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Hanover Street Bridge Multimodal Corridor Study

Community Advisory Panel Kick‐off Meeting Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Today’s Agenda

• Welcome
• Introductions
• The Project
• Study Team
• Study Process
• Project Schedule
• Next Steps
• Q&A

Project Background

• The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery

(TIGER) program is overseen by the US Department of Transportation (USDOT)

• Since 2009, Congress has dedicated nearly $4.6 billion to fund

transportation projects that have a significant impact on the Nation, a region or a metropolitan area

• In 2014 the US DOT awarded the Baltimore City Department of

Transportation (BC DOT) a $1.1 MM TIGER Grant to study the Hanover Street bridge corridor

• Baltimore City provided a $700,000 match to these funds

Project Description

• The historic Hanover Street Bridge is a major gateway into

Baltimore City from I‐95 and the Port of Baltimore

• Hanover Street is a primary access corridor for many south

Baltimore neighborhoods

Project Purpose

• To identify the implementation steps needed to repair or

replace the 100‐year‐old drawbridge

• To establish a framework for Baltimore City’s investment in:
• Transportation
• Education
• Recreation
• Regional Competitiveness
• Economic Development

Project Goals

• At the completion of the study, the team will produce a

plan to:

• Upgrade and enhance the Hanover Street Bridge and corridor
• Improve accessibility for local and regional motorists to and from the Port
• f Baltimore
• Promote better connectivity between Local Bus and Light Rail services
• Provide the surrounding communities with safe and reliable access to key

quality of life resources, and

• Maintain a critical link between existing and planned bicycle and

pedestrian trails

Study Corridor

• Extends along Hanover

Street from Wells Street to Reedbird Avenue

• Is approximately 1.4

miles long

Middle Branch Patapsco River Patapsco River Port Covington

Cherry Hill Riverside

Swann Park Cherry Hill Park

Lakeland Westport

West Covington Park Middle Branch Park

Hanover Street Bridge Multimodal Corridor

Hanover Street Bridge Multimodal Corridor Project Team

• Baltimore City DOT (BC DOT) – Project Owner
• Community Advisory Panel (CAP) – residents, property and

business owners

• Interagency Advisory Group (IAG) – Agency reviewers and

approvers

• General Public
• Consultant Team – AECOM, Assedo Consulting, Sabra Wang,

and Straughan Environmental

Community Advisory Panel (CAP)

• Ridgely's Delight Association
• Citizens of Pigtown Community Association
• Riverside Neighborhood Association
• Cherry Hill Tenant Council
• Larue Square Association
• MedStar Harbor Hospital
• Sagamore Development
• Lakeland Coalition
• Baltimore Industrial Group (BIG)

Interagency Advisory Group (IAG)

• MD Transportation Authority (MDTA)
• Baltimore City Commission for Historical & Architectural

Preservation (CHAP)

• MD Transit Administration (MTA)
• MD State Highway Administration (SHA)
• Blue Water Baltimore

Study Process

• Develop corridor plan
• Create guiding

principles

• Outline

recommendations in Project Plan

• Outline

Recommendations

• Identify key factors

needed to advance project

Develop Corridor Plan and Guiding Principles

• Evaluate corridor
• Identify design
• pportunities and

constraints

• Compare concepts to

study area needs

• Evaluate

constructability challenges

Identify Design Opportunities and Constraints

• Identify growth
• pportunities
• Identify potential

barriers to multi‐ modalism

• Review existing

pedestrian and bicycle facilities

• Identify transit facilities

and assess operations

• Conduct safety

assessment

Study Existing Transportation Network

• Assess current

economic climate

• Identify future potential

development

• pportunities

Conduct Economic Market Analysis

• Review area master

plans

• Collect regional and

community demographic data

• Assess existing and

proposed land uses

• Review current traffic

data

• Review bridge

inspection reports

Assess Existing Conditions & Collect Data

Solicit Public and Agency Feedback and Refine Solicit Public and Agency Feedback and Refine

Project Schedule

CAP Meeting Schedule

• Kick‐off Meeting ‐ March 30, 2016
• Meetings will occur at project milestones
• We will hold 7 meetings over project duration
• Preferred time of day for meetings?
• Next Meeting

Questions and Answers

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