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Bruckner-Sheridan Expressway Bruckner-Sheridan Expressway - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Bruckner-Sheridan Expressway Bruckner-Sheridan Expressway - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Bruckner-Sheridan Expressway Bruckner-Sheridan Expressway Interchange Reconstruction and Interchange Reconstruction and Hunts Point Peninsula Access Hunts Point Peninsula Access Environmental Impact Statement Environmental Impact Statement
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BSE HPA EIS Project Milestones Project Milestones
DR/EIS Start Summer 2002 Notice of Intent February 2003 Scoping (9 Alt) March 2003 Qualitative Screen (5 Alt) March 2004 Quantitative Screen (4 Alt) Early 2007 DR/DEIS Early 2010 Public Hearing Middle 2010 DR/FEIS/ROD Late 2010 Final Design 2011-2014 Start Construction 2014/2015
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BSE HPA EIS Issue Identification Issue Identification Bruckner - Sheridan Interchange
Poor Geometric Configuration
Hunts Point Peninsula
Lack of Direct Access to Peninsula
Combined Effect of Two Issues Lead to:
Regional and Local Congestion Trucks on Local Streets Increase in Air Pollutant Emissions High Accident Locations
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BSE HPA EIS Bruckner - Sheridan Interchange Bruckner - Sheridan Interchange
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BSE HPA EIS Heavy Truck Traffic Heavy Truck Traffic
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Scoping Alternatives Scoping Alternatives
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BSE HPA EIS Proposed Improvements – Expressway (All Alternatives) Proposed Improvements – Expressway (All Alternatives)
Bruckner Expressway Bruckner Expressway Lead Market Track Lead Market Track Edgewater Road Edgewater Road Sheridan Expressway Sheridan Expressway B r
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x R i v e r A v e n u e 6-Lane High Level Bruckner Expressway 6-Lane High Level Bruckner Expressway 3 Lanes EB/WB 3 Lanes EB/WB
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BSE HPA EIS Proposed Improvements – Ramps (All Alternatives) Proposed Improvements – Ramps (All Alternatives)
On Ramp On Ramp Off Ramp Off Ramp Off Ramp Off Ramp No On Ramp No On Ramp Bruckner Expressway Bruckner Expressway Lead Market Track Lead Market Track Edgewater Road Edgewater Road Sheridan Expressway Sheridan Expressway B r
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x R i v e r A v e n u e 3 Lanes EB/WB 3 Lanes EB/WB
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BSE HPA EIS Proposed Alternatives 1A and 1B Proposed Alternatives 1A and 1B
Alternative 1B Alternative 1A
KEY KEY N N
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BSE HPA EIS Proposed Alternatives 2C and 2D Proposed Alternatives 2C and 2D
Alternative 2D Alternative 2C
KEY KEY N N
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Design Refinement Process Design Refinement Process
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BSE HPA EIS The DR/DEIS Process The DR/DEIS Process
Problem Identification Public Scoping Refine/Add: Goals and Objectives/ Alternatives Screen and Evaluate Alternatives Draft Goals and Objectives Initial Alternatives Prepare and Publish Draft DR / EIS Design Analysis Preliminary Design Traffic Operations Constructability Environmental Analysis Public Hearing Publish FEIS and Select Preferred Alternative NEPA Record
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Completed Current Future
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Preliminary Design: Comparison of Existing Condition with Alternatives 1A and 2C Preliminary Design: Comparison of Existing Condition with Alternatives 1A and 2C
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Video Video
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BSE HPA EIS Discussion Discussion Bronx River Crossing Leggett Avenue Interchange
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BSE HPA EIS Design Working Group Design Working Group Purpose of Design Working Group:
Stakeholders Become Part of Design Development Process Members Provide Input and Insights
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BSE HPA EIS Design Working Group Membership Design Working Group Membership
Community Board 1 Community Board 2 Community Board 3 Community Board 6 Community Board 9 Borough President Adolfo Carrion Councilmember Maria del Carmen Arroyo Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr. Congressman Jose Serrano Assemblyman Ruben Diaz, Jr. Assemblyman Michael Benjamin Congressman Joseph Crowley Hunts Point Chamber of Commerce Hunts Point Produce Co-Op South Bronx River Watershed Alliance (SBRWA) Regional Plan Association
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BSE HPA EIS Design Working Group Responsibilities Design Working Group Responsibilities DWG members will be Project Ambassadors to NYSDOT and the Project Team by:
Understanding and Conveying to their Respective Constituents Project Details and Status Providing a Channel of Communication to Include Public’s Input and Feedback on the Design Elements of the Project Providing Input on the Project Designs
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BSE HPA EIS Design Working Group Charter Design Working Group Charter
Charter and Operating Protocols for the Charter and Operating Protocols for the Stakeholder Design Working Group o
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Stakeholder Design Working Group o
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Bruckner Sheridan Interchange Reconstruction Bruckner Sheridan Interchange Reconstruction & Hunts Point Peninsula Access & Hunts Point Peninsula Access Environmental Impact Statement Environmental Impact Statement
Design Working Group Mission Design Working Group Mission
The Design Working Group (DWG) will provide a forum for project The Design Working Group (DWG) will provide a forum for project team members to provide team members to provide
- ngoing, timely information relating to the design and refinemen
- ngoing, timely information relating to the design and refinement of project alternatives. The DWG
t of project alternatives. The DWG will also provide the Project team with feedback and assist NYSD will also provide the Project team with feedback and assist NYSDOT in developing an understanding OT in developing an understanding
- f public and interest group perspectives. NYSDOT is committed
- f public and interest group perspectives. NYSDOT is committed to considering all ideas that arise
to considering all ideas that arise from DWG meetings, but is under no obligation to incorporate the from DWG meetings, but is under no obligation to incorporate them into the overall design of the m into the overall design of the Project. Project.
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BSE HPA EIS The DR/DEIS Process The DR/DEIS Process
Problem Identification Public Scoping Refine/Add: Goals and Objectives/ Alternatives Screen and Evaluate Alternatives Draft Goals and Objectives Initial Alternatives Prepare and Publish Draft DR / EIS Design Analysis Preliminary Design Traffic Operations Constructability Environmental Analysis Public Hearing Publish FEIS and Select Preferred Alternative NEPA Record
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Completed Current Future
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BSE HPA EIS Next Steps Next Steps Continue Refining Alternatives Design Working Group Meetings 11th Stakeholder Committee Meeting
Update on Alternatives Traffic Simulation Workshop
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