Public Information Meetings Monday, May 9, 2016

Washington-Lee High School

1301 N. Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 22201

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School

7130 Leesburg Pike, Fall Church, VA 22043

Renée Hamilton, VDOT, Deputy District Administrator

Amanda Baxter, VDOT, Special Projects Manager

Today’s Meeting

Introduce the I-66 Inside the Beltway Eastbound Widening Project

Project history

Update on tolling and multimodal components

Widening

Existing conditions on widening segment

Design constraints and widening concepts

Environmental process

Project schedule

Public outreach plan

Public Information Meetings

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Program Area Map

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Project History

2009 I-66 Transit/Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Study

June 2012 Final Report and August 2013 Supplemental Report of I-66

Multimodal Study inside the Beltway

Recommended Multimodal Package:

• Improved transit service

• Bicycle and pedestrian access

• Transportation demand management strategies

• Integrated Corridor Management

• Tolling non HOV-3+ vehicles during peak travel-time

• Widening

Dec. 9, 2014 Letter from Secretary Layne

• Decision to advance recommendations from the 2012/2013 study effort

• Tolling

• Multimodal improvements

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Tolling and Multimodal

Components

Tolling during weekdays, peak hours, peak directions • Eastbound: 5:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

• Westbound: 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

• HOV-2+ toll free in 2017, HOV-3+ toll free in 2020

• All vehicles using the lanes during tolling periods must have an E-Zpass,

or E-ZPass Flex if they are HOV, mounted in vehicle

Multimodal improvements funded by toll revenue to

support transit, TDM, and other multimodal improvements

benefitting the I-66 Corridor (selected by NVTC under 40-

year agreement with Commonwealth)

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Multimodal Program Status

Call for projects closed

March 23

$42.7 million requested (19

applications): • Arlington County

• City of Alexandria

• Fairfax County

• City of Falls Church

• Loudoun County

• PRTC

Applications include new

and enhanced bus service,

TDM, and transit access

Public Comment Period

April 5 – May 23

NVTC Public Meetings

May 5 & May 18

DRPT Presentation at CTB Workshop

May 17

NVTC vote to adopt list

June 2

CTB vote to approve list

June 15

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Bipartisan Compromise for

Eastbound Widening

On February 10, 2016, Governor Terry McAuliffe announced a

bipartisan agreement to move forward on a plan to reduce

congestion on I-66 inside the Beltway by widening a four mile

eastbound stretch from the Dulles Connector Road to Ballston.

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Eastbound Widening

Widening of I-66 eastbound from two to three lanes from the

Dulles Connector Road to Fairfax Drive-Exit 71

• Approximately 4 miles

Environmental analysis and construction to be funded with

revenues from recently enacted FAST Act and state revenues

Analysis of noise walls (potential new/replacement)

Landscaping

Construction to be completed largely within existing right of

way

Tolling will continue through construction

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Eastbound Widening Map

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Eastbound I-66

Existing Number Of Lanes

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Not to Scale

2 3

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4

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3

1 Lane On or Off Ramp

Eastbound I-66

Average Annual Daily Traffic Volumes

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Not to Scale

35,000 -10,000 +8,000 33,000 +30,000 63,000 -4,000 56,000 -12,000 47,000 +9,000 59,000 -15,000 41,000

TO VA 7 FROM VA 7 FROM VA 267 TO N WESTMORELAND ST TO US 29 & WASHINGTON BLVD FROM N SYCAMORE ST TO FAIRFAX DR

AADT

Current

HOV Period

(6:30-9:00 AM)

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Average Weekday Speeds in 2015

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Average Weekday Speeds in 2015

Current

HOV Period

(6:30 AM

-9:00 AM)

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Average Weekday Speeds in 2015

Proposed

Tolling Period

(5:30 – 9:30 AM)

PM Peak

Period

(3:00 – 7:00 PM)

Today’s Use of I-66

Western VA/WV Pr. William

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Origin– PM Eastbound, East of Route 267

Today’s Use of I-66

Destination– PM Eastbound, East of Route 267

22%

59%

4%2% 8%

5%(Other)

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I-66 Eastbound Widening

Design Constraints

Urban Right-of-Way Corridor

• Barrier/Retaining walls along Inside

widening to protect Metro Facilities

• New Retaining Walls for Outside

Widening

Pedestrian Facilities

• Adjacent W&OD and Custis Trail

• 2 Pedestrian Bridge Retro-Fits

‒ W&OD over I-66 @ Madison

Manor Park

‒ Custis Trail over I-66 @

Fairfax Drive

Three Parks

Two Schools

Existing Noise Walls • 4,000 LF of metal Noise Walls

• 1,500 LF of concrete stand alone

Noise Walls

• 6,450 LF of concrete barrier

mounted Noise Walls

Four Bridges • I-66 over Williamsburg

• I-66 over N. Westmorland

• I-66 over N. Sycamore

• I-66 over Custis Trail @ Westover

Park

Six Overpasses

Storm Water Management

Power Transmission Lines

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I-66 Eastbound Widening

Concepts

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Environmental Process

VDOT is currently preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) in

accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• Includes technical analyses including those related to socioeconomic,

water quality, wetland and streams, threatened and endangered species,

air quality, noise, cultural resources, and hazardous materials

• Survey and potential right-of-way assessment underway

Noise Analysis and Report

• Conducting a noise analysis to determine locations of noise walls

• Present noise study results and preliminary noise wall locations at public

hearing in late 2016

Traffic Analysis and Report

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Present noise study results and

preliminary noise wall locations at

public hearings

Obtain VDOT Chief Engineer

approval

Perform noise measurements at

representative receptors along the

corridor

Finalize noise barrier designs once

the project has received design

approval

Identify impacts

(is noise mitigation warranted?)

Noise Wall Process

Identify Noise Receptors

Perform noise modeling

Design and assess mitigation

(typically noise walls)

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Obtain FHWA concurrence

Solicit public input from benefited

property owners and renters

(voting process)

Incorporate approved noise wall(s)

into the final road design

construction plans

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Traffic Study and Report

Traffic Study and Report will provide:

Traffic Flows – Average Daily Traffic, AM and PM Peak Hour Volumes

Traffic Performance Measures – Travel Speeds, Freeway Densities, Travel

Times, Queue Lengths, Intersection Levels of Service, Delays, Person

Throughput on I-66, Person-Hours of Travel, Person-Miles of Travel, Vehicle-

Hours of Travel, Vehicle-Miles of Travel, Unserved Demand

Vehicle Trip Types / Composition of Traffic on I-66 – (e.g., HOV trips, Buses,

Toll Payers)

Effects on Transit Use

Crash Statistics and Safety Assessments

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Eastbound Widening

Project Schedule

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Activities Dates

Public Information Meetings May 9 and 11, 2016

Release Environmental Assessment Late 2016

Public Hearings Late 2016

Revised Environmental Assessment and Federal

Highway Administration Decision Early 2017

Begin Tolling and Implement Initial Multimodal

Projects Mid 2017

Award Design-Build Contract Late 2017

Begin Construction Early 2018

Open New Eastbound Lane Early 2020

Public Outreach Plan

Coordination with key stakeholder groups including:

• Localities (Arlington County, City of Falls Church,

Fairfax County, Loudoun County)

• District of Columbia

• WMATA

• Regional Transportation and Commuter Groups

(NVTA, NVTC, TPB and Commuter Connections)

• Transit Providers

Public Hearings in late 2016 on Environmental

Assessment and design concepts

Regular email updates to stakeholder database and

robust outreach before meetings and key project

milestones

Briefings to community groups

Proactive media outreach

Coordination with elected officials

Transform66.org project website

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How to Provide Comments

At Tonight’s Public Information Meeting:

• Submit written comments on the comment sheet

• Provide oral comments during the question and answer session following the

formal presentation or individually to the court reporter

Mail:

• Mail written comments to VDOT, attention Amanda Baxter, at: VDOT Northern

Virginia District, 4975 Alliance Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030

Email:

• Email your comments or questions to Transform66@VDOT.Virginia.gov

Online:

• Submit your comments via the online comment form, available at Transform66.org

Reference “Transform 66 Inside the Beltway” in subject line of all correspondence

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THANK YOU

Transform66.org

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