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Heavy Haul T Transport rtation Corri rridor r De Des. No. 13826 1382612 Public Hearing Wednesday, February 28, 2018 Welcome Purpose/explanation of public hearing Public hearing format Visit our sign-in table Informational

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Heavy Haul T Transport rtation Corri rridor r De

  • Des. No. 13826

1382612

Public Hearing Wednesday, February 28, 2018

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Welcome

  • Purpose/explanation of public hearing
  • Public hearing format
  • Visit our sign-in table
  • Informational handouts
  • Participate during public comment session
  • Submit written public comments
  • Project display area
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  • Introducti

tion o

  • f IND

NDOT P T Project T Team

  • Indiana Department of

Transportation

  • Federal Highway Administration
  • City of Jeffersonville
  • Clark County
  • Indiana Economic Development

Corporation

  • Ports of Indiana
  • River Ridge Development Authority
  • United Consulting
  • American Structurepoint
  • Recogni

nition n of el elec ected ed a and nd loca cal public c officials

  • Sign-in at attendance table to be

added to project mailing list

  • Legal notice of public hearing was

published in the News and Tribune

  • n 2/9/18 a

18 and 2 2/21/ 1/18 18

  • A notice of the public hearing was

mailed to known property owners within project area

  • Announcement of this hearing was

posted to INDOT website. A media release was also issued

  • A copy of presentation and project

documentation are available for review on-line via INDOT website:

http://www.in.gov/indot/3689.htm

Welcome

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  • Indiana Department of Transportation
  • Indiana Division Federal Highway Administration
  • City of Jeffersonville
  • Clark County
  • Indiana Economic Development Corporation
  • Ports of Indiana
  • River Ridge Development Authority
  • Elected & Local officials
  • Residents & citizens
  • Commuters
  • Businesses
  • Emergency services
  • Schools
  • Churches
  • Community Organizations
  • Trucking Industry

Project Stakeholders

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Project Development

Project Selection Early Coordination Environmental phase begins Purpose & Need Develop alternatives Preliminary design phase Release environmental document for public review and comment HOLD PUBLIC HEARING Additional work to finalize environmental document and project design Project Decision Project Letting Construction Public Hearing during environmental analysis phase Communicate project decision

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  • Nation

ional al E Environmental al P Polic icy Act (NEPA)

  • Requires INDOT to analyze and evaluate the impacts of a proposed project to the natural and

socio-economic environments

  • NEPA is a decision-making process
  • Purpose and Need
  • Alternatives Screening
  • Preferred Alternative
  • Impacts a

are a e analyzed ed, ev evaluated ed a and d described ed i in an e environmen ental d documen ent

  • What are the impacts this project might have on the community?
  • How can impacts be avoided?
  • Can impacts be minimized?
  • Mitigation for impacts?
  • Environmen

ental A Asses essmen ent a approved ed a and rel eleased f for p public involvement

  • February 5, 2018
  • Available for review and comment via public repository

Environmental Document

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  • Environmental Ana

Analysi sis P Proces ess

  • Establish Purpose and Need
  • Develop a number of possible alternatives
  • The “Do Nothing” alternative is a baseline for comparison
  • Evaluate and screen alternatives
  • Identify a preferred alternative
  • Solicit public comment on environmental document and

preliminary design plan

  • Address and consider public comment as part of decision-making process
  • Finalize and approve environmental document

Environmental Document

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  • Right-of-way
  • Streams, Wetlands, and Other Waters
  • Floodplains
  • Endangered Species
  • Farmland
  • Cultural Resources

(Historic/Archaeological)

  • Parks and Recreational Lands (Trails)
  • Residential development
  • Residential and Commercial Relocations
  • Air Quality
  • Noise
  • Community Impacts
  • Environmental Justice
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Permits
  • Mitigation
  • Public Involvement
  • Commercial Development

Environmental Document Evaluates Impact

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  • Proposed Purpose and Need
  • Provide a continuous heavy haul vehicle route that completes a continuous

connection between the River Ridge Commerce Center and the Port via the new SR 265 / Old Salem Road interchange

  • Improve System Linkage
  • Provide Infrastructure Designed to Heavy Haul Standards

Purpose and Need

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  • Major Traffic Generators
  • The Port of Indiana – Jeffersonville
  • River Ridge Commerce Center
  • City of Jeffersonville
  • East End Crossing Bridge

Purpose and Need

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  • Existing Infrastructure
  • Port Road
  • Old Salem Road
  • International Drive / Logistics Avenue (Transportation Corridor Project B)
  • Middle Road / New Middle Road
  • Utica Pike
  • SR 62 / 10th Street
  • SR 265 / East End Crossing

Purpose and Need

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  • All alternatives are initially developed based on engineering

considerations specific to the proposed project (speed, vehicles, known site conditions)

  • Consideration given to constructability, including factors such as

deviations from standards, accessibility to site, traffic maintenance, unusual construction techniques required

  • Design Criteria
  • New 2-lane roadway or sufficient capacity for additional demand on existing

alternatives

  • Designed to Heavy Haul standards (maximum vehicle weight of 134,000 lbs)
  • 35-mph speed limit

Alternatives Considered

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Alternatives

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  • No Build
  • Leaves existing roadways as currently exists
  • Utilizes current local street system with no expenditure of capital funds for the addition of a

heavy haul-designated roadway or for upgrading existing infrastructure to meet heavy haul standards

  • Does not provide direct and continuous connectivity between existing infrastructure and major

traffic generators, address inadequate system connection south of the SR 265/Old Salem Road interchange, or design infrastructure to effectively handle heavy haul vehicles

Alternatives Considered

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Alternatives Considered

  • Existing infrastructure alternatives
  • Widen and reconstruct Port Road (Alternative Port Road)
  • Additional capacity required
  • Additional pavement structure required for Heavy Haul

vehicles

  • Widen SR 265 over Lentzier Creek tributary for

extension of acceleration lane

  • Utica Pike and Old Salem Road alternatives (Alternatives A1

and A2)

  • Widen and reconstruct Utica Pike and Old Salem Road
  • Additional capacity required
  • Additional pavement structure required for Heavy Haul

vehicles

  • Address roadway grades that exceed allowable grade

for Heavy Haul vehicles

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  • New terrain alternatives
  • Alternates B, C, D, E, F, G, DE, HH
  • New 2-lane roadway
  • New bridge over Lentzier Creek

Alternatives Considered

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Preferred Alternative (DE)

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  • Proposed Improvements
  • Proposed Project Plans:
  • New two lane roadway
  • New bridge over Lentzier Creek
  • Designed to Heavy Haul Standards
  • Maximum vehicle weight of 134,000 lbs
  • 35 mph Speed Limit

Preferred Alternative (DE)

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Proposed Improvements

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  • Proposed HHTC roadway constructed primarily on new terrain, MOT

would not be required for the newly built roadway section

  • Minimal MOT at connection points will require some temporary

closures and pavement.

  • Three-mile detour route for Utica-Sellersburg Road utilized while the

new HHTC and Utica-Sellersburg Road intersection is being constructed.

  • Brown Foreman Road, to Utica Pike, to Port Road, to New Middle Road, to

Utica-Sellersburg Road

  • Access to local businesses and properties will be maintained

at all times

Maintenance of Traffic (MOT)

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Real Estate

  • 21 Affected Parcels
  • 17 Potential Partial Acquisitions
  • 1 Potential Full Acquisition
  • 3 Potential Relocations
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  • "Uni

Uniform Ac Act o

  • f 197

1970"

  • All federal, state and local

governments must comply

  • Requires an offer for just

compensation

  • Ac

Acqui quisition P Process ess

  • Appraisals
  • Review Appraisals
  • Negotiations
  • INDO

DOT R Real E Estate T Team t to

  • wor
  • rk

with i h impact cted p d proper erty o

  • wners
  • Right-of
  • f-way

ay

  • Permanent ROW:
  • Permanent ROW is land, once

purchased by INDOT from legal land

  • wner, becomes ROW owned by

INDOT

  • Temporary ROW:
  • Temporary ROW is land required

during the construction of a project and is used for the purposes of construction-related activity

  • INDOT pays legal land owner a fee

for land use during construction

Real Estate Acquisition Process

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  • Environmental Assessment approved and released for public involvement –

February 5, 2018

  • Public Hearing – February 28, 2018
  • Geotech Investigations Begin – March 2018
  • Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) – 2018
  • Communicate project decision - 2018
  • Real estate acquisition – 2018 thru 2019
  • Proposed construction - 2019

Project Schedule

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  • Submit p

publ blic c comments u using ng t the opt ptions d ns described i bed in first page o

  • f

inf nformation p n packet:

  • Public Comment Form
  • Via e-mail
  • Participate during public comment session following formal presentation
  • INDOT r

respec pectful ully r reques uests c comments b s be subm bmitted by d by Fr Friday, M , March 16, 201 16, 2018

  • All comments submitted are included in the public hearings transcript

and made part of the public record

  • Comments are reviewed, evaluated and given full consideration during

decision-making process

Submit Public Comments

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  • Public a

and p d project s stakeho holde der i input put

  • Submit comments via options described on page 1 of information packet
  • INDO

DOT r review of

  • f public c

com

  • mments
  • All comments are given full consideration during decision-making process
  • Finalize/approve environmental document, complete project design
  • Communicate a

e a dec decisi sion

  • INDOT will notify project stakeholders of decision
  • Work through local media, social media outlets, paid legal notice
  • Make project documents accessible via repositories
  • Ques

estions? ns? C Contact Publ blic I c Involvem emen ent Team

Next Steps

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  • IND

NDOT T Sey eymour D District t Of Offi fice

185 Agrico Lane, Seymour, Indiana 47274 Toll Free: 1-877-305-7611 secommunications@indot.in.gov

  • Jeffer

ersonville T e Town wnship P Public L Library

211 East Court Avenue, Jeffersonville, IN 47130 Phone: (812) 285-5630

  • INDOT Of

Offi fice of P Public Involvement

100 North Senate Avenue, Room N642, Indianapolis, IN 46204 Phone: (317) 232-6601 rclark@indot.in.gov Project Website: http://www.in.gov/indot/3689.htm

Project Resource Locations

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  • Plea

ease v se visi sit w with t h the I he INDOT des design t tea eam a and nd pr projec ect o

  • fficials f

s following the pr he prese esentation a and nd c commen ent s sessi ession

  • Projec

ect O Open Ho pen House se

  • Project maps, displays, INDOT project team and informal Q & A
  • Project page on INDOT Seymour District webpage:

http://www.in.gov/indot/3689.htm

Thank You