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LVPC Transportation Committee Meeting

Thursday, July 30, 2020

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Virtual Meeting Protocol

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Meeting Agenda

• Roll Call
• Lehigh Valley Transportation Study Update
• 2021-2024 Transportation Improvement Program
• Truck Parking Roundtable with the Federal Highway

Administration

• Airport Area Freight Study Implementation Meeting
• MAP Forum Update
• Freight and Resilience Working Groups’ Projects
• I-80 Rock Fall Mitigation Projects
• Traffic Counts During COVID-19
• Public Engagement and Participation

Who’s Participating

1.Commissioner Roll Call 2.Members of the Public Present

Please state your name for the record

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COVID-19 Pandemic Response

Lehigh Valley Transportation Study Update

Handles Federal Metropolitan Planning Functions including the Transportation Open Call for Plans & Projects Handles County Planning Functions outlined in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code

Long Range Transportation Plan (2019-2045) Twelve-Year Program State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

Updated Every Four Years STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 Updated Every Two Years Updated Every Two Years Updated Every Two Years

Implementation

Various Partners STEP 5 Continuous

Transportation Planning + Funding Process

US Department of Transportation signs-off at every step in the process

Total Funding

• tal Funding

County Location 2017 TIP Projects by County 2017 TIP Project Funding by County Percent of 2017 TIP Funding by County 2021 TIP Projects by County 2021 TIP Project Funding by County Percent of 2021 TIP Funding by County Bi-County 27 $ 75,458,994 19.6% 26 $ 67,572,473 23% Lehigh 44 $ 234,174,885 60.8% 41 $ 104,757,387 37% Northampton 44 $ 75,538,062 19.6% 45 $ 132,669,846 40% Total 115 $ 385,171,941 100.0% 112 $ 304,999,706 100%

Comparison by Project Location Regionwide between 2017-2020 & 2021-2024 Transportation Improvements Programs

County 2017 TIP Funding Percent Just between Counties 2021 TIP Funding Percent Just between Counties Lehigh $234,174,885 75.6% $ 104,757,387 44.1% Northampton $75,538,062 24.4% $ 132,669,846 55.9% Total $309,712,947 100% $ 237,427,233 100%

Comparison without Bi-County Projects

Long Range Transportation Plan (2019-2045) Twelve-Year Program State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

Regional Funding Pool STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 State + Regional Funding Pools Regional Funding Pool State + Regional Funding Pools

Implementation

Various Partners STEP 5 State + Regional + Local Funding Pools

Transportation Planning + Funding Process

US Department of Transportation signs-off at every step in the process

Airport Area Freight Study Implementation Meeting

Proposed + Approved Development 2018 – Current LVIA Freight Area Study Limits

Approved Development

Development Square Footage Land Use Municipality

Burgess Flex Center 470,000 Industrial Hanover Township (NC) Airport Road Lot 1 450,000 Industrial East Allen Township Freshpet Plant #2 Addition 110,725 Industrial Hanover Township (NC) Hanover Township Senior Living 100,837 /140 Units Assisted Living Hanover Township (NC) MacArthur Commons Redevelopment 82,116 Retail Whitehall Township Lehigh Valley Mall Pad Sites 34,703 Commercial Whitehall Township Keystone Harley-Davidson 28,812 Commercial Whitehall Township MacArthur Commons Redevelopment 26,841 Commercial Whitehall Township Airport Ventures (1650 Race Street) 25,000 Industrial Hanover Township (LC) TBI Active Adult - Bath Pike 142 Units Residential East Allen Township

• All significant development

approved since 2018

• Significant industrial

development totaling more than 1 million sq. ft.

• Two residential

development totaling more than 250 units total

Proposed Development

Development Square Footage Land Use Municipality

Rockefeller Lehigh Industrial Development Lot 4A 453,600 Warehouse Hanover Township (LC) Lehigh Valley Resort and Spa 329,000 Commercial Lehigh Township Whitehall Township Municipal Campus Upgrades 37,660 Public and Quasi Public Whitehall Township Lehigh Valley Mall Pad Sites 34,703 Commercial Whitehall Township 257 Brodhead Road 31,805 Office Hanover Township (NC) Airport Ventures (1650 Race Street) 25,000 Industrial Hanover Township (LC) Race Street Building Addition (LVIP II, Lot 6B) 22,692 Industrial Hanover Township (LC) Northampton Townhomes 40 units (townhomes) Residential Northampton Borough

• More warehousing coming!
• 453,600 sq. ft.
• More commercial coming!
• Approx. 350,000 sq. ft.
• What does our future look like?
• How will this affect our

transportation network?

Much is happening…

• Growing infrastructure demand and changing vehicle

movements

• Willowbrook, Race Street, Airport Road, Multiple Bridge

Improvements --- others too

• Additional Developments Planned of Many Types
• Two Sub-Regional Multi-municipal Comprehensive Planning

Efforts Underway

• Groups of communities already coordinating freight end users
• LVIA Plan Wrapping-Up
• Major Infrastructure Funding Challenges
• Growing demand and diminishing resources for transit as jobs

increase

MAP Forum Update

Metropolitan Area Planning (MAP) Forum Spring 2020 Annual Meeting

MAP Forum Working Groups

Freight

• Addressing collective truck routing

patterns that connect the Lehigh Valley with 9 MPOs

• Better understanding of

coordinated freight movements between Port of NY + NJ

• Truck Parking Survey distributed to

all MPOs, regional efforts

• ArcGIS Data Hub database of

freight-related and demographic spatial data from PA, NJ, NY + CT Resilience

• Sharing of Best Management

Practices + Strategies for environmental resiliency

• Build upon FHWA 2017 Post

Hurricane Sandy Transportation Resiliency Study

• leverages lessons learned
• climate projections, to identify strategies

to reduce and manage extreme weather vulnerabilities amid the uncertainties of a changing climate

• Environmental + Air Quality

assessment under regional consideration

I-80 Rock Fall Mitigation Project

https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/works/ rockfall/

Project Website

Transportation Counts During COVID-19

Public Engagement and Participation

Public Engagement and Participation

• 1. WorkshopLV: Freight - CANCELED
• 2. WorkshopLV: Multimodal -- MOVING TO VIRTUAL PLATFORM
• August 26th @ 3:00 pm
• 3. Lehigh Valley Mayors and Municipal Officials Reception - RESCHEDULED
• September 9th @ ArtsQuest SteelStacks (101 Founders Way,

Bethlehem, PA 18015), 5:00 – 7:30 pm

• Email bvazquez@lvpc.org if you would like a seat, space limited
• 4. Lehigh Valley Commercial Real Estate Outlook – RESCHEDULED
• September 15th, Details TBD
• Email bvazquez@lvpc.org if you would like a seat, space limited
• 5. 7th Annual LVPC Gala and Awards – MOVING TO VIRTUAL PLATFORM
• October 13, 2020 @ 5:30 pm

Next Transportation Committee Meeting:

Thursday, August 27, 5:30 pm

Via web: http://tiny.cc/TC0827 Via Phone: 1-872-222-9976, Conference ID: 201 967 362#

Please check lvpc.org or call 610-264-4544 for more information