Polk lk County Commissioners Meeting World Equestrian Games - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Ju June 18, , 2018 Polk lk County Commissioners Meeting World Equestrian Games Parking and Transportation Updates

• Parking For Staff and Volunteers on the Back of Property at White Oak House and a Section of Property Being Improved • Staff and Volunteers Will Use Coxe, Sandy Current Plains and John Shehan/Moore Roads to Access These Parking Areas Parking and • After Arrival they will be Shuttled To Security Transportation Clearance to Enter Venue • Athletes and Their Support Teams will Park in Planning Designated Areas On Site • Media will have a Designated Parking Location On Site • VIP’s will also Have Designated Parking On Site

• Steeple Chase Track Off Highway 9 South • Estimated to Hold 5000+ Vehicles (Updated) All Spectator Traffic will enter and exit from Hwy 9. • First Screening will Occur at Steeplechase for Current use of clear bags and return of items not allowed into World Equestrian Games Spectator • 55 Passenger Busses Will be Used to Transport to and from Equestrian Center with an Parking Estimated 500 Trips on the Largest Ticketed Day • Bus Travel Speeds will be 30 to 40 MPH • Overflow Site is Under Review and Planning Considerations

• Our Current Plan Has Been Reviewed by: • Parking and Transportation Contractors • JM Teague Engineering • NC Department of Transportation • NC State Highway Patrol Route for the • Polk County Emergency Management Busses Has • Concurrence That the Routing will Work Safely Been Changed • Prevents the Integrating the Busses with Spectator Traffic • Improves Efficiency in Movement of Spectators and Busses • Less Intrusive to Hwy 9 and US 74

• All Spectator Traffic will Use NC Hwy 9 to the Main Steeplechase Track Entrance • There will be a limited Access and Functional Needs Accessibility Drop Off In Gravel Area North of US 74 at Tryon • Also have Drop Off by Taxi, Uber and Individuals in Gravel Area Current • Busses Will Travel • Pine Meadows Ingress and Egress Two-way Routing Plan Traffic • Floyd Blackwell to Sandy Plains • Sandy Plains to Pea Ridge • Pea Ridge to Tryon International Equestrian Center Bus Entrance • Busses will Return to Steeplechase Using Same Route

• First Alternate Route Planned in the Event of Emergency • Floyd Blackwell to Coxe Road • Coxe Road to Pea Ridge Emergency • Pea Ridge to Tryon International Equestrian Center Bus Entrance Alternate • Second Alternate Route Planned in the Event of Routing Plan Emergency • Floyd Blackwell to Sandy Plains • Sandy Plains to Hwy. 9 • NC Hwy 9 to John Shehan • John Shehan to Tryon International Equestrian Center Bus Entrance