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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

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upstate professional planners Group may the 4th

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Upstate Professional Planners Meeting May 4, 2016 Cross-jurisdictional growth areas in transportation:

Highway 76 Corridor

Anderson County Planning and Community Development Rhonda Sloan John Taylor Jeff Parkey

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Highway 76 Corridor Beltline Blvd. to Highway 123

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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-
  • riented facilities
  • Two mixed-use developments planned
  • Ripe with opportunity and growth

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Highway 76/Clemson Blvd. Traffic Count Stations

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Highway 76/Clemson Blvd. Traffic Counts

5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 109 US 123 111 Hwy. 93 113 Perimeter Rd. 115 Pendleton Rd. 117 New Hope Rd. 119 Excelsior Mill Rd. 124 TCTC 125 Boscobel Golf course 127 Northlake Condos 129 Liberty Hwy. 131 Beltline Blvd. Traffic Stations 2014 18,627 2013 19,463 2012 19,954 2011 19,590

Source: SCDOT Traffic Counts - Average Annual Daily Traffic, 2011-2014 6

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  • 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

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Orange Route

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Orange Route

July 2014 – June 2015

July 2,558 August 3,046 September 3,199 October 3,614 November 2,430 December 2,456 January 2,775 February 2,579 March 2,810 April 3,173 May 2,325 June 2,581 Total 33,546

July 2015 – March 2016

July 2,975 August 3,465 September 3,576 October 3,621 November 2,691 December 2,639 January 2,720 February 3,217 March 3,043 Total 27,947

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Highway 76 Corridor Land Use Anderson County

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Highway 76 Corridor Land Use Town of Pendleton

Town of Pendleton Comprehensive Plan, used with permission 11

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Highway 76 Corridor Land Use City of Clemson

City of Clemson Comprehensive Plan, used with permission 12

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Highway 76 Corridor Emerging “Industry-Technology Corridor”

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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

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Upstate Professional Planners Meeting

May 4, 2016 Keith Brockington, AICP Transportation Planning Manager Greenville County | GPATS

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I-85 Widening

US-29 SC-146/296 I-85

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I-85 US-123 SC-153

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SC-153 and US-123

SC-153

 Two high-ranked LRTP Projects Full 7-lane Widening (SCDOT

preferred)

Functional Improvements

(Powdersville Planning Group preferred)

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Five-Lane Section Curb, Gutter, Sidewalk No additional ROW

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US-123

 SCDOT preferred alternative (should

access management and connectivity

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 Targeted widening at specific intersections  Medians to prevent Left Turn Movements  Asymmetrical sections (2 lanes and 3 lanes,

no center)

 Project on “Indefinite Hold”

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US-123

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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I-85/US-29 Congestion Management

US-29 I-85 SC 153 CU-ICAR GSP Westgate Mall Upstate Port

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Port of Charleston, SC Inland Port

Image Source: Hogan Construction Group

SC Inland Port Facts

  • Opened in 2013
  • Moves containers 220 miles

from Port of Charleston to I-85

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  • Initially projected to remove

25,000 truck trips annually off

  • f I-26
  • Just finished second full year
  • f 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

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Port of Charleston, SC Inland Port

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Upstate (Inland) Port

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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

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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

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Other goings on….

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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.

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 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

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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

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NEW Resurfacing Projects!

I-385 Summer 2016 Church Street Bridge Spring 2017

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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

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Thank you!

Questions? Keith Brockington, Transportation

Planning Manager, GPATS and Greenville County

kbrockington@greenvillecounty.org www.gpats.org