Transcript Pharr district - HIDALGO COUNTY MPO

PHARR DISTRICT
Planning Efforts & Significant Projects
November 20, 2014
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Cameron
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PHARR DISTRICT INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES
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Hidalgo County MPO
Harlingen San Benito
MPO
Brownsville MPO
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MPOs in PHARR DISTRICT
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Hidalgo County RMA
Cameron County RMA
Cameron
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RMAs in PHARR DISTRICT
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281
69E
69C
83
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INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS In The Rio Grande Valley
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1992
1992
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REGIONAL MOBILITY PLAN
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Rio Grande Valley Mobility Plan
Need for Plan
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Traditional funding won’t address needs, and
current plans don’t identify all regional needs.
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Competition for additional funding is tough
without a single documented plan supported
by all.
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RGV is at a disadvantage without one.
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There is a perception that the RGV is not
united in regional priorities.
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Rio Grande Valley Mobility Plan
Advantages of a Regional Mobility Plan:
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Provides a single plan covering the entire region.
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Focuses on regional needs.
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Is needs based (not financially constrained).
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Documents valley-wide support of regional priorities.
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Supports local delegations in pursuing
additional funding.
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Builds on previous success of past RMPs.
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Rio Grande Valley Mobility Plan
1992 Plan
• Completed approximately 85% of major corridor projects identified
(US 83, US 281, US 77)
• Completed approximately 75% of other corridor projects identified.
2003 Plan
• Completed approximately 75% of major corridor projects identified
(US 83, US 281, US 77).
• Completed approximately 75% of other corridor projects identified.
Pharr Letting Volumes
1982 thru 1991 = $35 /Yr
1992 thru 2002 = $107M/Yr
2003 thru 2014 = $174M/Yr
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Merging of the Three Valley MPOs
REGIONAL
RIO GRANDE VALLEY MPO
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Reasons for TxDOT Initiative:
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Region will have ONE voice, providing a much greater opportunity for
funding regional-type projects (i.e. FM 1925).
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Single regional MPO for the Valley would have almost 1.1 million
people in the urbanized area and rank as the fifth largest in the
state by population, following D-FW, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin.
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TxDOT Commission and Administration have urged local officials in the
past to consider merging the MPOs, most notably at the 9/26/2013 TxDOT
Commission meeting held in McAllen.
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A single regional MPO would be able to identify regional-type projects
needed to address the following major developments:
Space X, 2nd Access, Mazatlan-Matamoros Mexican Superhighway,
Mexican oil/gas privatization, UT-RGV, Interstates.
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One set of planning documents, (TIP, MTP, etc.) for the region instead
of three separate ones.
Merging of the Three Valley MPOs
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Regionally Significant Projects
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Regionally Significant Projects
OUTER PARKWAY
FM 106 (GEN. BRANDT RD.)
SPI 2nd ACCESS
US 281 CONNECTOR
SH 550
WEST PARKWAY
SH 32
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LOWER VALLEY
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Regionally Significant Projects
FM 1925
SH 365
SH 68
INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE
TRADE COORIDOR (IBTC)
US 281 (MILITARY RD.)
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MID-VALLEY
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Regionally Significant Projects
STATE LOOP 195
US 83 (LA JOYA) RELIEF ROUTE (PHASE I)
FM 755 REALIGNMENT
US 83 (4 LANE)
US 83 OVERPASSES
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UPPER VALLEY
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QUESTIONS ?
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