Public Kick-Off Meeting Project Location Okeechobee Road (US 27/SR - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Public Kick-Off Meeting

July 12 th, 2012

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Project Location

Okeechobee Road (US 27/SR 25) from SR 997/Krome Avenue to NW 79th Avenue Miami-Dade County, FL

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Project Purpose and Need

• Implement roadway improvements that will

enhance safety and mobility

• Provide intersection modifications to reduce
• verall vehicular delay along Okeechobee Road
• Develop frontage road enhancements
• Develop multimodal options
• Determine feasibility of providing grade

separated improvements

• Determine needs for improvements to bridges
• ver Miami Canal
• Develop short term and long term improvement
• ptions

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Project Issues

• High density residential area to the

north

• City of Hialeah
• City of Hialeah Gardens
• Large industrial area to the south
• Town of Medley
• Closely spaced parallel facilities
• Close Proximity of frontage roads causes

severe weaving issues

• Truck queues block intersections at NW S

River Drive

• 3 signalized intersection connections

between NW S River Dr, Okeechobee Rd & Frontage Rd

• High truck traffic percentage along

Okeechobee Rd - 15-21%

• Few Access Points

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Key Project Components

• Engineering Analysis
• Existing conditions
• Crash Review
• Access
• Design
• Operational
• Structural (Bridges)
• Develop cost feasible solutions that

address project needs

• Environmental Analysis
• Analyze existing environmental

features

• Determine environmental impacts
• Public Involvement
• Perform comprehensive public
• utreach plan
• Coordination
• Gain public consensus
• blique

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Okeechobee Road (US 27/SR 25) From SR 997/Krome Ave to SR 821/HEFT (4.8 miles)

Project Alternatives

• Divided rural principal

arterial

• Two12-ft lanes in each

direction

• SIS facility
• Posted speed: 55 mph
• Restricted Access

(Class 2)

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Okeechobee Road (US 27/SR 25) From SR 997/Krome Ave to SR 821/HEFT (4.8 miles)

• Segmental Improvement Areas 1-4

Project Alternatives

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Segmental Improvement Area 1

• Realigns Krome avenue intersections
• Provides additional capacity at the intersection
• Intersection improvements to allow adequate area for turning radius of large trucks

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Segmental Improvement Area 2

• Provides a right-out only at Frontage Road to provide space for adequate

acceleration and deceleration lanes

• Intersection improvements to allow adequate area for turning radius of large trucks

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Segmental Improvement Area 3

• Closure of the NW 127 Avenue Access to Okeechobee Road and provision of a new

access point at NW 129 Avenue to provide space for adequate acceleration and deceleration lanes

• Additional SB to EB left turn lane at the NW 154 Street intersection
• Intersection improvements to allow adequate area for turning radius of large trucks

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Segmental Improvement Area 4

• Intersection improvements to allow adequate area for turning radius of large trucks
• In addition to improvements proposed as part of HEFT and the Gratigny West

PD&E Studies, provides addition EB left to NB HEFT

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Okeechobee Road (US 27/SR 25) From SR 821/HEFT to NW 79 Avenue (4.9 miles)

Project Alternatives

• Divided urban principal

arterial

• Three12-ft lanes in each

direction

• SIS facility
• Restricted Access (Class 2)
• Posted speed – 50 mph
• Existing R/W varies – 260’

along most of the corridor & 350’ at intersections

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Okeechobee Road (US 27/SR 25) From SR 821/HEFT to NW 79 Avenue (4.9 miles)

• Segmental Improvement Areas

Project Alternatives

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Segmental Improvement Area 5

• Intersection improvements to provide additional intersection capacity and allow

adequate area for turning radius of large trucks

• NW 107 Avenue bridge widening to accommodate additional turning movements and

provision of three WB turbo lanes

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Segmental Improvement Area 6

• Elevates the Okeechobee Road mainline over NW 116 Way and provides a diamond

type configuration with the Frontage Road and NW South River Drive

• Provides flyover bridge from SB NW 116 Way to EB Okeechobee Road
• Provides improvements to the NW 121 Way intersection and widening of the bridge over

the Miami Canal to accommodate additional turn lanes.

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Segmental Improvement Area 7

• Depresses the Okeechobee Road mainline under NW 87 Avenue and provides a service

road for the local movements to NW 87 Avenue

• Realigns NW 103 Street further to the north
• Provides two flyover ramps from NB/SB NW 87 Avenue to WB/EB Okeechobee Road
• Relocates the NW 105 Way bridge further west to NW 106 Street.

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Segmental Improvement Area 8

• Provides additional through lanes along both the mainline from west of NW 95

Street to NW 79 Avenue (total 4 through lanes in each direction)

• Intersection improvements and bridge widening to provide additional intersection

capacity and allow adequate area for turning radius of large trucks

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Bicycle and Pedestrian Consideration

• Existing pedestrian facilities
• Small link along Frontage Road
• N/S approaches along major crossing

corridors

• Proposed pedestrian facilities
• Connections across Okeechobee Road along

major corridors

• Continuous sidewalks on the north side of

Frontage Road

• Continuous sidewalks on the south side of NW S

River Drive

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Bicycle and Pedestrian Consideration

• Okeechobee Road from Krome Avenue to HEFT – DS 65 MPH
• Okeechobee Road from HEFT to NW 79 Avenue – DS 60 MPH

PROPOSED TYPICAL SECTIONS

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Transportation Management

• Freight Improvements
• All improvements are designed to accommodate WB-62FL

including:

• Adequate acceleration and deceleration lanes
• Turning radius correction at all intersections including

canal crossings

• Rigid pavement
• 4% grades at all proposed overpasses
• Upgrading deficient bridges

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Transportation Management

• ITS Features
• ITS in conjunction with the roadway

improvements has the potential to increase mobility and reduce unnecessary delays.

• Proposed features to be evaluated in

design:

• 6 Arterial Dynamic Message Signs (ADMS)
• 11 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)

cameras

• 31 Microwave Vehicle Detection Sensors

(MVDS)

• 17 Travel Time System (TTS)

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• On-going/Planned Developments
• Miami-Dade County
• Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX)
• Florida Turnpike Enterprise (FTE)
• Miami-Dade Public Works (MDPW)
• Miami-Dade Transit (MDT)
• Florida Highway Administration (FHWA)
• Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
• South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD)
• Florida Power & Light (FPL)
• CSX Transportation (CSX)
• City of Hialeah Gardens
• City of Hialeah
• Town of Medley
• US 27 PACE Study

Public Involvement

• Coordination

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Public Involvement

• Public Involvement Meetings Held
• Elected Official/Agency Kick-Off (July 12, 2012)
• Public Kick-Off (July 12, 2012)
• Project Advisory Committee #1 (September 6, 2012)
• Project Advisory Committee #2 ( January 29, 2013)
• Alternatives Public Work Shop (April 11, 2013)
• Project Advisory Committee #3 (February 27, 2014)
• Alternatives Public Workshop #2 (March 26, 2014)
• Upcoming Public Involvement Meetings
• Project Advisory Committee #4
• Public Hearing tentatively scheduled April 2015

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Bao-Ying Wang, P.E. - FDOT Project Manager Florida Department of Transportation, District Six 1000 NW 111th Avenue, Room 6251, Miami, Florida 33172 Phone: (305) 470-521 Fax: (305) 640-7558 E-mail: baoying.wang@dot.state.fl.us Robert Linares, P.E. - Consultant Project Manager Metric Engineering, Inc. 13940 SW 136 Street, Miami, Florida 33186 Phone: (305) 235-5098 Fax: (305) 251-5894 E-mail: rlinares@metriceng.com

Okeechobee Rd PD&E Study Team Contact Information: Or Visit the Project Website: www.fdotmiamidade.com/okeechobeeroadstudy

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Thank You!!

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