Status Update Presented to the Citizen Transportation Advisory - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Status Update

Presented to the Citizen Transportation Advisory Committee July 9, 2015 Dale M. Stith, AICP, GISP Principal Transportation Planner Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization Agenda Item #7

• The LRTP is the blueprint for the

region’s transportation future

• The LRTP identifies all regionally

significant transportation projects in the metropolitan area

• The LRTP has a planning horizon
• f 20 years and is updated every

4 years

• The LRTP must be “fiscally-

constrained” demonstrating how projects will be paid for

Transportation Vision Plan LRTP* (Long-Range Plan) TIP* (Short-Range Program)

*Fiscally-constrained

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LRTP

Local Government Transit Agencies State Government Federal Agencies Public Board Advisory Committees Other (Business Community, Special Interest Groups)

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Regional Priorities Populations and Employment Projections Economic Change Anticipated Travel Demand

To Reflect Changing Conditions such as:

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Per Federal Regulations:

• Any transportation project that receives

federal funds or is categorized as “regionally significant” must be included in the LRTP

• “Regionally significant” projects must be

included in the LRTP and Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) before FHWA/FTA issues a Record of Decision (ROD)

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Remaining Tasks:

• Funding Plan for HRTAC

Projects

• Fiscally-Constrained List of

Projects

• HRTPO Board Approval of

Draft List

• Public Outreach and

Review of Draft List

• Advisory Committee

Review of Draft List

• HRTPO Board Approval of

Final List

• Complete Documentation
• HRTPO Board Adoption of

2040 LRTP

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Planning Milestones

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Remaining 2040 LRTP Products

• Funding Plan

Documentation

• Public Outreach

Documentation

• Project

Information Guide

• Plan Performance

Evaluation

• Executive

Summary

Minimum 20-year Horizon Fiscal Constraint

• A demonstration of sufficient funds (Federal, State, regional, local, private,

etc.) to implement proposed transportation system improvements through the comparison of revenues and costs, with reasonable assurance that the federally supported transportation system is being adequately operated and maintained

Funding Forecast based on Reasonably Available Funds

• Funds derived from an existing source dedicated to or historically used for

transportation purposes

Costs expressed in Year-of-Expenditure

• To properly reflect anticipated inflation

Source: Federal Register 23 CFR 450, Statewide and Metropolitan Transportation Planning

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Total Estimated Transportation Funding for Hampton Roads (2014-2040):

$24.8 Billion

Maintenance – VDOT and Localities $12.0 Billion Hampton Roads Transportation Fund (HRTAC) $8.4 Billion Construction $4.4 Billion

Source: VDOT

48% 34% 18%

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• HRTAC Projects are not currently included in Draft 2040

LRTP Fiscally-Constrained List of Projects

• HRTAC Projects

will be included

• nce HRTAC

develops funding plan

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Examples (see Handout for complete list):

• HRTAC Project: I-64 Peninsula, Segment 1
• Downtown Tunnel/Midtown Tunnel/MLK Extension
• Dominion Blvd – Chesapeake
• Wythe Creek Rd – Hampton & Poquoson
• Newport News Multimodal High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Station Development
• I-564 Intermodal Connector – Norfolk
• Turnpike Rd – Portsmouth
• Route 58 (Holland Rd) – Suffolk
• Lesner Bridge – Virginia Beach
• Route 17 – York County
• Committed Projects are defined as fully funded

transportation projects programmed in the current Six-Year Improvement Program (SYIP)

• 37 Committed Projects

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2040 LRTP Committed Projects

Examples (see Handout for complete list):

• Dominion Blvd Phase II - Chesapeake
• Triple Decker Bridge - Chesapeake
• George Washington Memorial Highway – Gloucester & York County
• Longhill Rd – James City County
• J. Clyde Morris Blvd – Newport News
• Air Terminal Interchange – Norfolk
• Hampton Blvd at Terminal Blvd - Norfolk
• Victory Blvd – York County & Poquoson
• Virginia Beach Transit Extension to Town Center
• Rail-to-Trail (Suffolk Seaboard Coastline Trail, part of the South Hampton Roads Trail)
• 49 Highway Construction Projects
• 2 Transit Construction Projects
• Enhanced Bus Service/Bus Replacement
• 10 Active Transportation Projects

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DRAFT Planned Construction Projects

Examples (see Handout for complete list):

• I-64 Interchange Studies: Denbigh Blvd, Lasalle Ave, N. King St, Northampton Blvd, Military

Highway

• I-264 Interchange Studies: Independence Blvd, Rosemont Rd
• Southeastern Parkway and Greenbelt
• Fixed Guideway Transit Studies:
• Naval Station Norfolk
• Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Shore Dr, Virginia Beach Municipal Center
• Portsmouth-Southside LRT
• Greenbrier Area
• Peninsula Fixed Guideway
• Elizabeth River Ferry Expansion
• Suffolk Rail Station, Hampton Roads Transit Transfer Station
• 9 Highway Studies/PE
• 10 Transit Studies

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DRAFT Planned Studies

Virginia Beach Locally Funded Construction Projects (see Handout for complete list):

• 1 Bridge Project
• 33 Highway Projects
• 1 Active Transportation Project
• Virginia Beach Transit Extension to Town Center/Constitution Drive:
• $155 Million State Commitment
• Balance to be completed with Virginia Beach Local Funds
• Virginia Beach
• Forecasted Local Funding 2014-2040: $1 Billion

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DRAFT Planned Locally-Funded Construction Projects

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HRTAC Projects Transit: Fixed Guideway Extension

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• 2040 LRTP Forecasted ‘Construction Funding’: $4.4 Billion
• Total Planned Construction Projects/Studies: $3.3 Billion

$1 Billion Balance in Forecasted Revenues

• Discussion Outcome: Board decided to wait on

development of Funding Plan for HRTAC Projects before further discussing these options

• HRTAC to develop Funding Plan for HRTAC Projects

HRTAC Projects

• Advisory Committee Review of Draft Fiscally-Constrained List of

Projects

• Public Outreach and Review of Draft Fiscally-Constrained List of

Projects

Outreach & Review

• HRTPO Staff will complete documentation of LRTP planning process

Documentation

• Board Approved and Adopted 2040 LRTP

Approval and Adoption

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