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www.theplanningcommission.org Keystone Odessa Community Plan Community Plan Transportation I ssues February 8, 2011 January 11 Transportation I ssues What happens if Gunn Hwy is widened? widened? How are the roads defined What


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www.theplanningcommission.org

Keystone Odessa Community Plan – Community Plan Transportation I ssues

February 8, 2011

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Transportation I ssues

January 11

What happens if Gunn Hwy is widened? widened?

  • How are the roads defined
  • What are current conditions
  • Who is using the roads
  • What are the current plans
  • What are some options

What are some options

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How are the roads defined?

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Urban Boundary Definitions

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Urbanized Area

  • An area that consists of a densely settled core of

census block groups that meet minimum population density requirements – at least 50,000 people. “Densely settled” means one or more contiguous Densely settled means one or more contiguous block groups that have a total land area less than or equal to two square miles and a density of at least 1 000 people per square mile 1,000 people per square mile.

Transitioning Area

  • An area that is expected to become urbanized over

p the next 20 years.

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2000 Census Urbanized Area

January 11 Transitioning Area Urbanized Area Keystone – Odessa C it Pl A Community Plan Area

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Federal Functional Cl ifi ti D fi iti

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Classification Definition

Arterial

  • The group of roads constituting the highest degree
  • f mobility and largest portion of total travel

Rural Minor Arterial

  • Serves an urban area if it penetrates or comes

within 2 miles of the urban boundary

Tarpon Springs Rd Tarpon Springs Rd Gunn Hwy Van Dyke Rd Van Dyke Rd Race Track

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Federal Functional Cl ifi ti D fi iti

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Classification Definition

Collector

  • The group of roads providing a mix of mobility and

land access functions linking major land uses to each other or to the arterial highway system.

Rural Minor Collector Rural Minor Collector

  • Roads that are spaced at intervals to collect traffic

from local roads and to insure that all urbanized areas are within a reasonable distance of a collector road

P tt R d Patterson Road Lutz Lake Fern Road

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Local Functional Cl ifi ti D fi iti

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Classification Definition

The Hillsborough County functional classification system is used in various County regulations that apply to Community Plans or regulate, for example, the placement of signs and the placement of residential traffic control devices such as speed humps. traffic control devices such as speed humps. Boy Scout Road Crawley Rd y N Mobley Wayne Rd y

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Urbanized Area

Roadway Functional Classification

January 11 Keystone – Odessa Community Plan Area Local Collector

Classification

Collector Minor Arterial Principal Arterial Lutz Lake Fern Rd Van Dyke N Mobley N Mobley

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What are the current conditions? conditions?

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2010 Traffic Counts

January 11 Lutz Lake Fern Rd Van Dyke N Mobley N Mobley

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Current Traffic Counts

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2010 Traffic Counts

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Tarpon Springs Road

  • Peak Hour 4:45 – 5:45 PM

Peak Hour 4:45 5:45 PM

  • WB Peak Direction

Gunn Hwy north of Lutz Lake Fern y

  • Peak Hour 5:00 – 6:00 PM
  • NB Peak Direction

Gunn Hwy south of S Mobley

  • Peak Hour 5:15 – 6:15 PM

NB P k Di ti

  • NB Peak Direction
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Existing Traffic Counts

January 11 Roadway Year of Count Existing Count Level of Service

Boy Scout Rd 2008 7 988 C Boy Scout Rd 2008 7,988 C Crawley Rd 2008 1,883 B Gunn Hwy (N of Tarpon Springs) 2010 12,122 E Gunn Hwy (N of N Mobley) 2009 17,100 F Gunn Hwy (S of S Mobley) 2010 29,597 F Lutz Lake Fern Rd 2008 8,130 C ut a e e d 008 8, 30 C Patterson Rd 2008 3,041 B Tarpon Springs Rd 2010 6,518 B V D k Rd 2009 13 600 F Van Dyke Rd 2009 13,600 F Veterans / Suncoast N of Lutz Lake Fern 2009 31,800 B Veterans / Suncoast S of Lutz Lake Fern 2009 33,900 B

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Wh i i th d ? Who is using the roads?

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Tarpon Springs Road Distribution

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Distribution

5.5% % 83.2% 39.2% 5 41.8% 16% 18% 20% %

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Tarpon Springs Road Distribution Distribution

21% 12% 27% 7% 8% 19%

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Patterson Road Distribution

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55.6% 5 13.5% 8% 32.9% 11.2%

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Boy Scout Road Distribution

13% 90% 90% 61%

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Crawley Road Distribution

26% 6% % 28% 25% 64% 11%

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Gunn Hwy Distribution

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4.3% 3.7% % 28.7% 6.5% 62 2% 62.2% 16.6% 24 4% 24.4%

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Gunn Hwy North of Race Track Distribution

12% 29% 81% 62% 100% 27% 24%

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Gunn Hwy South of Race Track Distribution Distribution

47% 100% 61% 51% 45%

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Van Dyke Road Distribution

4% 55% 100%

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What are the current plans?

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Pasco County LRTP

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Projects between 2015 – 2025 0 5 0 5 Widen Gunn Hwy to 4 lanes – north extension

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Pinellas County LRTP

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Keystone Rd (Tarpon Springs Rd) ( a po p gs d)

  • Constrained to

two lanes

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Needs Assessment Highway P j t

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Projects

Tarpon Tarpon Springs and Van Dyke h d enhanced Lutz Lake Fern and Van Fern and Van Dyke 4 lanes east of Suncoast Suncoast

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Cost Affordable Highway P j t

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Projects

Tarpon Tarpon Springs and Van Dyke h d enhanced Lutz Lake Fern and Van Fern and Van Dyke 4 lanes east of Suncoast Suncoast

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Enhanced Roads

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Complete Street

  • “Roadway enhancements may increase capacity or

f i li f id i h d h h functionality of a corridor using methods other than adding through lanes.”

Difference between Urban and Rural application Difference between Urban and Rural application What could be included

  • Sidewalks separated from traffic
  • Marked bike lanes
  • Stormwater drainage to reduce street flooding

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  • I ntersection improvements – turn lanes
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2035 Number of Lanes

January 11 2 lanes 2 lanes 4 lanes 6 lanes 8 lanes

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Cost Affordable Bicycle F iliti

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Facilities

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2035 Forecast Volumes

January 11 Roadway Existing Count 2035 Forecast 2035 Level

  • f Service

Boy Scout Rd 7 988 9 074 C Boy Scout Rd 7,988 9,074 C Crawley Rd 1,883 2,055 B Gunn Hwy (N of Tarpon Springs) 12,122 22,417 F Gunn Hwy (N of N Mobley) 17,100 26,213 F Gunn Hwy (S of S Mobley) 29,597 40,654 F Lutz Lake Fern Rd 8,130 11,550 F Patterson Rd 3,041 4,738 B Tarpon Springs Rd 6,518 9,592 C Van Dyke Rd 13 600 20 719 F Van Dyke Rd 13,600 20,719 F Veterans / Suncoast N of Lutz Lake Fern 31,800 99,550 F Veterans / Suncoast S of Lutz Lake Fern 33,900 110,763 F

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What are some options?

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Gunn Hwy Widening

January 11 2 lanes 2 lanes 4 lanes 6 lanes 8 lanes

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Gunn Hwy Widening

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Gunn Highway and Suncoast are deficient in 2035 SR 54 volumes decreases 22% east of Gunn Hwy Lutz Lake Fern volume increases 4% east of Gunn Hwy Gunn Hwy Van Dyke volume increases 2% east of Gunn Gunn Hwy volume increases 71% Gunn Hwy volume increases 71% Suncoast Pkwy volume decreases 17% Gunn Hwy and Suncoast would still be deficient Gunn Hwy and Suncoast would still be deficient

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Gunn Hwy & Lutz Lake Fern Road Widening

January 11 2 lanes 2 lanes 4 lanes 6 lanes 8 lanes

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Gunn Hwy & Lutz Lake Fern R d Wid i

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Road Widening

Lutz Lake Fern and Van Dyke are deficient in 2035 SR 54 volumes decreases 8% east of Gunn Hwy Lutz Lake Fern volume increases 61% east of Gunn Hwy Van Dyke volume decreases 3% east of Gunn Tarpon Springs Rd volume increases 6% Tarpon Springs Rd volume increases 6%

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Gunn Hwy & Lutz Lake Fern R d Wid i

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Road Widening

Gunn Hwy volume north of Lutz Lake Fern increases 60% Gunn Hwy volumes south of Lutz Lake Fern increases 8% Suncoast Pkwy volume decreases 7% Suncoast Pkwy volume decreases 7% Lutz Lake Fern would no longer be deficient Lutz Lake Fern would no longer be deficient Van Dyke would remain deficient Tarpon Springs Rd would become more p p g congested

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Suncoast Parkway Widening

2 lanes 2 lanes 4 lanes 6 lanes 8 lanes

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Suncoast Parkway Wid i Widening

Gunn Highway and Suncoast are deficient in 2035 Gunn Hwy volume north of Lutz Lake Fern decreases 6% Gunn Hwy volumes south of Lutz Lake Fern Gunn Hwy volumes south of Lutz Lake Fern decreases 9% Suncoast Pkwy volume increases 16% north of y Lutz Lake Fern Suncoast Pkwy volume increases 14% south of L t L k F Lutz Lake Fern

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Suncoast Parkway Wid i Widening

SR 54 volumes increases 4% east of Gunn Hwy Less than 1% decrease on Lutz Lake Fern and Van Dyke G H d S t i d fi i t Gunn Hwy and Suncoast remain deficient

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Additional items moving f d

January 11

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Safety Pedestrian / Sidewalk connections Signage Subdivision design – multi-point access