upstate professional planners Group may the 4 th
Upstate Professional Planners Meeting May 4, 2016 C ross-jurisdictional growth areas in transportation: Highway 76 Corridor Anderson County Planning and Community Development Rhonda Sloan John Taylor Jeff Parkey 2
Highway 76 Corridor Beltline Blvd. to Highway 123 3
Highway 76 Corridor Beltline Blvd. in Anderson to Highway 123 is approx. 14 miles Functional classification: Principal arterial which is designed to carry the highest traffic volumes Electric City Transit and Clemson Area Transit provides bus service Connection to Amtrak Station in Clemson Highway 76 travels through ANATS and GPATS boundaries Commercial, Retail, Service and Recreational uses Car dealerships, restaurants, taverns, shops, grocery stores, hotels, educational institutions, golf course Also residential and agricultural uses Several industrial, research and development, and technology- oriented facilities Two mixed-use developments planned Ripe with opportunity and growth 4
Highway 76/Clemson Blvd. Traffic Count Stations 5
Highway 76/Clemson Blvd. Traffic Counts 35000 30000 25000 20000 2014 18,627 2013 19,463 15000 2012 19,954 10000 2011 19,590 5000 0 109 US 111 Hwy. 113 115 117 New 119 124 TCTC 125 127 129 131 123 93 Perimeter Pendleton Hope Rd. Excelsior Boscobel Northlake Liberty Beltline Rd. Rd. Mill Rd. Golf Condos Hwy. Blvd. course Traffic Stations Source: SCDOT Traffic Counts - Average 6 Annual Daily Traffic, 2011-2014
• The Orange Route began July 1, 2014 • Fares $.50 Adults $.25 Seniors, Disable, Students, and Medicare card holders FREE for students with college id • ECT operates Monday through Friday • The ECT bus system connects with the CAT bus system at the Bi-Lo Shopping Center on US 76 7
Orange Route 8
Orange Route July 2014 – June 2015 July 2015 – March 2016 July 2,558 July 2,975 August 3,046 August 3,465 September 3,199 September 3,576 October 3,614 October 3,621 November 2,430 November 2,691 December 2,456 December 2,639 January 2,775 January 2,720 February 2,579 February 3,217 March 2,810 March 3,043 April 3,173 May 2,325 June 2,581 Total 33,546 Total 27,947 9
Highway 76 Corridor Land Use Anderson County 10
Highway 76 Corridor Land Use Town of Pendleton 11 Town of Pendleton Comprehensive Plan, used with permission
Highway 76 Corridor Land Use City of Clemson City of Clemson Comprehensive Plan, used with permission 12
Highway 76 Corridor E merging “Industry - Technology Corridor” 13
Highway 76 Corridor Opportunities for Collaboration Upstate Professional Planners Group “ Ways to collaborate” Possibilities re: Highway 76 “Industry - Tech corridor” Mixed-use developments Changing land use – preserving significant places/features Transit Joint corridor study 14
Upstate Professional Planners Meeting May 4, 2016 Keith Brockington, AICP Transportation Planning Manager Greenville County | GPATS
I-85 Widening US-29 I-85 SC-146/296
US-123 SC-153 I-85
SC-153 and US-123 SC-153 Two high-ranked LRTP Projects Full 7-lane Widening (SCDOT preferred) Functional Improvements (Powdersville Planning Group preferred)
No additional ROW Curb, Gutter, Sidewalk Five-Lane Section
US-123 SCDOT preferred alternative (should access management and connectivity occur: Targeted widening at specific intersections Medians to prevent Left Turn Movements Asymmetrical sections (2 lanes and 3 lanes, no center) Project on “Indefinite Hold”
US-123
US-123 Features Heavy Urban Sections Academy St. – Greenville 123 Bypass – Easley Calhoun Memorial Hwy – Clemson Hwy 76/123 – Seneca Rural Sections Greenville to Easley Clemson to Seneca Limited Access Highway Easley to Clemson
US-123 Traffic Concerns Greenville and Easley Heavily built out Curb and Gutter with little/no shoulder Close land uses Unlikely to be widened without significant changes to traffic flow GPATS project for US-123 in Easley on indefinite hold – needs Access Management and Connectivity Plan/Implementation Clemson and Seneca Less Traffic Concerns – Clemson to be assessed in next GPATS LRTP
US-123 Land Use Concerns Greenville Downtown traffic getting worse City focusing on Intersection Opperation Almost fully built out west of Downtown, older residential Redevelopment potential in future Easley/Clemson/Seneca US-123 bypasses Downtowns. Big Box/Strip Commercial, many curb cuts
US-123 Next Steps Continuously revaluated GPATS 2040 LRTP ACOG LRTP (Seneca) Comprehensive Plans Potential Future Coordination GTA-Clemson Commuter Transit System Clemson Area Transit Expansion Land use changes as a result of urbanization
I-85/US-29 Congestion Management Joint Study between GPATS, SPATS, and SCDOT Use of allocated funding for I-85 Improvements MAP-21 Highway Authorization allows for use of Interstate Funds to be spend on identified “Parallel Relief Corridors” US-29 identified as I-85 reliever US-146/296 as alternative reliever
I-85/US-29 Congestion Management Funding: $223,880,000 in GPATS TIP I-85 Widening from US-25 to SC-129 Includes funding for Congestion Management on I-85 and US-29 Signal Timing/Upgrades for US-29 Congestion Relief Park and Ride Lots for I-85 and US-29 Carpool/Vanpool and Transit Support Truck Parking Facility Safety and Air Qualify Improvements
I-85/US-29 Congestion Management US-29 Westgate Upstate Port Mall I-85 GSP CU-ICAR SC 153
Port of Charleston, SC Inland Port SC Inland Port Facts Opened in 2013 • Moves containers 220 miles • from Port of Charleston to I-85 overnight Initially projected to remove • 25,000 truck trips annually off of I-26 Just finished second full year • of operations Initial annual moves projected • to be 40,000 containers 42,555 containers moved in • 2014 75,111 containers moved in • 2015 (77% increase) Current capacity of 120,000 • annual moves Expansion considered for • 200,000 move capacity Estimated $53 billion SC • economic impact Image Source: Hogan Construction Group
Port of Charleston, SC Inland Port
Upstate (Inland) Port
I-85/US-29 Congestion Management Next Steps AECOM Completion of Study with Stakeholders support. Implementation with approved funding. Potential Future Coordination Integration with Greenville TIGER Project Expansion of Transit Systems Southeast High-Speed Rail
I-85 @ I-385 Interchange 2015-2018 Remove cloverleafs Remove weaving movements Increase design speed (35mph -> 45mph) www.85385gateway.com
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Woodruff Road Parallel Top Ranked Project in GPATS LRTP $27 million cost, minimal Alleviate congestion Provide alternatives Connect network Open more land for economic development
Other goings on….
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TIGER VIII Application Creating Circuits of Economic Success Joint Venture City of Greenville (applying entity) Greenville County Greenville Transit Authority Transform the Greenlink transit system into a regional transportation network.
Eight (8) Zero-Emission Electric Buses Two (2) Charging Stations Seven (7) Supporting Circulator Buses Twenty-Nine (26) Multimodal Transit Stations Five B-Cycle Bike Share Stations Five (5)-mile Extension of the Swamp Rabbit Trail Cleveland Park to CU- ICAR Seven (6) Pedestrian Bridges Six (6) Connection Trails Focus on Low-Income Communities Map is not to Scale
Funding Snapshot Total Project $26,165,313 TIGER Fund Request $13,279,816 Local Match $12,885,497 49.25% of Total 97.03% vs Federal Ask
NEW Resurfacing Projects! I-385 Summer 2016 Church Street Bridge Spring 2017
GPATS 2040 Long-Range Transportation Plan Base Year 2015 Plan Completion in 2017 Two Regional Meetings (Kick-off & Wrap-up) Seven Sub-Regional Meetings Greenville, Greer, Travelers Rest, Golden Strip, Williamston, Easley, Clemson Numerous Stakeholder Meetings Brand new Travel Model FAST Act Performance Measures Challenge/Affirm Paradigms Automotive vs. Multimodal New Construction vs. Maintenance Capacity vs. Congestion
47 Thank you! Questions? Keith Brockington, Transportation Planning Manager, GPATS and Greenville County kbrockington@greenvillecounty.org www.gpats.org
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