the interchange area.

22 Numerous meetings were attended to

23 discuss the specific design details of the

24 proposed interchange. In early 1991/ the City of

25 Dallas passed a resolution in support of the

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2 in detail in the following video.

3 At this timer I would like to take time

4 to show the video/ if we may. So if you would

5 please start the video so that the audience may

6 see the video that we have shown today. You may

7 not have had the opportunity to see this video

8 until this time.

9 (Video presentation viewed.)

10 "The Interstate 635 corridor project was

11 originally proposed as a viable capacity

12 improvement project in 1986 with the approval of

13 the North Texas Counsel of Government's "Mobility

14 2000* Flan. The Department initiated project

15 development in coordination with DART in 1986.

16 The project consultant initiated work in April

17 1987.

18 "Even though the entire project

19 encompasses the 22 mile corridor/ from Interstate

20 35 east to US BO, the US 75/Interstate 635

21 interchange is the Department's priority for most

22 immediate improvement* due to the ongoing

23 improvements to US 75 and the existing levels of

24 congestion experienced throughout the day on

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1 "The existing interchange handles

2 approximately 235/000 vehicles a day west of US 75

3 and 185*000 vehicles per day east of US 75. The

4 DS 75/Interstate 635 interchange currently carries

5 the heaviest turning movements of any freeway to

6 freeway interchange in the State.

7 "The Interstate 635 facility was designed

8 and constructed in the 1960's to serve primarily

9 as an interstate bypass route for existing

10 Interstate 35E. Highway designers predicted that

11 traffic in 1988 would equal 88/000 vehicles per

12 day. Those traffic volumes were exceeded in the

13 early 1970's.

14 "The first section of Interstate 635 was

15 completed in 1968 and opened for traffic soon/

16 after. Many folks have shared stories of

17 traveling the wide open expanse of concrete in

18 fear of never being found if lost.

19 "The widening of US 75* north and south

20 of interstate 635* lend significant priority to

21 the reconstruction of the existing interchange.

22 "It has been estimated/ the current

23 congestion levels on the Interstate 635 corridor

24 cost the traveling public an average $200/000 per

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1 congestion is a significant contributor to the

2 regional emission of mobile source carbon monoxide

3 and hydrocarbons.

4 "The redesign of the US 75/Interstate 635

5 interchange presented significant challenges*

6 particularly with respect to the uniquely large

7 freeway to freeway turning movements. Several

8 design possibilities were investigated.

9 "The traditional cloverleaf design shown

10 here at North Dallas Tollway does not offer enough

11 turning movement capacity due to slow speed

12 cloverleaf ramps. The semi-directional four level

13 interchange shown here at Interstate 20 and Spur

14 408 does not provide for through movements in all

15 directions.

16 "The fully directional* four level

17 interchange shown here at Interstate 30 and

18 Interstate 635 provides high speed/ one lane/

19 direct connections to serve freeway to freeway

20 turning movements. Frontage roads do not continue

21 through this interchange.

22 "The fully directional* five level

23 interchange shown here at Interstate 20 and

24 Interstate 35 West in Fort Worth provides for all

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1 two lane direct connection ramps and connects

2 Interstate 35 West and Interstate 20 frontage

3 roads.

4 "As mentioned previously/ the Interstate

5 635/US 75 interchange currently handles the

6 heaviest freeway to freeway turning movements in

7 the State. This is the southbound to westbound

8 ramp and the eastbound to northbound ramp. The

9 existing interchange is three levels.

10 "The recently completed interchange

11 bottleneck improvements were designed to

12 temporarily relieve existing congestion problems.

13 Both the eastbound and the westbound sides of

14 Interstate 635 have been temporarily widened using

15 the inside shoulders to provide a two lane exit/

16 eastbound to northbound/ and a two lane entrance/

17 southbound to westbound.

18 "Preliminary performance data indicates a

19 significant increase in travel speed in the

20 eastbound direction during the peak traffic

21 periods as a result of these bottleneck

22 improvements.

23 "The proposed improvements to the

24 Interstate 635/DS 75 interchange will require

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Forest Lane and from Park Central Boulevard to

Greenville Avenue.i

•The proposed five level interchange will

contain a unique feature allowing both Interstatei

635 and DS 75 frontage roads to intersect/

enhancing local access in the adjacent area. The

interchange will provide high speed/ high volume

direct connection ramps for aj.1 freeway to freeway

turning movements. •

"The current westbound left hand exit to

Coit Road will be replaced with a two lane right

hand exit east of the new local access box. It is

important to note the existing Floyd Road

westbound entrance ramp will not be maintained in

the reconstructed interchange as a direct result

of the enhancement of the west bound Coit Road

access .

"To maintain existing levels of access to

Greenville Avenue/ frontage roads will be

constructed both eastbound and westbound between

Floyd Road and Greenville Avenue.

•In the event that Interstate 635 is

widened west of US 75/ the current frontage road

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flood plain. The westbound exit and eastbound

entrance underneath the Coit Road bridge will

replace the current Hillcrest access ramps east of

Hillcrest .

"The Billcrest overpass will be widened

to accommodate U-turn lanes in both directions. A

westbound to eastbound D-turn will be added at the

existing Park Central Boulevard.

"Several existing ramps along US 75 will

be changed as a result of the Interchange

reconstruction. Existing Diamond Access will be

relocated to accommodate the massive Direct

Connections. The existing Midpark Braided Ramps

will be removed and access restored underneath the

proposed Direct Connection Ramps.

"The addition of the local access box/

discussed earlier/ and the desire to depress US 75

below its current elevation requires the existing

U-turns north and south of Cottonwood Creek to be

eliminated .

"To insure the satisfactory operation of

Coit Road/ the City of Dallas and the Texas

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2 "Finally* the proposed interchange

3 reconstruction is designed to be flexible with

4 respect to any future design of the Interstate 635

5 Corridor. The wide median will allow for any

6 combination of mainlanes or High Occupancy Vehicle

7 or HOV lanes. Also* an BOV direct connection from

8 Interstate 635 to US 75 north has been designed to

9 be provided at a later date.

10 "An assessment of the environmental

11 impacts on the proposed interchange reconstruction

12 has been made and is available for public review.

13 "The proposed interchange reconstruction

14 will require the acquisition of approximately 18

15 acres additional right of way. The project will

16 require displacement of four businesses along the

17 east side of OS 75 south of Interstate 635;

18 Gateway Motor Bank/ Central Expressway Animal

19 Clinic* Shades Automotive Glass Tintersr and

20 Dallas Auto Hospital.

21 "The addition of frontage road between

22 Greenville and Floyd Roads will require additional

23 right of way both north and south of existing

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2 "The existing Marriott entrance will be

3 acquired for construction. The existing Sheraton

4 fountain will also be acquired for the

5 construction. A small five to ten foot strip of

6 right of way between Coit Road and Meandering Way

7 will be acquired for construction.

8 "The existing Mobile station on the

9 northwest quadrant of Coit and LBJ will be

10 displaced due to the Coit Road bridge structure

11 widening.

12 "Two noise barrier walls have been proven

13 cost effective for construction. The first is

14 located adjacent to Hamilton Park along the

15 frontage road in the southeast quadrant of the

16 interchange. The wall will be 18 feet tall and

17 about 2/100 feet long. This wall will provide 3

18 to 8 decibels of attenuation for 16 residences.

19 "The second wall/ 21 feet tall and 2/400

20 feet in length/ will be located within the right

21 of way between the frontage roads and mainlanes

22 from west of Coit Road to Valley View Lane. This

23 wall will provide an average of 3 to 5 decibels of

24 attenuation for 20 apartment units and one

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2 "The proposed project does not require

3 the acquisition of public parkland currently

4 adjacent to the existing right of way. The

5 existing public bike path will remain open and

6 accessible. Minor closing during construction may

7 be required/ but will be closely coordinated with

8 the City of Dallas and Texas D.O.T. Bicycle

9 Coordinators.

10 "The reduction in overall peak period

11 congestion coupled with an increase in average

12 travel speeds will effectively lower the regional

13 mobile source pollutants.

14 "The existing interchange crosses three

15 creeks; White Rock Creek/ Cottonwood Creek and

16 Floyd Branch. The proposed project will not alter

17 the current character/ specifically the water

18 course and indigenous vegetation/ requiring

19 individual Corp of Engineer Section 404 permits.

20 "White Rock Creek is the location of the

21 only recorded archeological site outside the right

22 of way. Cottonwood Creek is west of Texas

23 Instruments/ and Floyd Branch is east of Restland

24 and west of Floyd Road.

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1 movements in the State/ 27/000 average daily

2 traffic.

3 The proposed five level interchange is

4 designed to handle 350/000 vehicles per day/

5 including all turning movements. The addition of

6 the local access box is unique to this interchange

7 versus all other fully directional freeway to

8 freeway interchanges along IB 635.

9 The interchange reconstruction will

10 require an additional 18 acres of right of way as

11 indicated in the video presentation. Six

12 businesses will be displaced. No park land will

13 be required.

14 Two noise abatement walls/ as indicated

15 in the video/ will be provided to mitigate freeway

16 noise if acceptable to the public.

17 I would now like to call on Mr. Harlan

18 Moore from our right of way section to briefly

19 describe the Department's right of way acquisition

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22 MR. MOORE: Thank you/ Mr. Blain.

23 Good evening/ ladies and gentlemen. I

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1 acquisition phase of this project.

2 Once the final design/ or the one being

3 presented here tonight or another/ is approved/

4 maps will be prepared to show the exact amount of

5 land necessary to be acquired from each affected

6 property owner.

7 This having been accomplished/ real

8 estate appraisers will be employed to determine

9 their considered opinions of the fair market value

10 for the part of each owner's property to be

11 acquired.

12 The appraisal process will not be

13 necessary for owners wishing to donate their land/

14 providing they sign waivers of their rights to

15 receive fair market value and have their

16 properties appraised.

17 Two brochures were made available to you

18 at the registration desk as you entered. The

19 green one is titled "The Purchase of Right of

20 Way/" and the yellow one is "Relocation

21 Assistance."

22 If there is a possibility that some of

23 your property may be acquired and if you do not --

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(Distributing brochures.)

MR. MOORE: Is there anyone else

that did not receive a copy of these brochures

that would like to have one? If you do/ would you

please stand up and we will get those to you at

this time.

Thank you.

There is much material covered in these

booklets. Rather than going over each in detail

this evening/ I would like to highlight some of

the information contained in the brochures in

order to familiarize you with their contents.

The brochures are self-explanatory and

we encourage you to read each of them at your

convenience.

First/ let's go over the green booklet.

As explained on page four of the booklet/ each of

you as owners will be given the opportunity to

accompany the real estate appraiser on an

inspection of your property.

Once the property is appraised/ the

acquiring agency will make a written offer to

you. This offer will be based upon the amount of

the approved appraised value. The decision of

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2 remains with each owner.

3 The brochure further discusses the

4 procedure by which right of way is acquired when

5 the property owner does not agree with the

6 acquiring agency's determination of fair market

7 value. This procedure is known as eminent domain

8 and is described on page eight.

9 Our initial investigation/ as we have

10 already said/ indicates that approximately 18

11 acres of land throughout the project will be

12 required for right of way to adequately

13 accommodate the proposed highway facility. No

14 expected displacements of residences/ parks or

15 farms are contemplated as a result of the

16 acquisition of required right of way.

17 For the businesses which may be required

18 to relocate/ the State's relocation program/

19 administered solely by the State with no local

20 government funding required/ is available to those

21 of you who may qualify for certain costs as the

22 result of the acquisition or the properties within

23 the limits of the proposed new highway right of

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2 person whose name/ address and telephone number

3 appear on the back of the yellow brochure.

4 Because few displacees are anticipated/

5 relocation assistance/ where necessary/ will be

6 handled from the State's district right of way

7 office in Dallas.

8 For general information purposes/ any

9 benefit to which displacees are entitled are

10 contained in the yellow booklet titled "Relocation

11 Assistance" and are applicable to all individuals/

12 families/ business/ farmers/ ranchers and

13 non-profit organizations without regard to race/

14 color/ religion/ sex or national origin.

15 No occupant on a highway project/

16 whether an individual or business/ is required to

17 move without at least a ninety day written

18 notice. The Department would caution you/

19 however/ if you believe a move is to be

20 necessitated by the proposed project/ not to move

21 before negotiations have begun unless you first

22 secure a written notice of the "Intent to Acquire"

23 from the acquiring agency. This must be done so

24 as to avoid the possibility of your loss of

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eligible for reimbursement by the State.

Monetary payments for incidental

expenses/ which are owner's out-of-pocket expenses

to convey good title to the State for property

needed for right of way/ may be eligible for

reimbursement. This is also discussed on page

of the yellow booklet. Reimbursment for

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Additional relocation assistance

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you have need for it.

In the event that the displacee is

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appeal procedures are available and are discussed

on the last page of the booklet/ page 48.

Lastly/ regulations governing the

relocation of advertising signs which are not

purchased by the acquiring agency as real prope

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1 MR. BLAIN: Thank your Mr. Moore.

2 In final summary/ depending upon the

3 degree of the comments received as a result of the

4 final public involvement opportunity on the

5 interchange reconstruction* we anticipate receipt

6 of a project finding of no significant impact from

7 the Federal Highway Administration late this

8 year. Upon approval/ the project final design

9 will be initiated.

10 Right of way acquisition will begin

11 perhaps as early as June 1993. First construction

12 contracts could be initiated in late 1995.

13 At this time/ we anticipate a minimum of

14 three years to a maximum of five years to

15 construct the interchange. The estimated

16 construction cost is currently over a hundred

17 million dollars and perhaps as much as 113

18 million. Right of way costs could exceed 15

19 million dollars.

20 At this timer we anticipate the project

21 will be funded under the National Highway System

22 category of the Current Intermodel Surface

23 Transportation Efficiency Act legislation passed

24 by the Congress and signed by the president in

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1 With a participation rate of 80 percent

2 Federal and 20 percent Stater we feel that the

3 right of way funding for the right of way

4 acquisition will probably be a contract between

5 the Federal Highway Administration and the Texas

6 Department of Transportation.

7 However/ an interpretation of the

8 Intermodel Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

9 and its application to the National Highway System

10 interstate right of way purchase has not been made

11 at this particular time* so there may be a

12 possible requirement for some local governmental

13 participation. But we do not have that

14 information at this time so we will have to leave

15 that as an open item at this point.

16 At any time during the formal comment

17 period you wish to ask questions of the project

18 staff/ please do not hesitate to venture next door

19 to the open house to review the exhibits and ask

20 questions of our staff.

21 At this time I would like to begin the

22 formal public comment period/ but before I do/ I

23 would like to introduce any elected officials that

24 are present and with us tonight.

25 The only one I have registered is Gary

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Gary? would you stand/ please. We're

happy to have you with us tonight. Thank you for

being here.

Are there any other elected officials in

the audience that are present so that I could

introduce you also to the audience?

Seeing none and hearing none/ then/

there must not be.

All right. I thank all of you for

joining us tonight and showing interest in this

regional mobility project.

Now/ as I call your name/ please be

prepared to come to the microphone/ state your

name for the record/ and please limit your

comments to the purpose of this hearing/ the

improvement to the OS 75/IH 635 interchange. And

we will appreciate your cooperation in this area.

So now I will begin to call the names/

and these names are being called in the order in

which each of you registered. So the first one

that registered this morning I hope will be the

first one I call according to the way that we have

accumulated the request to speak tonight.

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to speak is Roderick V. Williams.

Mr. Williams. Is he present?

UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Is it

Wilson?

MR. BLAIN: I have

W-I-L-L-I-A-M-S. Okay. Williams.

(No response.)

Okay. We'll go to the next one.

Marilyn V. Haris.

(No response.)

Edgar J. Butschek.

MR. BUTSCHEK: The design of the

interchange seems to be quite good. We were

concerned earlier in the discussions about two

years ago as to the size of this interchange

because we did not know the extent of how wide the

LBJ would be.

That has been taken into consideration

now in the current planning and not the total

interchange is being built which we appreciate.

I have one other concern/ since we are

right in the northwest quadrant of this exerciser

the valued Homeowners Association/ that all

precautions be taken to insure that the traffic

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2 I understand work has been done in that

3 respect with the city which will control most of

4 these things. So if there is any part of it that

5 we overlooked in the initial discussion* I would

6 appreciate you helping us on that and direct us to

7 the city people who would insure that this does

8 not happen to our neighborhood* that we get over

9 run by traffic trying to dodge the work.

10 MR. BLAIN: Thank you/ Mr.

11 Butschek.

12 Mr. Charles Harbison.

13 MR. HARBISON: I represent the King

14 of Glory Lutheran Church. He are located on the

15 north service road just west of the Preston Road

16 exit.

17 During the review of the design/ the

18 immediate concern that we would have is that today

19 we think we have a dangerous situation on that

20 service road in that our exit from our church

21 parking lot has to empty out on to the service

22 road. Traffic exits at a high rate of speed most

23 of the time/ and it is dangerous getting out of

24 our parking lot.

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construction tine that all care be taken not to

put additional traffic on to that service road;

and that certainly in the final design/ that there

be some type of traffic bumper or some kind of

speed bumper that would slow down the traffic ori

give our members an opportunity to get out of the

parking lot safely.

Thank you.

MR. BLAIN: Thank your sir.

Mr. Robert Wilson. Now it is your

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MR. WILSON: Close.

Thank you* John.

Good evening. My name is Robert

Wilson. I am here on behalf of the Greater Dallas

Chamber of Commerce.

We want to express our support for the

proposed reconstruction of the interchange at LBJ

and Central Expressway. As you know/ the

Chamber's primary purpose is to promote growth in

the Dallas economy and the creation of jobs.

Fortunately/ Dallas is growing; but with

it/ we also are facing increasing travel and

congestion. Accordingly/ we must have a system of

highways which can effectively and safely move

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1 people and goods to and from their businesses and

2 their residences.

3 One of the most important steps our

4 community can take to attract new businesses to

5 insure economic growth and enhanced quality of

6 life is to expedite the construction of solutions

7 which move people safely to and from their

8 residences and business. One of the prime

9 examples of that is the interchange at DS 35 -- I

10 mean Highway 35 (sic) and Central Expressway.

11 The interchange today at Central

12 Expressway and Highway/ Interstate 35 (sic) is

13 inadequate and possibly dangerous/ causing severe

14 interchange congestion on northwest Central and

15 eastbound and westbound Interstate 635.

16 Without these improvements/ the

17 intensity/ the magnitude and the duration of the

18 congestion will increase/ thereby decreasing the

19 value of the surrounding businesses and

20 neighborhoods.

21 Fortunately/ plans are underway to

22 reconstruct the interchange to meet existing and

23 projected mobility needs. TX D.O.T. has proposed

24 and the City of Dallas has approved a five level/

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1 The new facility will eliminate current

2 bottleneck conditions/ provide complete local

3 access in the interchange area and increase safety

4 and decrease travel time/ minimize driver

5 congestion and confusion/ and greatly increase the

6 volume of traffic serviced. In addition/ the

7 project will bring an investment of over 150

8 million to the State and federal dollars to the

9 Dallas area.

10 The Interstate 635 interchange project

11 has been expedited to correspond with other US 75

12 improvements to the south. The interchange is

13 being conducted separately from any future

14 improvements to Interstate 635 and will

15 accommodate a variety of alternatives which could

16 be constructed without further modification to the

17 interchange.

18 The Greater Dallas Chamber appreciates

19 this opportunity to speak publicly in support of

20 the interchange project. We congratulate TX

21 D.O.T. and the City of Dallas for coordinating the

22 interchange project with other major freeway

23 construction efforts and for expediting this

24 project thus enabling Dallas to enjoy immediate

25 economic and mobility benefits.

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1 Th* Greater Dallas Chamber requests that

2 the Federal Highway Administration provide the

3 necessary final clearances to the design and

4 environmental issues associated with the

5 interchange project.

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8 City of Dallas to continue to work together to

9 expedite the construction of the interchange.

10 Thank you very much.

11 MR. BLAIN: Thank you, Robert.

12 Mr. Roscoe Edwards.

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14 HR. BLAIN: Mr. E.F. McMullen.

15 (No response.)

16 MR. BLAIN: Mayor Gary Slagel.

17 Mayor.

18 MR. SLAGEL: Mr. Blain and Mr.

19 Moore/ we appreciate the opportunity to be able to

20 speak with you this evening. I have submitted a

21 letter so you will have some record/ but I also

22 just wanted to make some comments/ if I could.

23 And let me just tell you/ I recognize

24 the value and the importance and the need for this

25 interchange. Not only am I the mayor of

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1 Richardson but also am on the Regional

2 Transportation Council and on the Dallas Region

3 Mobility Coalition. And what we look at for those

4 folks in the audience are how we improve mobility

5 in this part of the State.

6 We have not only a congestion issue to

7 deal with here/ but we also have a very

8 significant pollution issue that we must/ we must

9 correct.

10 Just to give you an overview/ and most

11 people in this room probably understand where this

12 is/ but Central Expressway has been improved north

13 of LBJ and is being widened south of LBJ. But

14 what is actually happening is you get to about

15 Spring Valley in the morning and you get to slow

16 down and crawl through that intersection because

17 about forty percent of the traffic headed south

18 will go in a westerly direction which causes a

19 significant backup. That needs to be improved.

20 We have — and of course/ the widening

21 of the expressway/ of Central Expressway won't

22 help that at all; so we encourage this and hope

23 that it can move forward as expeditiously as

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1 Richardson* and a significant percentage of the

2 traffic in our community is traffic from Piano and

3 Garland and North Dallas and other parts of the

4 metroplexr either residential directed traffic or

5 commercial or industrial kinds of traffic.

6 So we are a small community/ I suppose/

7 on the edge of all of this but are very much

8 impacted by what goes on. And it does impact our

9 lifestyles and our community as well as it does

10 this general intersection in this part of the

11 metroplex.

12 So we certainly are in support. We are

13 very encouraged that also this interchange will

14 include some HOV lanes as part of it for Central

15 and LBJ. So no matter what happens on LBJ west of

16 this intersection/ we think this is going to be an

17 important improvement.

18 I'm here to support this. I am here

19 also to lend the help of the City staff of

20 Richardson in any way we can to help this project

21 move forward. The residents and the City Council

22 of Richardson are definitely in favor of this.

23 Thank you very much.

24 MR. BLAIN: Thank you very much/

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2 MR. FORD: My name is Jeff Ford.

3 I'm a member of the Board of Directors of the

4 North Dallas Chamber of Commerce and I'm its

5 Chairman of the Transportation Council.

6 I am here to express the North Dallas

7 Chamber's support for the proposed reconstruction

8 of the 635/North Central interchange.

9 This project is important to the

10 businesses in North Dallas. It is important to

11 our ability to attract new business to this area.

12 Business means jobs and we need the jobs.

13 The Chamber appreciates the efforts of

14 the City of Dallas and that the Department of

15 Transportation have made to expedite this project

16 and to move it along/ and we encourage you to

17 continue to work together to get construction

18 started as soon as possible.

19 Thank you for allowing us this

20 opportunity to express our support for the

21 project.

22 MR. BLAIN: Thank you, Jeff.

23 Mr. Ron Robinson. Ron.

24 MR. ROBINSON: My name is Ronald

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1 Richardson and president of the Richardson Chamber

2 of Commerce.

3 This evening I am here on behalf of the

4 Board of Directors and the Chamber's

5 Transportation Committee and the approximate 1/600

6 members of the Richardson Chamber of Commerce to

7 endorse the proposed reconstruction of I-635/DS 75

8 interchange.

9 Just north of this interchange along SH

10 75 is approximately 100/000 jobs/ including 400 to

11 450 technology companies. Mobility to all areas

12 of the metroplex and the D/FW International

13 Airport is critical to their continued existence

14 in Dallas and Richardson.

15 To anyone traveling through the

16 LBJ/Central interchange/ a major bottleneck is

17 apparent with the reconstruction of 75 south and

18 75 north of the interchange. It is obvious the

19 job isn't finished until this interchange project

20 is completed.

21 The proposed interchange is a viable

22 plan and will not only improve mobility but will

23 also improve safety/ air quality/ productivity and

24 economic development for the North

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More importantly/ the interchange

project is an investment for the future. The

North Dallas Richardson region is a dynamic*

growing and vibrant area* recognized by the Wall

Street Journal as one of the top employment growth

centers in the United States.

Economic growth is positive and healthy

for our communities. Therefore/ we must continue

to plan and invest in the regional infrastructure

such as this interchange.

The Richardson Chamber of Commerce is

also on record in supporting the expansion of 635

from the Mesquite area to Farmers Branch and will

submit a formal resolution for the reconstruction

of this interchange to the Texas Department of

Transportation within the next few days.

Again/ on behalf of our Board of

Directors/ the Richardson Chamber's Transportation

Committee and our members/ I thank you for this

opportunity to make some comments.

MR. BLAIN: Thank you very much/

Ron.

George A. Gutierrea.

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MR. BLAIN: I better say that one

again because you might not have understood the

way I said it.

Eyad M. Maso/ M-A-S-0.

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MR. BLAIN: Joan D. Howell.

MS. HOWELL: I'm Joan Howell and I

represent Save Open Space/ and there is a general

concern for what will happen.

Number one/ will there be a separate

hearing advised to the public to discuss the loss

of park land that could be possible for Valley

View Park?

MR. BLAIN: We are not answering

questions tonight. I'm sorry.

MS. HOWELL: Oh/ I see.

MR. BLAIN: Those will be

answered --

MS. HOWELL: Well/ that's one of

the questions we are concerned about. And does

the law require such a hearing? We want to know

those things.

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2 on the general environment? How much — I mean

3 you are saying that -- we want to be sure that we

4 get all of the information.

5 Thank you.

6 MR. BLAIN: Thank you/ Ms. Howell.

7 Penina Weiner/ W-E-I-N-E-R.

8 MS. WEINER: I know we need jobs in

9 Dallas but not at the detriment of the homeowner.

10 18 feet wall and 26 — is it 26 wall? — is not

11 going to help the environment. Where are the

12 trees? We need trees to protect us/ and I think

13 those walls would create more noise and more heat

14 than you could imagine.

15 The other thing/ I live on Forest Lane/

16 and I am so scared when the construction would

17 come everybody is going to come on Forest Lane

18 instead of using LBJ.

19 Thank you.

20 MR. BLAIN: Thank you/ Ms. Weiner.

21 Stuart Fully.

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24 MR. STERLING: I am passing. I

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3 MR. CROWLEY: I am a 30 year member

4 of a local technical society called the Institute

5 of Environmental Sciences. About twenty of our

6 members are in the natural environment. And while

7 they haven't all had a chance to look at the

8 environmental assessment that y'all have proposed

9 here/ just driving down LBJ you can count numerous

10 places where there are safety hazards and there

11 are environmental hazards.

12 I am talking about water in your

13 ditches; I'm talking about 45 degree ditches.

14 Now/ I'm talking about the other end of LBJ rather

15 than this part here/ but this part here we are

16 concerned with waste water runoff and it is going

17 to go into White Rock Lake; it is going to -- some

18 of it eventually may end up in Bachman which is

19 City of Dallas water supply.

20 So I don't see where you have addressed

21 any of those problems/ and you've got a hundred

22 million dollars worth of problems on the current

23 LBJ to correct before you start another boondobble

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Jeff Ford.

MR. FORD: I have already had my

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MR. BLAIN: Okay. I'm sorry.

We've got it twice.

This one/ I'm not quite sure I — the

last name is T-Y-L-0-C-H. Tyloch?

Yes/ ma'am. I'm sorry. I couldn't read

your first name. Edith; is that correct?

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couldn't read it is because I can't write very

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MS. TYLOCH: I —

MR. BLAIN: Please state your name

for us since I messed it up.

MS. TYLOCH: My name is Edith

Tyloch and I'm the Area Chairman of the 1021

Community Action which is a triangle of property

north of LBJ t west of Coitr east of Central and

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2 department for the elevation/ the pictures;

3 because it relieved my mind to see that the

4 roadway wasn't going as high as I thought/ you

5 know/ in just looking at the model.

6 But we are concerned about noise; we are

7 concerned about other environmental problems such

8 as the water runoff. We are definitely concerned

9 about that the area not begin to look like an

10 interstate freeway and ruin the residential

11 quality of the neighborhood.

12 The traffic already is cutting through

13 our neighborhood tremendously to avoid the

14 intersection of Coit and LBJ. So what we want to

15 be sure that there is enough money — and I have

16 written some of these things down in case I didn't

17 come to the microphone -- allowed to beautify

18 this.

19 When I look at the one interchange at

20 I-20/ when I look at I-35/ it is sort of scary.

21 We don't want to look like that. We know that we

22 will be closer to it than say at I-20/ but there

23 is nothing there at 1-20 so we know/ we learn from

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4 make it a livable situation. Not just a few

5 bushes like Ladybird Johnson dedicated the bushes

6 through there now/ and that's fine/ but this is

7 going to be much bigger.

8 Let me check my list.

9 We feel that the interchange most

10 definitely dictates the roadway. I know that this

11 is talking about the interchange* but it does

12 dictate the roadway of LBJ.

13 And when that part of the program comes

14 up for discussion* I think there are a lot of

15 concerns about the businesses that border LBJ; the

16 tenants/ not just the owners of these buildings.

17 I think that the newspapers need to do a

18 better job of letting people know what's going

19 on. I called up one of our — I won't mention his

20 name with Channel 4 and he didn't even know

21 anything about it. This was back earlier around

22 January/ possibly. It was when you all gave out

23 the nice materials about the grass and what have

24 you. And I got those to him at Channel 4.

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2 Register* and Kevin had been trying to get

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4 I think that the general public -- a lot

5 of people have come to your meetings and you have

6 had a lot of meetings/ but there are a lot of

7 people that know absolutely nothing about this.

8 And I think that they need to know. This is going

9 to impact everybody in this city.

10 And when the width of LBJ is discussed/

11 again? that is of importance tonight/ but I think

12 the interchange does dictate that and that is

13 serious what it does to people's neighborhoods.

14 Probably even more than the interchange. We are

15 going to be held by the buffer of those buildings/

16 and I am very relieved to see your pictures of

17 your elevations. That's a relief to me.

18 Thank you.

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23 MR. FRANKLIN: Thank you/ Mr.

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2 interchange/ and I would like to read a letter

3 from Walter J. Human (phonetic)/ Chairman of the

4 North Central Task Force.

5 The North Central Task Force urges the

6 timely reconstruction of the IB 635/OS 75

7 interchange. This project should be a separate

8 construction contract from the other 635

9 improvements.

10 Completion of this interchange will fill

11 in the gap on the North Central Expressway between

12 the completed freeway north of 635 and the freeway

13 section immediately south of 635 which is

14 scheduled to be completed in mid 1994.

15 For over 20 years/ there was one

16 controversy after another about how to increase

17 the traffic capacity on North Central Expressway.

18 In the early eighties/ the State and City

19 discussed a number of alternatives. Finally after

20 many years/ the North Central Task Force brought

21 the various interest groups together and offered a

22 consensus solution for the design on North

23 Central. A technical solution was developed that

24 was politically and environmentally acceptable to

25 the adjoining communities.

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The 635/75 interchange is a critical

component to completing North Central. This

activity should be decoupled from the rest of the

proposed LBJ improvements.

The North Central Task Force appreciates

this -- the opportunity at this public bearing to

support reconstruction of the 635/75 Interchange.

Thank you.

MR. BLAIN: Thank you/ Cliff.

Barbara Weinstein.

MS. WEINSTEIN: My name is Barbara

Weinstein and I'm the President of the League of

Women Voters of Dallas.

The League of Women Voters of Dallas has

a number of local positions concerning the

preservation of urban living with quality

transportation/ careful development planning/ high

citizen health standards and enjoyable natural

resources. Consequently/ we have a number of

concerns with the proposed construction of the

LBJ/Central Expressway interchange.

The interchange/ we feel/ has been

proposed because of the projections for future

growth in that area. The tremendous amount of

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3 Dallas has suffered from both inflated

4 planning potential and the economic crash that

5 followed these hopes. Today/ a more realistic

6 development scene indicates we will probably never

7 be able to fulfill those earlier hopes.

8 Dallas is currently an EPA

9 non-attainment area for meeting air quality

10 standards. The threat to our ability for

11 achieving increased development and growth in the

12 interchange indicates that there is more need for

13 rapid transit and HOV lanes in the present

14 corridor before expansion is allowed.

15 Already there are some indications our

16 neighborhoods suffer health and environmental

17 stresses that should be addressed before

18 construction of this magnitude is finalized.

19 The proposed loss of trees/ park land/

20 wet lands and other naturally mitigating

21 environmental amenities/ in addition to threats of

22 deterioration for well-established/ quality

23 neighborhoods/ places an extremely negative burden

24 on our citizens in many ways.

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1 underlying assumptions demanding this massive

2 construction are no longer completely valid and

3 considerable down-sizing revisions/ such as those

4 suggested/ should be made before construction

5 begins.

6 Thank you for this opportunity to be

7 heard on this subject. We should appreciate being

8 kept informed of future opportunities to speak and

9 participate.

10 Thank you.

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13 Jim Brodrick.

14 MR. BRODRICK: My name is Jim

15 Brodrick. I live on Thunder Road.

16 I have heard what you have said/ Mr.

17 Blain/ tonight. I have heard you in many other

18 sessions over the last three or four years talk

19 about this interchange and the fact that it is

20 separate from any other considerations of the

21 expansion of LBJ.

22 But it is all well and good to say that/

23 but when you look at your model and you see more

24 lanes of traffic on the model because of this

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that you are thinking in terns of expansion. You

are either going out or you are going up or you

are going both.

We just want you to know that if this

thing is approved/ this interchange/ don't think

that the expansion of LBJ is a done deal.

MR. BLAIN: Thank you/ Mr.

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Billy Burdine.

MR. BURDINE: My name is Billy

Burdine .

MR. BLAIN: Burdine.

MR. BURDINE: I have been in the

area probably longer than most. I recognize a few

faces here that have been around almost as long as

I have.

I was here when Central Expressway was a

highway to nowhere. Everybody in Dallas was being

bad mouthed because they were building this

highway that went nowhere/ was going to be of no

value. So I have seen a few changes in the last

35 years here.

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studies on Central Expressway simply because of

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2 on the interchange which has been so badly needed

3 for the last 30 years.

4 Ever since 1965 when they took Valley

5 View away/ they increased my drive tine across the

6 street to Central Expressway by about 15 minutes.

7 I could walk almost as fast as I could drive it.

8 The interchange has been needed ever since then.

9 The interchange will reduce the

10 pollution levels that I have at my house across

11 the expressway here because we won't have the

12 start/stop traffic that we are now experiencing

13 since they can't get off of LBJ on to Central

14 Expressway either south or north. By reducing

15 this emission/ you will improve my quality of

16 life/ I'm quite sure.

17 The noise level of emergency vehicles

18 going to accidents in that mile corridor or mile

19 radius I hear almost every day. Those type things

20 you certainly will improve.

21 I do commensurate with the Lutheran

22 Church. Their parking lot is a dangerous place to

23 get in and out of. I have only driven by it? but

24 I can certainly see the danger there. I have the

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in and out of my driveway on Colt Road because the

traffic -- you have to wait for a red light and

you don't have a red light to stop them off of the

LBJ on to four or five additional places there.

So certainly y'all need to have that type of

problems under consideration.

Your 3 DB to 6 DB abatement of noise by

your wallsr I wish there was some physicists in

your group that would design something more like a

20 DB which would get it down below the present

noise levels regardless of the level of which it

came in through there.

A 3 DB/ as Mr. Falkner (phonetic) overi

here would tell your he is well acquainted with

that type of thing/ would drop the noise level by

a factor of two if it were a power or a factor of

less than two if it were a voltage — I mean a

voltage rather than a power level/ so you have to

define what that 3 or 6 DB might be/ what sound

power; or it would have to be 6 DB to get half of

the sound power.

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be designable to where they would improve that

more than that amount if you are -- I'm sure that

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I just wish you would have done it 25

years ago* and I would be glad if you get it done

tomorrow.

MR. BLAIN: Thank you/ Mr.

Burdine.

Noel Kerr.

MR. KERR: My name is Noel Kerr.

And to get into the historical perspective of this

thing/ they really did think about the LBJ north

in the early fifties/ and I wish they had planned

it better at that time.

'Also/ when we had the big rains in 1964

on White Rock Creek/ which has become part of thei *ii

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Department of Agriculture was brought in/ I wish

they would have designed more park land at that

time; but that did not happen.

I am here representing the Texas

Committee on Natural Resources/ and we are very

concerned with the parks there; the Valley View

Park and the Anderson Bonner Park.

Things have changed. And speaking of

the early fifties/ '64 Department of Agriculture/

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4 the highway system of the United States is

5 basically complete. We are going forward and we

6 are looking at all modes of transportation

7 equally. Not only bicycles/ as everybody knows/

8 but even pedestrians.

9 And seeing that we are looking many

10 years down the road/ we want to give them equal

11 opportunities here/ specifically the Valley View

12 Park. That was partially or all total/ purchased

13 with Federal Government fundings; and also that

14 has been requested earlier to have perhaps a

15 separate hearing on it.

16 But also/ it is the terminus or

17 beginning point/ depending on your view/ of the

18 White's bicycle trail along White Rock Creek. An

19 ever increasing amount of bicyclists are riding

20 that trail/ as we all know. And that needs to be

21 held equally in importance and will be

22 funding-wise through COG in the near future.

23 Temporary disruptment on that trail

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3 trail in a separate hearing. I know there is a

4 lot of bicycle groups in the area that feel this

5 is very important.

6 One thing I would like to bring up/ it

7 may not be environmental/ but I have been invited

8 to a lot of neighborhood organizations meetings/

9 and one thing they are mentioning is that their

10 home values. That boy/ if I could get just a fair

11 market value for my home/ I will be out of here.

12 I know you are including a lot more

13 sociological factors in this/ but this is

14 extremely important. Living in the area before a

15 lot of the highways were here/ it was an

16 agriculture area/ I would refer to R.L. Thornton

17 on the lower White Rock Creek area/ when they

18 built that across there the businesses were

19 disrupted/ the neighborhoods were disrupted. They

20 have never come back.

21 The float is still there. As we know/

22 the movable barrier is in place on R. L. Thornton

23 and the flow is ever increasing but there are no

24 more Chamber of Commerces down there talking about

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north LBJ. It is not bullet proof. You nay help

the traffic but you may lose your businesses and

your quality residential areas in future times.

Thank you.

MR. BLAIN: Thank you/ Mr. Kerr.

Jim Reisman.

MR. REISMAN: Thank your Mr.

Blain.

My name is Dr. Jim Reisman. I am a

resident in this area. I have some concerns I

wish to express to you this evening.

One thing that you can't answer/ but if

we had more rapid transit and more/ a more

effective DART/ then maybe we could deal with the

traffic flow of LBJ in a more effective manner.

And I wish the representatives of our City

Council/ both in Richardson and Dallas/ were here

presently now to hear the fact that maybe their

efforts relative to DART might improve the

problems we are having in this area relative to

traffic.

I live about a mile and a half from Park

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2 With the proposed development of the

3 previous Lambert Nursery and with the present

4 design as I saw in the other room* with the flow

5 that's going to occur on that service road and all

6 of that traffic entering into Park Central Drive/

7 the access for me to my home near Valley View Park

8 to Park Central/ I anticipate in the morning it

9 could be anywhere from 15 minutes to 20 minutes

10 and I could surely walk it in less than 10.

11 To get home/ I intend probably in 5:00

12 o'clock or 5:30 traffic/ it will probably be at

13 least 35 minutes. And again/ I could walk home in

14 less than 10.

15 The traffic at Park Central Drive is one

16 of my major concerns because my kids play in that

17 park and the traffic along Valley View Lane is a

18 major concern because people already try to avoid

19 the Park Central Drive interchange and Hillcrest

20 and LBJ interchange and cut through Valley View

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23 Lambert Nursery property and with the proposed

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2 myself plus all of the soccer associations and all

3 of the additional people who utilize that park and

4 the bike trail.

5 On any Saturday or Sunday/ as well as

6 afternoons after 5:00 o'clock/ Valley View Lane is

7 covered in cars and people getting out of their

8 cars to get on that bike trail. As People for

9 Open Spaces and some of the other organizations

10 have talked about/ that Valley View Park/ not just

11 from a neighborhood point of view but also from a

12 safety point of view/ needs to be addressed in a

13 more considerate way.

14 My house sits across the street from

15 Valley View Park/ as I've said. That park floods

16 about four times a year in a rainy year making it

17 difficult for me/ if not impossible/ for me to get

18 to my office/ again going about one and a half

19 miles away.

20 I am definitely concerned about the

21 water shed problem of this major interchange being

22 constructed as well as the widening of LBJ/ where

23 all of the flood water is going to go except into

24 the White Rock Creek there. And you can build

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live on that creek and what's going to happen to

our homes if they begin to flood?

Thank you .

MR. BLAIN: Thank you/ Dr.

Reisman.

Alice L. Procter. Alice L. Procter.

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MR. BLAIN: Edward J. Rotling.

MR. ROTLING: Good evening. My

name is Ed Rotling. I'm a partner with the Harvey

Hotel Company.

We have two properties in the area/

Bristol Suites Hotel and the Harvey Hotel Dallas;

and we want to go on record as supporting the

completion of the interchange.

Our properties are -- we believe that it

is necessary for both the safety and the

environmental reasons that the project move

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We employ over 400 people in the

immediate area. We believe that the better

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Thank you.

MR. BLAIN: Thank your Mr.

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David Handowroz.

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David Handowroz. I am a resident of Piano.

First of all/ the highway section in

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2 lands. Any diverse adjustments to these wet lands

3 will make possibly not plain now/ but might intend

4 to be planted in the future if they did occur/

5 would lead to complex and possibly costly

6 engineering activities; so you must continue to

7 make sure you do not leave out those areas.

8 Second/ you must make sure — it was

9 reassured in here -- but you have to make sure

10 throughout the entire process that you can insure

11 mobility during construction periods. One of the

12 large problems I'm sure many in this room are

13 familiar with regarding to North Central

14 Expressway is there -- whether they meet the

15 standards or not/ there isn't enough mobility.

16 And once you get south of LBJ going down

17 on North Central Expressway/ it is a total

18 bottleneck which means that people are not going

19 to take that area. They are not going to have

20 accessibility there and they are going to avoid

21 that part of town.

22 Third/ you must make sure that there is

23 no housing displacement whatsoever. If for some

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2 The last thing we need now is to interfere with

3 residential activity in the area.

4 And related to that/ you must make sure

5 without a doubt that you keep the noise related to

6 the few residential areas in this area reduced as

7 much as possible. In other words/ don't just

8 stick with Federal Highway Administration

9 Standards. Try to build them above those/ if

10 necessary. Because I believe the Federal

11 Government has a notorious habit of keeping

12 standards low that aren't truly necessary.

13 And finally/ there should be no hassle

14 at all with the park land areas. Not just in

15 terms of not/ under no circumstances/ acquiring

16 any park land area; but also making sure that any

17 construction involves as little interference with

18 those areas as possible.

19 Such park lands are important not just

20 to those who live here but those from other areas

21 or near by who might use those park lands.

22 Interference with those lands will counter the

23 economic improvements that you intend from this

24 proposed project.

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2 costs. If at any point you start going -- you

3 plan to start at point A and you end up pushing

4 that to point B/ C and D/ and either in your

5 planning process in the construction work you are

6 doing or in the amount that you have budgeted for

7 this project/ such again as we have in the case of

8 North Central* what you are going to have is a

9 negative image of a region who can't deal -- which

10 will be perceived as not being able to deal with

11 its own transit problems.

12 Therefore/ and related to that/ you will

13 reduce the public support for this project

14 possibly leading to the end of it; and therefore/

15 we are just going to have more transportation

16 problems/ not less.

17 And again I specifically say not just US

18 75/ but while I am quite pleased with the Federal

19 Government in this circumstance providing 80

20 percent of the funding/ just because the rules

21 might require them to provide the funding now/ the

22 Federal Government can always change their own

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3 will continue the project if for some reason the

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14 -- I think as someone pointed out earlier -- by

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17 building the interchange/ what you would do is/

18 number one/ what's put out by the trees would help

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Next/ you must provide adequate

reinsurance regarding drainage/ especially on your

elevated sections. This area/ as I'm sure

everyone is aware/ has a notorious habit of

raining/ raining very hard and flooding very

fast. And the last thing you need is drainage

coming off of these high sections and down lower.

I am not sure -- I am no planning

engineer. I am not sure if that necessarily is

likely to happen/ but it ought to be accounted for

anyway.

And related to that/ various

environmental conditions often cause accidents.

And the last thing you need is a car skidding off

the top part of one these areas and landing down

somewhere on another area lower as occasionally

you have examples of in some interchanges across

the country.

So you need to make sure beyond the

drainage/ in terms of the safety aspect that I am

pointing out/ that you also keep the areas as wide

as possible so any accidents that do occur stay

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even when an accident occurs.

So in conclusion/ I believe this is a

necessary project but you must deal with the

present problems that I have just cited as well as

preventative planning to prevent any areas that

are not problems now from becoming problems in the

future .

Thank you.

MR. BLAIN: Thank you, Mr.

Hondowroz .

Lois Woodward.

MS. WOODWARD: Hello/ Mr. Blain. I

appreciate the opportunity to speak to this

interchange this evening.

As you know/ I have worked with both the

Highway Department and the city staff and a lot of

other people have spoken tonight to push this

interchange through. I do believe that it is

necessary and I am also concerned about the good

design of it.

One of the areas that has caused me

great concern is the fact that we have access for

Park Central. I know as we drive up and down the

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where you don't have enough or sufficient room to

blend in with the traffic will be

counterproductive to any improvements you make.

I would also like a commitment that you

would install some sort of crisis management so

that when there is a problem/ be it on any one of

the multi-levels or on the main lanes/ that it is

removed as expedit iously as it can be.

I know that when you take away some of

the shoulder area/ there is absolutely no place

for people to go when they do have a problem with

their vehicle or if there is some sort of a/ an

accident. And that does need to be addressed/ and

I would like to hear that it is going to be

addressed .

I do also believe that we need as much

landscaping as we possibly can. People here drive

in a very uptight manner. And hopefully/ if they

can see something pretty/ they will react in

kind .

I would also ask that you give

sufficient study and consideration to building 190

to the fullest before you consider any additional

improvements along LBJ . As the gentleman said/

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get west/ and that's one of the easiest ways to

get them west rather than swim down to go on LBJ.

Thank you.

MR. BLAIN: Thank you/ Ms.

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Kathy Coffman.

MS. COFFMAN: Good evening. My

name is Kathy Coffman and I appreciate this

opportunity to address you tonight.

Prior to the Dallas City Council

approval of this interchange/ I attended several

meetings with you and some other people to discuss

the 635 and 75 interchange.

As we discussed the need to look at the

business concerns/ we also agreed that if TI had

to give up their direct access/ that Park Central

should also have to give up theirs. We discussed

the fact that the direct entrance and exit ramps

only created a situation that would continue to

congest the freeway even more.

As you have addressed many times/ more

entrance and exit ramps only further congest the

freeways instead of allowing traffic to flow more

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Tollway was one of the discussion factors that

came into play. The fact is it is very

successful. It works and it works very well for

the Galleria and the Lincoln Center/ and we talked

about why it would ultimately work at the 75 and

635 interchange without having all of the direct

accesses added.

It was also agreed that with the

effective use of this new box design that we would

go forward to the Dallas City Council and ask for

approval and we agreed on this in concept. But

somehow/ by the time we got to the Dallas City

Council and had it approved/ and between then and

now/ it has changed its configuration.

And if this is an example of the public

participation and effective public input/ I am

very concerned about where we go from here. We

agree on one plan and then you proceed with a

different one. It makes me weary and suspect of

your motives and intentions with the rest of the

expansion of the LBJ Freeway.

I would also like to know how you

justify the/ quote/ minor environmental impacts.

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levels and traffic congestions for the five year

construction period will surely impact the local

environment .

Two/ your models imply higher speeds

with higher traffic densities. Yet/ the North

Texas Central Government shows only a three mile

per hour average increase on twenty-ten. This

does not reduce peak pollution levels but

increases them.

Thank you.

MR. BLAIN: Thank you/ Ms.

Cof f man .

Mrs. Coffman is the last person

registered to speak. Is there anyone in the

audience that did not register to speak or perhaps

some of the names I called earlier that maybe were

not in the room that would like to speak and make

comments this evening?

Yes / sir .

MR. WINTHROW: My name is Lee

Winthrow. I'm the general manager of Embassy

Suites/ Dallas Park Central; and I represent the

hotel as well as Embassey Suites/ Incorporated

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We've only owned the hotel since October

so I am a newcomer to this process which maybe in

some appearances may be a little too late.

I recognize the importance of being able

to better add traffic flow to this area because

right now we have a reputation of a good place to

go to get in a traffic jam.

Some of the concerns I would share with

you as an operator of a business is the noise

pollution that is already here and could even

increase with your plan as I've seen it.

Our company has just spent almost

200/000 dollars reducing the effect of noise

pollution in our hotel. By the looks of your

plan/ we could even be closer to the road than we

currently are .

Obviously/ the drawback as far as our

hotel is concerned is having to look out of the

sixth or seventh or eighth floor of our hotel on

to the freeway as opposed to looking at it at one

level currently.

For our hotel and for our clients/ the

access to our property becomes more difficult.

From the design/ it is apparent that there would

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of our property which will probably increase the

amount of people cutting through our property

which is already at a pretty high rate.

The last thing I would like to address

is the fact that construction will be disruptive.

I don't know if I am going on record as opposing

it because I think it is inevitable that it is

going to happen. I just think that some of these

impact items that I have talked about are going to

impact the neighborhood. It will impact the

businesses as well as the homeowners and need to

be considered.

Thank you for this opportunity.

MR. BLAIN: Thank you very much.

Is there anyone else that would desire

to speak in the audience at this time?

Yes / sir .

MR. WAGNER: My name is Dennis

Wagner and I'm a homeowner along the 635 area.

I want to reiterate some of the thoughts

that I heard tonight about the fact that we need

and you need to deal with 1-90 first.

So much of this traffic needs to be

diverted from this interchange as well as

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need to improve the 635/75 interchange. There is

no doubt about it. It is a mess. But we need to

emphasize that 1-90 is going to be the first

alternative to get much of the northern traffic

around .

The second issue is that despite

advocating an improvement of this interchange/

that this is in no way an advocacy of improving or

increasing the capacity at least in the way it was

proposed the last time on 635 going west.

While all of these models show all of

the extra lanes/ et cetera/ I really don't think

that this is the proper environmental way to

handle this problem. There's got to be some other

alternatives. And one of the things that I think

we have to look at/ and I would like to have one

of your engineers at some point write me a letter

or explain to me/ is how you can improve

pollution/ air pollution by improving the speed of

the cars when you know full well that you are

going to increase the number of cars that are

putting out this pollution by probably 20 to 50

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improvement is on a per vehicle basis? Because

there is a significant difference.

If you are out here listening or trying

to breathe the air from 100/000 cars or 500/000

cars/ there is obviously a significant difference

from the amount of pollution.

Thank you very much.

HR. BLAIN: Thank you for your

comments .

Is there anyone else in the audience who

would like to make a comment?

(No response . )

MR. BLAIN: Hearing none/ the

public hearing record/ as stated in the

advertisement/ will stay open until 10:00 p.m.

this evening. So anyone that wishes to make

additional comments is certainly welcome to do so

until 10:00 o'clock.

You may leave if you would like. If you

would like to stay in case you would like to hear

what everyone says/ you are welcome to do so. But

our advertisement said we would keep the oral

record open until 10:00 p.m.

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oral statement or you think of something else/

some other comment you would like to make/ you

have until August the 29th to make those comments

in writing by mailing them to the addresses shown

on the diagrams.

We are not adjourned/ but you may leave

if you would like; and the record will remain open

until 10:00 p.m. for oral comments.

(Recess in proceedings.)

MR. BLAIN: The time is 10:00 p.m./

August the 19th/ 1992.

Does anyone else wish to make a comment

at this public hearing?

(No response . )

MR. BLAIN: Hearing none/ the

hearing record is closed.

We are adjourned.

(Hearing adjourned at 10:00 p.m.)

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STATE OF TEXAS

COUNTY OF DALLAS

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT I/ JANET L.

DDGGER/ a Certified Shorthand Reporter in and for

the State of Texas/ reported in shorthand the

proceedings had at the time and place set forth in

the caption hereof/ and that the above and

foregoing 78 pages contain a full/ true and

correct transcript of the said proceedings.rfj/ (L+- I

This the QTTi day of yrf /J >y ( J{ •f -*,- 71992.

r\ ~\\y&r)d C~A &vurfit/i ;(JyANE/r L. DDGGER ' (//certified Shorthand Reporterin and for the State of Texas.Certification Number: 2575Date of Expiration: 12-31-92Bates Court ReportingP. O. Box 5103701 Rainbow DriveDallas/ Texas 75208Phone number: 1-800-637-9807

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Mr. Edgar J. Butschek:

...I have one other concern, since we are right in the northwest quadrant ofthis exercise, the valued Homeowners Association, that all precautions be takento insure that the traffic flow doesn't come right through our neighborhoodwhile the construction is underway....

District's Response:

Traffic control planning is being done to ensure that vehicles using I.H. 635will be kept on the mainlane sections as much as possible throughoutconstruction. TxDOT and the City of Dallas will coordinate the traffic controlon local streets in the vicinity of the interchange.

Mr. Charles Harbison:

...During the review of the design, the immediate concern that we would haveis that today we think we have a dangerous situation on that service road inthat our exit from our church parking lot has to empty out on to the serviceroad. Traffic exits at a high rate of speed most of the time, and it isdangerous getting out of our parking lot...

...We would be concerned that during the construction time that all care betaken not to put additional traffic onto that service road; and that certainlyin the final design, that there be some type of traffic bumper or some kind ofspeed bumper that would slow the traffic or give our members an opportunity toget out of the parking lot safely...

District's Response:

Traffic control planning is being done to ensure that vehicles using I.H. 635will be kept on the mainlane sections as much as possible throughoutconstruction. TxDOT design standards require a minimum 40 mph design speed onfrontage roads. Speed bumps would not be consistent with this requirement andare therefore not feasible. The minimum design speed is based on safetyconcerns with regard to avoiding merge situations between vehicles with widelydisparate speeds.

Mr. Robert Wilson:

. . .We want to express our support for the proposed reconstruction of theinterchange at LBJ and Central Expressway...

...The Greater Dallas Chamber appreciates this opportunity to speak publiclyin support of the interchange project. We congratulate TxDOT and the City ofDallas for coordinating the interchange project with our major freewayconstruction efforts and for expediting this project thus enabling Dallas toenjoy immediate economics and mobility benefits...

District's Response:

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Mayor Gary Slagel:

. . .We certainly are in support. We are very encouraged that also thisinterchange will include some HOV lanes as part of it for Central and LBJ. Sono matter what happens on LBJ west of this intersection, we think this is goingto be an important improvement...

...I'm here to support this. I am here also to lend this help of the Citystaff of Richardson in any way we can to help this project move forward. Theresidents and the City Council of Richardson are definitely in favor of this.

District's Response:

Comments noted.

Mr. Jeffrey A. Ford:

...I am here to express the North Dallas Chamber's support for the proposedreconstruction of the 635/North Central interchange...

. . .The Chamber appreciates the efforts of the City of Dallas and that theDepartment of Transportation have made to expedite this project and to move italong, and we encourage you to continue to work together to get constructionstarted as soon as possible...

District's Response:

Comments noted.

Mr. Ron Robinson:

. . .This evening I am here on behalf of the Board of Directors and the Chamber'sTransportation Committee and the approximate 1,600 members of the RichardsonChamber of Commerce to endorse the proposed reconstruction of I-635/US 75interchange...

District's Response:

Comments noted.

Ms. Joan D. Howell:

...Number one, will there be a separate hearing advised to the public todiscuss the loss of park land that could be possible for Valley View Park?...

...Also, we want to know about the impact on Anderson Bonner Park and will webe getting a letter discussing the effects of this construction on the generalenvironment?...

District's Response:

The I.H. 635/U.S. 75 Interchange project requires no taking of parkland.Impacts to parklands which may result from the full I.H. 635 project would beaddressed as a part of the project EIS and at future public hearings. Effects

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of construction on Anderson Bonner Park are addressed in the EnvironmentalAssessment in the individual sections relating to each potential impact. Anyinterested person may contact TxDOT to review or obtain copies of the report.

Mr. Penina Veiner:

...I know we need jobs in Dallas but not at the detriment of the homeowner.18 feet wall and 26 -- is it 26 wall? --is not going to help the environment.Where are the trees? We need trees to protect us, and I think those wallswould create more noise and more heat than you could imagine.The other thing, I live on Forest Lane, and I am scared when the constructionwould come everybody is going to come on Forest Lane instead of using LBJ...

District's Response:

The proposed noise barriers are designed to mitigate noise impacts on adjoiningnoise sensitive receptors. They will not be constructed if not deemedacceptable to the property owners of the noise sensitive receptors. It isTxDOT policy to include landscaping as part of construction. One percent ofthe construction cost, plus matching local funds, will be used for landscaping.Traffic control planning is being done to ensure that vehicles using I.H. 635will be kept on the mainlane sections as much as possible throughoutconstruction.

Mr. W.L. Crowley (Cowley):

...I am talking about water in your ditches; I'm talking about 45 degreeditches. Now, I'm talking about the other end of LBJ rather than this parthere, but this part here we are concerned with waste water runoff and it isgoing to be into White Rock Lake; it is going to -- some of it eventually mayend up in Bachman which is City of Dallas water supply...

District's Response:

Water quality is addressed in the Environmental Assessment. An October 23,1992 letter to Mr. W.L. Cowley also addressed this issue. In summary, TxDOTis working with the involved cities to determine its role in the permittingprocedure. TxDOT may be required to provide retainage and treatment facilitieswithin the project corridor.

Ms. Edith Tyloch:

...We are concerned about noise; we are concerned about other environmentalproblems such as the water runoff. We are definitely concerned about that thearea not begin to look like an interstate freeway and ruin the residentialquality of the neighborhood.The traffic already is cutting through our neighborhood tremendously to avoidthe intersection of Coit and LBJ. So what we want to be sure that there isenough money ... allowed to beautify this.

...It needs to be beautified to make a transition from residential to roadway.So plantings to me would absorb noise and it would make it a livablesituation...

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...I think that the general public -- a lot of people have come to yourmeetings and you have had a lot of meetings, but there are a lot of people thatknow absolutely nothing about this. And I think that they need to know. Thisis going to impact everybody in this city...

District's Response:

Water quality is addressed in the Environmental Assessment. Noise impacts areaddressed in Environmental Assessment. Local circulation improvementsincluding continuous frontage roads will enhance local access which shouldresult in minimized residential traffic impacts. It is TxDOT policy to includelandscaping as part of construction. One percent of the construction cost,plus matching local funds, will be used for landscaping. The I.H. 635/U.S. 75Interchange project is a necessary improvement regardless of whether or notother improvements to I.H. 635 are instituted. TxDOT has attempted to involvethe interested public since the initiation of this project in 1987. Numerousmeetings have been conducted on behalf of the coordinated development of thisproject.

Mr. Cliff Franklin:

...The North Central Task Force urges the timely reconstruction of the IH635/US 75 interchange. This project should be a separate construction contractfrom the other 635 improvements...

District's Response:

Comments noted.

Mr. Barbara Weinstein:

...Dallas is currently an EPA non-attainment area for meeting air qualitystandards. The threat to our ability for achieving increased development andgrowth in the interchange indicates that there is more need for rapid transitand HOV lanes in the present corridor before expansion is allowed...

...The proposed loss of trees, park land, wet lands and other naturallymitigating environmental amenities, in addition to threats of deterioration forwell-established, quality neighborhoods, places an extremely negative burdenon our citizens in many ways.Therefore, we propose that the underlying assumptions demanding this massiveconstruction are no longer completely valid and considerable down-sizingrevisions, such as those suggested, should be made before constructionbegins...

District's Response:

The traffic projections used in the design of the I.H. 635/U.S. 75 Interchangeresulted from the planning activities of the North Central Texas Council ofGovernments (NCTCOG), the metropolitan planning organization. The NCTCOG was

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Mr. Jim Brodrick:

...We just want you to know that if this thing is approved, this interchange,don't think that the expansion of LBJ is a done deal...

District's Response:

The I.H. 635/U.S. 75 Interchange project is a necessary improvement due toimprovements along U.S. 75 now in place and under construction regardless ofwhether or not other improvements to I.H. 635 are instituted.

Mr. Billy Burdine:

. . .1 can't get in an out of my driveway on Coit Road because the traffic -- youhave to wait for a red light and you don't have a red light to stop them offof the LBJ on to four or five additional places there...

...Your 3 DB to 6 DB abatement of noise by your walls, I wish there was somephysicists in your group that would design something more like a 20 DB whichwould get it down below the present noise levels regardless of the level ofwhich it came in thorough there...

District's Response:

TxDOT and the City of Dallas will coordinate regarding the traffic control onlocal streets in the vicinity of the interchange to effectively manage localtraffic circulation. Noise walls and the resulting attenuation are designedto meet and/or exceed TxDOT and FHWA standards as summarized in Appendix A ofthe final environmental assessment.

Mr. Noel Kerr:

... I am here representing the Texas Committee on Natural Resources, and we arevery concerned with the parks there; the Valley View Park and the AndersonBonner Park...

...But also, it is the terminus or beginning point, depending on your view, ofthe White's bicycle trail along White Rock Creek. An ever increasing amountof bicyclists are riding that trail, as we all know. And that needs to be heldequally in importance and will be funding-wise through COG in the near future.Temporary disruptment on that trail should be and will be held equally as ifyou were temporarily disrupting traffic on a major street in the area...

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. . .Once thing I would like to bring up, it may not be environmental, but I haveinvited to a lot of neighborhood organizations meetings, and one thing they arementioning is that their home values. That boy, if I could get just a fairmarket value for my home, I will be out of here...

District's Response:

The I.H. 635/U.S. 75 Interchange project requires no taking of parkland.Impacts to parklands which may result from the full I.H. 635 project would beaddressed as a part of the project EIS and at future public hearings. Everyeffort will be made to ensure that the White Rock Creek Bike Trail will not bedisturbed during construction. The interchange reconstruction project will notrequire the acquisition of residential property. TxDOT policy requires threeindependent appraisals on each property to be acquired, typically based onrecent market sales on like properties in the immediate area.

Mr. Jim Reisman:

...One thing that you can't answer, but if we had more rapid transit and more,a more effective DART, then maybe we could deal with the traffic flow of LBJin a more effective manner...

...With the proposed development of the previous Lambert Nursery and with thepresent design as I saw in the other room, with the flow that's going to occuron that service road and all of the traffic entering into Park Central Drive,the access for me to my home near Valley View Park to Park Central, Ianticipate in the morning it could be anywhere from 15 minutes to 20 minutesand I cold surely walk it in less than 10...

...The traffic at Park Central Drive is one of my major concerns because mykids play in that park and the traffic along Valley View lane is a majorconcern because people already try to avoid the Park Central Drive interchangeand Hillcrest and LBJ interchange and cut through Valley View Road.With the proposed development of the Lambert Nursery property and with theproposed interchange construction and LBJ construction, the amount of trafficgoing down Valley View Lane which is adjacent to my home is major concern tomyself plus all of the soccer associations and all of the additional people whoutilize that park and the bike trail...

...I am definitely concerned about the water shed problem of this majorinterchange being constructed as well as the widening of LBJ, where all theflood water is going to go except into the White Rock Creek there. And you canbuild your retaining walls and you can evaluate the highways, but how about usneighborhood people who live on that creek and what's going to happen to ourhomes if they begin to flood?...

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Transit studies, resulting from coordination with DART, have been includedthroughout the planning process and the I.H. 635/U.S. 75 Interchange designallows for future HOV lanes. Local circulation improvements includingcontinuous frontage roads will enhance local access which should result inminimized residential traffic impacts. Drainage design requirements of allinvolved agencies will be met to minimize impacts.

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. . .We have two properties In the area, Bristol Suites Hotel and the HarveyHotel Dallas; and we want to go on the record as supporting the completion ofthe interchange...

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Mr. David Handowroz:

...First of all, with regards to wet lands. Any diverse adjustments to thesewet lands will make possibly not plain now, but might intend to be planted inthe future if they did occur, would lead to complex and possibly costlyengineering activities; so you must continue to make sure you do not leave outthose areas.Second, you must make sure - - i t was reassured in here -- but you have to makesure throughout the entire process that you can insure mobility duringconstruction periods...

...Third, you must make sure that there is no housing displacementwhatsoever...

...And related to that, you must make sure without a doubt that you keep thenoise related to the few residential areas in this area reduced as much aspossible. In other words, don't just stick with Federal Highway AdministrationStandards. Try to build them above those, if necessary...

. . .And finally, there should be no hassle at all with the park land areas. Notjust in terms of not, under no circumstances, acquiring any park land area; butalso making sure that any construction involves as little interference withthose areas as possible...

...I would like to further warn against any planning construction delays orover-budgeting costs...

...And again I specifically say not just US 75, but while I am quite pleasedwith the Federal Government in this circumstance providing 80 percent of thefunding, just because the rules might require them to provide the funding now,the Federal Government can always change their own rules...

...number one, you ought to include landscaping in the proposal to both dealwith the visual and the emissions problems that you have in the area byincreasing -- I think as someone pointed out earlier -- by increasing theamount of landscaping that you would include...

...Next, you must provide adequate reinsurance regarding drainage, especiallyon your elevated sections. This area, as I'm sure everyone is aware, has anotorious habit of raining, raining very hard and flooding very fast. And thelast thing you need is drainage coming off of these high sections and downlower...

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...And the last thing you need is a car skidding off the top part of one ofthese areas and landing down somewhere on another area lower as occasionallyyou have examples of in some interchanges across the country...

...that you also keep the areas as wide as possible so any accidents that dooccur stay where they are and do not ride off into other areas. And also, theextra space would allow transportation to continue on an affected area evenwhen an accident occurs.

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The I.H. 635/U.S. 75 Interchange project requires no taking of wetlands.Impacts to wetlands which may result from the full I.H. 635 project would beaddressed as a part of the project EIS and at future public hearings. Trafficcontrol planning is being done to ensure that vehicles using I.H. 635 will bekept on the mainlane sections as much as possible throughout construction. TheI.H. 635/U.S. 75 Interchange project requires no residential displacements.Noise walls and the resulting attenuation are designed to meet and/or exceedTxDOT and FHWA standards. The I.H. 635/U.S. 75 Interchange project requiresno taking of parkland. Impacts to parklands which may result from the fullI.H. 635 project would be addressed as a part of the project EIS and at futurepublic hearings. The construction schedule is dependent on environmentalclearance and the availability of approved funding. TxDOT plans to use FHWAIntermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act funds for 80% of theconstruction costs. It is TxDOT policy to include landscaping as part ofconstruction. Drainage design requirements of all involved agencies will bemet to minimize impacts. Redirecting safety barriers which meet FHWA safetydesign standards will be utilized. In addition, full shoulders will beincluded on all direct connection ramps to provide a safe area for breakdownsand emergency vehicles.

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...I would also like a commitment that you would install some sort of crisismanagement so that when there is a problem, be it on any one of the multi-levels or on the main lanes, that it is removed as expeditiously as it an be.

...I do also believe that we need as much landscaping as we possibly can.

...I would also ask that you give sufficient study and consideration tobuilding 190 to the fullest before you consider any additional improvementsalong LBJ...

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An accident response program is in the process of being instituted on an area-wide basis. Such a program would not be specific to the interchange but wouldinclude the interchange in its coverage area. It is TxDOT policy to includelandscaping as part of construction. Based on the present constructionschedule, S.H. 190 should be complete to a usable section, consisting of, insome areas, frontage roads only, and in other areas, freeway lanes only, andopen prior to the completion of the I.H. 635/U.S. 75 Interchange.

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...It was also agreed that with the effective use of this new box design thatwe would go forward to the Dallas City Council and ask for approval and weagreed on this in concept. But somehow, by the time we got to the Dallas CityCouncil and had it approved, and between then and now, it has changed itsconfiguration....

...The 635-175 area currently has one of the highest carbon monoxide mobilepollutant levels in Dallas...

...Two, your models imply higher speeds with higher traffic densities. Yet,the North Texas Central Government shows only a three mile per hour averageincrease on twenty-ten. This does not reduce peak pollution levels butincreases them...

District's Response:

The present design is a result of an evolving process involving extensivepublic involvement. The final design was approved by the FHWA and the DallasCity Council. The approved design has been developed consistent with the Cityof Dallas' desires as presented in their alternative studies and the communityconsensus on local access issues. Constrained by applicable design criteria,the city approved design has not been modified except for the weaving sectionbetween the Westbound entrance ramp from U.S. 75 and the Preston Rd. exit ramp.EPA non-attainment status is an area-wide problem being addressed by NCTCOG.Air quality improvements will result from increased vehicle efficiencyaccompanied by reduced congestion and increased average speeds upon completionof the project.

Mr. Lee Winthrow:

...Some of the concerns I would share with you as an operator of a business isthe noise pollution that is already here and could even increase with your planas I've seen it...

...Obviously, the drawback as far as our hotel is concerned is having to lookout of the sixth or seventh or eighth floor of our hotel onto the freeway asopposed to looking at it at one level currently.For our hotel and for our clients, the access to our property becomes moredifficult. From the design, it is apparent that there would be additionaltraffic on the access road in front of our property which will probablyincrease the amount of people cutting through our property which is already ata pretty high rate.The last thing I would like to address is the fact that construction will bedisruptive...

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Due to the proximity of the area to the proposed five-level interchange, it isnot possible to design feasible noise abatement which provides a reasonablelevel of noise reduction. Soundwalls in this area would also limit access toand visibility of the hotel. The ramp structures will be contained within 3to 5 foot concrete median rails which will assist in the noise mitigation. In

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Mr. Dennis Wagner:

...I do agree that we need to improve the 635/75 interchange. There is nodoubt about it. It is a mess. But we need to emphasize that 1-90 is going tobe the first alternative to get much of the northern traffic around...

...And one of the things that I think we have to look at, and I would like tohave one of your engineers at some point write me a letter or explain to me,is how you can improve pollution, air pollution by improving the speed of thecars when you know full well that you are going to increase the number of carsthat are putting out this pollution by probably 20 to 50 percent...

District's Response:

Based on the present construction schedule, S.H. 190 should be complete to ausable section, consisting of, in some areas, frontage roads only, and in otherareas, freeway lanes only, and open prior to the completion of the I.H.635/U.S. 75 Interchange. Air quality improvements will result from increasedvehicle efficiency accompanied by reduced congestion and increased averagespeeds.

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US 75Proa: north of Forest Lane

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The property's visibility will change frorh all facilitiesincluding the direct connection ramps. Bunche Dr. andaccess to Bunche Or. will not be significantly affectedby the project. Direction signing may need to beenhanced to take full advantage of all of the newaccess points within the interchange.

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US 75From: north of Forwt Laae

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Comments noted.

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Traffic control planning is being done to ensure thatvehicles using I.H. 635 will be kept on the mainlanesections as much as possible throughout constructionand that congestion during the peak periods will beminimized.

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US 75From: north of Forest Lane

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U.S. 75 is an 8-lane freeway but, in certain instances,it is reduced to a 6-lane section to maintain lanebalance to accommodate multi-lane entrance and exitramps while meeting established design criteria. The 6-lane section provides an acceptable level of service for2010, the design year. Final design modification maybe done to provide the maximum number of feasiblelanes on U.S. 75 through the interchange.

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EPA non-attainment status is an area-wide problembeing addressed by NCTCOG. Noise impacts areaddressed in the Environmental Assessment.

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All direct connection ramps have been designed toaccommodate 2010 design-year traffic. Several of thecurrently designated one-lane ramps are being built toaccommodate two-lanes and will initially be striped toone lane. The area between the Dallas North Tollwayand Midway is outside the limits of the U.S. 75/I.H.635 Interchange Reconstruction -Project.

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US 75From: north of Forest Lane

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Where pedestrian and bicycle traffic is present oranticipated, or as requested by the City of Dallas,pedestrian and bicycle access will be provided in theform of sidewalks on grade-level access roads andbridge structures as coordinated with the City ofDallas.

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Visibility of the property will be altered but by nomeans "cut off" as a result of the five-levelinterchange. Local access in the southwest corner ofthe interchange will be slightly altered but continuousfrontage roads will result in enhanced access from allpoints within the project area. Noise criteria for theprevalent land use in this quadrant is not exceeded;

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Visibility of the property will be altered but by nomeans "blocked" as a result of the five-levelinterchange. Noise criteria for the prevalent land use inthis quadrant is not exceeded; therefore, mitigation isnot warranted. The ramp structures will be containedwithin 3 to 5 foot concrete median rails which willassist in the noise mitigation. The construction ofnoise walls could result in decreased access andvisibility of the property.

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I-635/US 75 Interchange

US 75From: north of Fdrat Lane

Tor north of Mldpwk Road

Interstate 635Fram wot of Hfflcmt Road

Toe of GiccavUk Avon*

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TxDOT and FHWA safety and design standards will bemet in the geometric design of all roadways,specifically horizontal and vertical geometry and cross-slope or superelevation of the ramps. A maincomponent of highway noise, especially forautomobiles, is tire/pavement noise. Grooving wouldincrease this noise problem. The urban nature of thisinterchange precludes the use of vegetation as a noisemitigation measure. The amount of vegetation requiredto have even the smallest effect far exceeds the areaavailable for plantings. It is TxDOT policy to includelandscaping as part of construction. At least onepercent of the construction cost, plus matching localfunds, are used for landscaping.

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I-635/US 75 Interchange

US 75Fnee north of Fomt Lane

To: north of Midpuk Road

Interstate 635FroacwertofHincmtRMd

Toe «Mt of Greenville Avow*

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Aug. 19,1992

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) actively seeks your comments on thisproject Your written or verbal comments are welcome and will be given seriousconsideration during the remainder of the planning and design phases. Thank you foryour comments.

DISTRICT RESPONSE

U.S. 75 is an 8-lane freeway but, in certain instances,it is reduced to a 6-lane section to maintain lanebalance to accommodate multi-lane entrance and exitlanes while meeting established design criteria. The 6-lane section provides an acceptable level of service forthe design year.

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I-635/US 75 Interchange

Interstate 635From: wc*t of Hillomt ROM!

Tot cut of Ciccnvillc AV

US 75FRMK north of Forat Lane

To: north of Mkijuik Row!

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Aug. 19,1992

The Texas Department of Transportation (IxDOT) actively seeks your comments on thisproject Your written or verbal comments are welcome and will be given seriousconsideration during the remainder of the planning and design phases. Thank you foryour comments.

DISTRICT RESPONSE

EPA non-attainment status is an area-wide problembeing addressed by all involved agencies through thecooperative efforts of NCTCOG.

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I-635/US 75 Interchange

US 75Froee north of Fomt lane

To: north of Mldpazfc Road

Interstate 635Praoc wtrt of KlIIerMt ROM!

Tot «Mt of GiccaviUc Avtao*

DISTRICT RESPONSE

Existing eastbound exit ramp to Floyd Road is beingmaintained. Local circulation improvements includingcontinuous frontage roads will enhance local access.

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I-635/US 75 Interchange

US 75Fran: north of Forest Lane

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Interstate 635From: we* of HUlaert ROM!

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DISTRICT RESPONSE

This movement cannot be provided for within TxDOTand FHWA design guidelines.

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Aug. 19,1992

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