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East Central Florida Corridor Task
Force
Recommendations and Implementation
presented to
Space Coast TPO
presented by
Huiwei Shen
Systems Planning
Florida Department of Transportation
02/16/15
Future Corridor Study Areas
► Northwest Florida
► Tampa Bay-Northeast Florida*
► Tampa Bay-Central Florida*
► Southeast Florida-Heartland-Central Florida
► Southwest Florida-Heartland-Central Florida
* Concept Reports Complete
Tampa Bay-Central Florida Study Area
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East Central Florida Corridor Task Force
Pilot Study
Area
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East Central Florida Corridor
Task Force
► Created by Executive Order 13-319, November 1, 2013
► Purpose: “evaluating and developing consensus
recommendations on future transportation corridors serving
established and emerging economic activity centers in portions of
Brevard, Orange, and Osceola Counties”
► 13 members representing
public, private, civic organizations
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East Central Florida Study Area
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North Ranch Sector Plan Framework
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Task Force Charge
 Recommend guiding principles for coordination of future
transportation and land use planning
 Review and determine consistency among existing state, regional,
local transportation plans
 Review local and regional land use and development plans and
determine consistency with transportation plans
 Consider and recommend general purpose, need, and location for
new or enhanced transportation corridors
 Solicit and consider agency, stakeholder, and public input
 Recommend proposed action plan for new or enhanced
transportation corridors
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Guiding Principles
► Conservation
» Identify regionally significant land and
water resources first
» Avoid existing conservation lands
» Maintain integrity and connectivity of
natural systems
Conservation
► Countryside
» Improve connectivity to working farms
» Protect productive agricultural lands
» Be compatible with rural development
Countryside
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Guiding Principles (continued)
► Centers
» Improve connectivity to existing and
emerging centers
» Locate in areas targeted for growth
» Improve quality of existing communities
► Corridors
Centers
» Improve access to economic assets and
markets
» Make optimal use of existing facilities
» Give preference to existing corridors;
recognize new corridors may be needed
to fill gaps
Corridors
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Guiding Principles (continued)
► Corridors (continued)
» Make early decisions about corridor
location
» Include multiple modes and uses
» Coordinate access with land use decisions
» Preserve function of corridor
Corridors
» Use context sensitive design
» Use advanced and energy efficient
approaches
» Ensure safety and security
» Support emergency evacuation and
response
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Recommended Improvements to Existing
Transportation Corridors
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Recommended Study Areas for New
East-West Transportation Corridors
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Recommended Study Areas for New
North-South Transportation Corridors
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Proposed Action Plan
► Identify future investment needs to maximize the use of and add
capacity to existing corridors (4 east-west, 1 north-south)
► Conduct Evaluation Studies of potential new corridors
(2 east-west, 2 north-south)
► Regional rail and transit system plan
► Amend existing local and regional plans to include recommended
corridors and be consistent with recommended guiding principles
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Local government comprehensive plans
MPO long-range transportation plans
Expressway authority master plans
Strategic Regional Policy Plan
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
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Proposed Action Plan
► Develop agreement among local and regional entities to
strengthen consistency among future transportation, land use,
water supply plans
► Develop planning tools and legal instruments to reserve and
protect rights of way for recommended corridors
► Develop framework for partnership and co-location agreements
with railroads, utilities, or other infrastructure providers
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Proposed Initial Implementation
Activities
► Share recommendations with local governments, regional
partners, state agencies, federal agencies (DEO, FDOT)
► Initiate Evaluation studies for recommended corridors and study
areas (FDOT)
► Identify implementation tools (DEO, FDOT)
► Support ongoing working group of regional and local agencies
(DEO, FDOT)
► Develop process for tracking progress and identifying needed
policy changes
» FDOT, DEO: track progress on action items (transportation and other)
» FTC: monitor lesson learned; recommend new or revised policies on
statewide basis
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www.ECFCorridorTaskForce.org
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Questions?
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