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PROJECT OVERVIEW Project Overview Okeechobee Road is regionally significant arterial that begins at NW 36 Street just north of the Miami International Airport and traverses the entire state 2 EXISTING CONDITIONS UNDERSTANDING OF PROJECT

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PROJECT OVERVIEW

  • Project Overview

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Okeechobee Road is regionally significant arterial that begins at NW 36 Street just north of the Miami International Airport and traverses the entire state

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UNDERSTANDING OF PROJECT CONTEXT

  • NW 116th Way / Hialeah Gardens Blvd is a critical regional link
  • Access to:
  • I-75
  • HEFT
  • SR 826/Palmetto

Expressway

  • SR 924/Gratigny

Parkway

  • Future MDX SR 924

Extension I-75 Access MDX SR 924 Gratigny / SR-826 HEFT Access Project Location SR 826/Palmetto HEFT

EXISTING CONDITIONS

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EXISTING CONDITIONS

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Frontage Road Hialeah Gardens Boulevard. NW 118Way NW 117Way

Okeechobee Road

NW South River Drive

  • Okeechobee Road is a divided urban principal arterial
  • City of Hialeah Gardens to the north
  • Town of Medley to the south
  • Two bridges over C-6 Canal (Miami Canal) connecting Town of Medley

to Okeechobee Road (NW 121 Way and NW 116 Way)

  • NW 116 Way minor arterial carrying more than 28,000 vehicles per day

as compared to 30,000 vehicles per day on Okeechobee Road

Burger King Rush Truck Center Polimix Quiznos Subs Elite Carrier Service BB&T Bank Aljoma Lumber FX Gas Station Progresso Plaza 7-Eleven Mercantile Bank Trucks Unlimited Alex Truck Welding Denny's American Engineering & Development Corp. Angels Research Mix Use Building All Truck Sales Sunoco Premium Tech Hialeah Gardens High School Taco Bell Ethereal Garden II Pump Station Pump Station City Gas Substation

NW 116 Way

A A

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Existing Typical Section “A-A” EXISTING TYPICAL

  • Okeechobee Road has three lanes in each direction
  • Two-lane frontage road on north side
  • Miami Canal to the south separating Okeechobee Road from NW South River

Drive

  • NW South River Drive is the most important corridor in the Town of Medley

FDOT R/W

EXISTING CONFIGURATION

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  • Main goal is to improve traffic
  • perations and safety
  • Existing Traffic Operations deficiencies
  • 1. Close proximity of three signalized

intersections

  • 2. Insufficient capacity
  • 3. Substandard turning radii at canal

crossing/15% truck traffic

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  • Existing Safety Issues/Concerns

4. Hialeah Gardens Drive (NW 116 Way), high crash location 125 crashes (2007- 2012) 5. High percentage (40%) rear end 6. 23 fatalities (2007-2011) 1

468’

MAJOR DEFICIENCIES

Okeechobee Road NWSRD NW 116 Way

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  • Roadway Design
  • Concrete pavement on Okeechobee Road mainline
  • Continuous bicycle and pedestrian facilities
  • Reduced delays
  • Reconstruction along NW South River Drive to tie back to the existing and to tie into the future Town of Medley

project

  • Structure Design
  • Four new bridges
  • Two bridge replacements at NW 121 Way and NW 116 Way
  • Retaining walls
  • Miscellaneous structures
  • Traffic Control Plan – to minimize delays during construction
  • New drainage system
  • New lighting system
  • Subaqueous utility canal crossings and a new Town of Medley pump station
  • Signing and Pavement Markings
  • Signalization – 10 locations
  • Landscape Opportunity Plan
  • Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) – Arterial Dynamic signs, CCTV Cameras, travel time

monitoring system, all connected to District 6 Sunguide

  • Public Involvement – Level 4 Community Awareness Plan

UNDERSTANDING OF SCOPE OF SERVICES

DESIGN SCOPE OF SERVICES

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PROPOSED SOLUTION

GRADE SEPARATION OKEECHOBEE

B B A A

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Typical Section “A-A” (Okeechobee Road east of NW 116 Way) Typical Section “B-B” (NW 116 Way north of Okeechobee Road)

PROPOSED SOLUTION

TYPICAL SECTIONS

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10 LEGEND:

  • 5 new signals
  • 5 existing signals

to be replaced

PROPOSED SOLUTION

NEW SIGNALIZATION

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PROPOSED SOLUTION

ACCESS CHANGES

1. Okeechobee Road southbound to NW 116 Way & Hialeah Gardens Boulevard:

  • Existing: Left or right turn at NW 116 Way
  • Proposed: Use slip ramp to access frontage road and make a left or right turn at NW 116 Way
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PROPOSED SOLUTION

ACCESS CHANGES

2. Okeechobee Road northbound to NW 116 Way & Hialeah Gardens Boulevard:

  • Existing: Left or right turn at NW 116 Way
  • Proposed:
  • Use slip ramp to access frontage road and make a left or right turn at NW 116 Way
  • Make a right turn at elevated intersection
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PROPOSED SOLUTION

ACCESS CHANGES

3. NW 116 Way northbound to Okeechobee Road:

  • Existing: Left or right turn at Okeechobee Road
  • Proposed: Left or right turn on frontage road and use slip ramps
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PROPOSED SOLUTION

ACCESS CHANGES

4. Hialeah Gardens Boulevard southbound to Okeechobee Road:

  • Existing: Left or right turn at Okeechobee Road
  • Proposed:
  • Left or right turn on frontage road and use slip ramp
  • Make a left turn at elevated intersection
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PROPOSED SOLUTION

ACCESS CHANGES

5. NW 122 Street to Okeechobee Road

  • Existing: Use Hialeah Gardens Boulevard to access Okeechobee Road
  • Proposed:
  • No change for southbound Okeechobee Road
  • Northbound Okeechobee Road will have a direct access
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PROPOSED SOLUTION

ACCESS CHANGES

6. NW South River Drive to Okeechobee Road

  • Existing: Left or right turn over bridge and then second left or right to access Okeechobee Road
  • Proposed:
  • No Change at NW 121 Way
  • Changes at NW 116 Way as previously stated
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PROPOSED SOLUTION

ACCESS CHANGES

7. Frontage Road:

  • Existing: No divided median
  • Proposed: Divided median from NW 98 Avenue to NW just east of NW 114 Street

Divided Median

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PROPOSED SOLUTION

ACCESS CHANGES

8. Hialeah Gardens Boulevard:

  • Existing: Two at-grade lanes in each direction
  • Proposed:
  • Three lanes in the northbound direction (one elevated,

two at grade)

  • Two to Five lanes in southbound direction (two

elevated, three at grade) Two at-grade lanes Three lanes NB Two-five lanes SB

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Network Performance Summary – 2040 AM Peak

Parameter

PD&E No- Build Design % Improvement Over No-Build % Improvement Over PD&E Total Delay Time (Vehicles/Hour) 1370 211 201 85% 5% Average Delay Time (Vehicles/Seconds) 542 68 65 88% 4% Latent Delay Time (Vehicles/Hour) 555 6 1 100% 83%

Network Performance Summary – 2040 PM Peak

Parameter

PD&E No- Build Design % Improvement Over No-Build % Improvement Over PD&E Total Delay Time (Vehicles/Hour) 1393 189 152 89% 20% Average Delay Time (Vehicles/Seconds) 516 64 51 90% 20% Latent Delay Time (Vehicles/Hour) 323 1 1 100% 0%

PROPOSED SOLUTION

TRAFFIC SUMMARY

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PROPOSED SOLUTION

ACCESS CHANGES

Bicycle Access

  • Existing: no bicycle facilities
  • Proposed:
  • Designated bicycle lanes on the frontage road
  • Undesignated bicycle lanes on Okeechobee Road

Pedestrian Access

  • Existing: Sidewalk gaps/disconnections throughout
  • Proposed:
  • Continuous sidewalk along the north side of the frontage road
  • Continuous sidewalk along the east side of NW 116 Way/ Hialeah Gardens Boulevard
  • Continuous pedestrian facilities across the C-6 Canal

Transit Access:

  • No changes to transit access other than improvements due to bicycle and pedestrian access
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