Bottom line: Improve cross-river mobility 136,000 Bridge 104,000 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

•฀Safety฀problems •฀Traffjc฀congestion •฀Ineffjcient฀mobility •฀Inadequate฀system฀linkage Project Purpose and Need Bottom line: Improve cross-river mobility

136,000฀ ฀ Bridge฀ 104,000 Sherman฀Minton฀I-64฀ 80,000฀ 82,000฀ 112,000฀ 100,000฀ 122,000 Clark฀Memorial฀US฀31฀ 22,000฀ 122,000฀ 25,000฀ 28,000฀ 35,000 (2nd฀St.฀Bridge) East฀End฀Bridge฀ ฀ ฀ 0฀ 60,000฀ 52,000 155,000฀ 80,000฀ Kennedy (1)฀ I-65฀ ฀ Original฀ 2010฀ 2030฀ 2030฀฀ 2030 ฀ capacity฀ ฀ no-action฀ w/2003฀ w/2011 ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ Alternative฀ Alternative฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ w/tolls (2) Project Purpose and Need A key purpose and need for the project is to alleviate traffic crossing the downtown bridges by building a new bridge for northbound traffic and converting the existing Kennedy Bridge to southbound-only traffic. Traffic Volume – Vehicle Crossings Per Day (1) Currently approximately 20% truck traffic; original capacity would have been for 5%-8% truck traffic (2) Study based on tolls of $1.50 car, $3 small truck, $6 large truck (these are not proposed rates but were used for study purposes only)

Alternatives฀evaluated฀ based฀on฀following฀ environmental฀factors: •฀Water฀Resources •฀Biological฀Resources •฀Contaminated฀Materials฀ •฀Air฀Quality •฀Noise •฀Energy Environmental Resources

Alternatives฀evaluated฀ based฀on฀following฀ environmental฀factors: •฀Land฀Use •฀Social/Economic •฀Historic/Cultural •฀Parks •฀Environmental฀Justice Environmental Resources

Residential฀ Type฀of฀property฀ No฀difference 18฀ 18฀ Agriculture฀ 10฀fewer฀homes 70฀ 80฀ Organizations฀ 56฀fewer฀properties 24฀ 80฀ Business฀&฀Nonprofjt฀ Difference 2011฀Alternative฀ 2003฀Alternative฀ Environmental Impact The 2011 Modified Alternative has less of an environmental impact than the 2003 Selected Alternative. Social/Economic – acquisitions resulting as part of the Project