Transcript Hwy. 21 Roundabout

DDI Traffic Informational Session
Town of Cornelius
Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce
June 11, 2014
Program
•Background and History
•DDI Roadway Design and Benefits
•Traffic Pattern Changes During Remaining Construction
•Q & A
Background and History
• Exit 28
– Cornelius’ sole interchange
– One of two primary east-west connectors
– Daily Vehicular Trips
• I-77 – 92,000 per day
•West Catawba Ave. – 27,000 per day
•Catawba Ave. – 26,000 b/w I-77 and Hwy. 21; 15,000 east of Hwy. 21
• Growth – Cornelius and North Meck
– Early 90s: Cornelius approximately 2,000 population
– Today: Greater than 26,000
– Buildout: At least mid-30,000s
Background and History
• Corridor Solution
– West Catawba Ave., Interchange, Bookends, and Catawba Ave.
•West Catawba Ave., Phase I widening complete
• West Catawba Ave., Phase II ranking underway (as early as
2018)
• Hwy. 21/Catawba Ave. Intersection - Preliminary Roundabout
design
• Torrence Chapel/West Catawba Intersection – Study in FY15
• Catawba Ave. – Traffic modeling underway for strategic turn
lanes
DDI Roadway Design and Benefits
• Vehicular Safety
–Eliminates left-turn conflicting movements
•Traffic throughput
–Eliminate phases at intersections
•Left turn free flow (eliminates a phase)
•Crossing bridge from off-ramps @ same time as
opposing movement (eliminates a phase)
•Pedestrian Safety
Video
Construction/Traffic Schedule
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June 20th weekend bridge closure
– 32-hour continuous period
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Friday midnight – 8am Sunday
– Detours to Exits 25 and 30 and
Westmoreland Road
– No through traffic across bridge
– Ramps still available as long as not
serving a movement that requires
bridge crossing
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Available: Town Hall to Mooresville,
West Catawba to Charlotte
Not Available: Town Hall to Charlotte,
West Catawba to Mooresville
– Allows for the Traffic pattern shift to the
DDI pattern
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Alternate Routes
From the East Side to the West Side
I-77 North to Exit 30 Griffith St., take
a left at the top of the Exit 30 ramp
and a left to get back onto I-77
Southbound, and then get off at Exit
28 (also vehicles traveling from
Charlotte to the West Side)
Highway 115 North through Davidson
and take a left onto Griffith Street,
take a left onto I-77 South, then get
off at Exit 28
Highway 21 South; take a right onto
Westmoreland Road to the West
Catawba Ave. intersection
Alternate Routes
From the West Side to the East Side
• West Catawba Ave. to
Westmoreland Road, then take a
left on Highway 21 North
• West Catawba Ave. then a left
onto Sam Furr Road, then turn
left onto I-77 North
• I-77 South, get off at Exit 25, left
at the top of the exit ramp, then
turn left onto I-77 North (also for
traveling from Mooresville to the
East side)
CATS Village Rider
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The Village Rider (VR97) will still be
operating during the closure with all
stops available, but will have to
follow the detours. Scheduled stop
times will be different.
During the period of only one lane;
the Village Rider will operate as
normal.
Call (704)336-RIDE (7433) or visit
www.ridetrasit.org for more
information.
Construction Schedule
• June –~November 2014 – Significant day and night lane closures will occur
– Approximately 4 - 5 months
– At all times, only one lane open in each direction across bridge
– Construction of the medians, walls, permanent traffic signals,
sidewalks, etc.
• ~November 2014 – Substantial Construction complete
• Town’s Aesthetic project will likely begin late 2014/early 2015
– ~6 months
– 4 Masonry Abutments
– Landscaping
Q&A
• Contacts to stay informed
– Tyler Beardsley, Cornelius Project Manager
– [email protected]
– 704-892-6031 ext. 127
• www.cornelius.org
• Follow us on twitter @TownofCornelius
• Subscribe to “General Town News” at
www.cornelius.org/notifyme for info emailed or texted.