Transcript U.S. 20 Intersection Improvement Project at Waverly Road Porter Town Hall Thursday, August 13, 2015

U.S. 20 Intersection Improvement
Project at Waverly Road
Porter Town Hall
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Welcome
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Rickie Clark, INDOT Office of Public Involvement
Purpose/explanation of public meeting
Meeting format
Visit our sign-in table
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Project contact list to be developed
Informational handouts
Project display area
Welcome
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Introduction of INDOT project officials
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Project Management
Public Involvement
LaPorte District – INDOT Regional Office
Recognition of elected and local public
officials
Project Stakeholders
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Indiana Department of Transportation
Indiana Division Federal Highway Administration
Porter County
Town of Porter
Local communities
Elected public officials
Community residents and citizens
Commuters
Businesses
Trucking industry / freight movement
Project Development Process
Project selection
process
Environmental
phase begins
Purpose & need
Develop
alternatives
Public Meeting to
engage stakeholders
Preliminary
design phase
Environmental
document
Additional work
to finalize
project design
Real estate
acquisition
Utilities
Coordination
Additional Public
Involvement
Construction
U.S. 20 at Waverly Road
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Purpose and Need
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Enhance safety
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Reduce crash rate
The purpose of this project is to improve traffic flow
and safety:
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Add left turn lanes for U.S. 20 eastbound and westbound traffic
Change the traffic signal operation to eliminate split phasing
Provide for future pedestrian / trail signalized crossing
Make modest improvements to corner radii & drive approaches
Maintain existing access while minimizing impacts to existing
properties
Project Overview
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Originally constructed in 1931, concrete pavement, 10 ft. wide
lanes with 50 ft. R/W each side
Pavement overlaid with Asphalt in 1961. Has been overlaid
and widened to 11 ft. wide lanes
Traffic signal installed in 1995
Operates as a split-phased (EB US 20, WB US 20 then
Waverly Rd.) signalized arterial intersection
Project includes pavement widening, milling and resurfacing
of existing pavement, maintaining off-road drainage
Project Overview
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Traffic signal will be upgraded, one pole replaced, existing
right turn lanes off US 20 and existing Waverly Rd lanes will
be maintained
Only approach work on Waverly Rd. The existing horizontal
and vertical alignment will be retained
Traffic will be maintained during construction with short term
closures of Waverly Rd
Access to local businesses / drives will be provided
throughout construction
U.S. 20 at Waverly Road
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Project map and/or aerial
U.S. 20 at Waverly Road
Typical section
Environmental Document
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Requirement of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
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Requires INDOT to analyze and evaluate the impacts
of a proposed project to the natural and socioeconomic environments
Impacts are described in environmental document
Environmental document will be released for public
involvement later this year
Environmental Document
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Purpose and Need
Develop a number of possible alternatives
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The “Do Nothing” alternative is a baseline for
comparison
Screen alternatives to identify a preferred
alternative
Solicit public comment on environmental
document and preliminary design plan
Solicit, address and fully consider public
comment as part of decision making process
Environmental Documentation
Elements of the Environmental
Documentation
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Real Estate
Community Impacts
Air Quality
Wetlands and Waterways
Noise
Floodplains
Farmland
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Endangered Species
Hazardous Materials
Environmental Justice
Historic/Archaeological
Sole Source Aquifer
Cultural Resources
Public Involvement
Real Estate Acquisition Process
Real Estate Acquisition Process
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"Uniform Act of 1970"
 All federal, state and local governments must
comply
 Requires an offer for just compensation
Acquisition Process
 Appraisals
 Review appraisals
 Negotiations
Project Schedule
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Public Meeting - August 2015
Environmental Document - September 2015
Additional Public Involvement – Fall 2015
Final design and real estate acquisition phase
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2016 thru 2017
Construction – Summer 2017
Feedback
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INDOT would like to hear from you
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Talk with INDOT project team members
Comment sheet in information packet
E-mail or mail comments to INDOT
Sign-in list to be added to project mailing list
Visit INDOT LaPorte District page at
http://www.in.gov/indot/2705.htm
All comments are very much appreciated and will be
reviewed by INDOT
Public Involvement Team
INDOT LaPorte District Office
Communications Division
315 East Boyd Boulevard
LaPorte, Indiana 46350
Phone: 1-855-464-6368
E:mail [email protected]
Contact: Doug Moats
INDOT Office of Public Involvement, IGCN Room N642
100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 232-6601
E:mail [email protected]
Contact: Rickie Clark
Thank You
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Please visit with INDOT project officials
Project Open House
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Project maps, displays, INDOT project officials and
informal Q & A
View project documentation on INDOT LaPorte
District page http://www.in.gov/indot/2705.htm
Public Comment Session