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

Current Parking and Transportation Planning

• 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

Plains and John Shehan/Moore Roads to Access These Parking Areas

• After Arrival they will be Shuttled To Security

Clearance to Enter Venue

• Athletes and Their Support Teams will Park in

Designated Areas On Site

• Media will have a Designated Parking Location

On Site

• VIP’s will also Have Designated Parking On Site

Current Spectator Parking

• 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

use of clear bags and return of items not allowed into World Equestrian Games

• 55 Passenger Busses Will be Used to Transport

to and from Equestrian Center with an 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

Route for the Busses Has Been Changed

• Our Current Plan Has Been Reviewed by:
• Parking and Transportation Contractors
• JM Teague Engineering
• NC Department of Transportation
• NC State Highway Patrol
• Polk County Emergency Management
• Concurrence That the Routing will Work Safely
• Prevents the Integrating the Busses with

Spectator Traffic

• Improves Efficiency in Movement of Spectators

and Busses

• Less Intrusive to Hwy 9 and US 74

Current Routing Plan

• 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

• Busses Will Travel
• Pine Meadows Ingress and Egress Two-way

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

Emergency Alternate Routing Plan

• First Alternate Route Planned in the Event of

Emergency

• Floyd Blackwell to Coxe Road
• Coxe Road to Pea Ridge
• Pea Ridge to Tryon International Equestrian

Center Bus Entrance

• Second Alternate Route Planned in the Event of

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