LVPC Transportation Committee Meeting Thursday, July 30, 2020
How to Attend a Virtual Meeting • To unmute your phone press *6 • If you are on your phone and watching the meeting on your computer, please mute your computer speakers to avoid interference or echo. • At the bottom left hand side of your webinar screen you should see an icon to adjust the sound on your computer.
Virtual Meeting Protocol As we can’t see each other and wish to support the public dialogue we need conduct the meeting a bit differently: • Voting members who wish to speak will need to say your name before you speak, this includes : • Discussion • Questions • Motions • The Chair will call for public comment and any participants who wish to speak will need to say your name before you add to the meeting • Minutes of this meeting are being taken via recording • The Agenda and meeting materials are available at https://lvpc.org/meetings.html
Questions or Comments: lvpc@lvpc.org Q uestions and comments can also be sent via the on the webinar screen
Meeting Agenda • Roll Call • Lehigh Valley Transportation Study Update • 2021-2024 Transportation Improvement Program • Truck Parking Roundtable with the Federal Highway Administration • Airport Area Freight Study Implementation Meeting • MAP Forum Update • Freight and Resilience Working Groups’ Projects • I-80 Rock Fall Mitigation Projects • Traffic Counts During COVID-19 • Public Engagement and Participation
Who’s Participating 1.Commissioner Roll Call 2.Members of the Public Present Please state your name for the record - Mute and unmute your phone by pressing *6
COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Lehigh Valley Transportation Study Update
Handles Federal Metropolitan Planning Functions including the Transportation Open Call for Plans & Projects Handles County Planning Functions outlined in the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code
Transportation Planning + Funding Process STEP 1 STEP 2 Long Range Twelve-Year Transportation Plan Program (2019-2045) Updated Every Four Years Updated Every Two Years STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 3 Various Partners Transportation State Transportation Improvement Improvement Implementation Program (TIP) Program (STIP) Updated Every Two Years Updated Every Two Years Continuous US Department of Transportation signs-off at every step in the process
Total Funding otal Funding
Comparison by Project Location Regionwide between 2017-2020 & 2021-2024 Transportation Improvements Programs County Location 2017 TIP 2017 TIP Percent of 2017 2021 TIP 2021 TIP Project Percent of 2021 Projects Project Funding TIP Funding by Projects by Funding by TIP Funding by by by County County County County County County 27 $ 75,458,994 19.6% 26 $ 67,572,473 23% Bi-County 44 $ 234,174,885 60.8% 41 $ 104,757,387 37% Lehigh Northampton 44 $ 75,538,062 19.6% 45 $ 132,669,846 40% 115 $ 385,171,941 100.0% 112 $ 304,999,706 100% Total Comparison without Bi-County Projects Percent Just Percent Just between County 2017 TIP Funding 2021 TIP Funding between Counties Counties $234,174,885 75.6% $ 104,757,387 44.1% Lehigh Northampton $75,538,062 24.4% $ 132,669,846 55.9% Total $309,712,947 100% $ 237,427,233 100%
Transportation Planning + Funding Process STEP 1 STEP 2 Long Range Twelve-Year Transportation Plan Program (2019-2045) Regional Funding Pool State + Regional Funding Pools STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 3 Various Partners Transportation State Transportation Improvement Improvement Implementation Program (TIP) Program (STIP) Regional Funding Pool State + Regional Funding Pools State + Regional + Local Funding Pools US Department of Transportation signs-off at every step in the process
Airport Area Freight Study Implementation Meeting
Proposed + Approved Development 2018 – Current LVIA Freight Area Study Limits
Approved Development • All significant development Development Square Land Use Municipality Footage approved since 2018 Burgess Flex Center 470,000 Industrial Hanover Township (NC) • Significant industrial Airport Road Lot 1 450,000 Industrial East Allen Township development totaling more Freshpet Plant #2 Addition 110,725 Industrial Hanover Township (NC) than 1 million sq. ft. Hanover Township Senior Living 100,837 /140 Units Assisted Living Hanover Township (NC) MacArthur Commons • Two residential Redevelopment 82,116 Retail Whitehall Township development totaling more Lehigh Valley Mall Pad Sites 34,703 Commercial Whitehall Township than 250 units total Keystone Harley-Davidson 28,812 Commercial Whitehall Township MacArthur Commons Redevelopment 26,841 Commercial Whitehall Township Airport Ventures (1650 Race Street) 25,000 Industrial Hanover Township (LC) TBI Active Adult - Bath Pike 142 Units Residential East Allen Township
Proposed Development • More warehousing coming! Development Square Land Use Municipality Footage • 453,600 sq. ft. • More commercial coming! Rockefeller Lehigh Industrial Development Lot 4A 453,600 Warehouse Hanover Township (LC) • Approx. 350,000 sq. ft. Lehigh Valley Resort and Spa 329,000 Commercial Lehigh Township Whitehall Township Municipal Campus Upgrades 37,660 Public and Quasi Public Whitehall Township • What does our future look like? Lehigh Valley Mall Pad Sites 34,703 Commercial Whitehall Township • How will this affect our 257 Brodhead Road 31,805 Office Hanover Township (NC) transportation network? Airport Ventures (1650 Race Street) 25,000 Industrial Hanover Township (LC) Race Street Building Addition (LVIP II, Lot 6B) 22,692 Industrial Hanover Township (LC) Northampton Townhomes 40 units (townhomes) Residential Northampton Borough
Much is happening… • Growing infrastructure demand and changing vehicle movements • Willowbrook, Race Street, Airport Road, Multiple Bridge Improvements --- others too • Additional Developments Planned of Many Types • Two Sub-Regional Multi-municipal Comprehensive Planning Efforts Underway • Groups of communities already coordinating freight end users • LVIA Plan Wrapping-Up • Major Infrastructure Funding Challenges • Growing demand and diminishing resources for transit as jobs increase
MAP Forum Update
Metropolitan Area Planning (MAP) Forum Spring 2020 Annual Meeting
MAP Forum Working Groups Freight Resilience • Addressing collective truck routing • Sharing of Best Management Practices + Strategies for patterns that connect the Lehigh environmental resiliency Valley with 9 MPOs • Build upon FHWA 2017 Post • Better understanding of Hurricane Sandy Transportation coordinated freight movements Resiliency Study between Port of NY + NJ • leverages lessons learned • Truck Parking Survey distributed to • climate projections, to identify strategies all MPOs, regional efforts to reduce and manage extreme weather vulnerabilities amid the uncertainties of • ArcGIS Data Hub database of a changing climate freight-related and demographic • Environmental + Air Quality spatial data from PA, NJ, NY + CT assessment under regional consideration
I-80 Rock Fall Mitigation Project
Project Website https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/works/ rockfall/
Transportation Counts During COVID-19
Public Engagement and Participation
Public Engagement and Participation 1. WorkshopLV: Freight - CANCELED 2. WorkshopLV: Multimodal -- MOVING TO VIRTUAL PLATFORM • August 26 th @ 3:00 pm 3. Lehigh Valley Mayors and Municipal Officials Reception - RESCHEDULED • September 9 th @ ArtsQuest SteelStacks (101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, PA 18015), 5:00 – 7:30 pm • Email bvazquez@lvpc.org if you would like a seat, space limited 4. Lehigh Valley Commercial Real Estate Outlook – RESCHEDULED • September 15 th , Details TBD • Email bvazquez@lvpc.org if you would like a seat, space limited 5. 7 th Annual LVPC Gala and Awards – MOVING TO VIRTUAL PLATFORM • October 13, 2020 @ 5:30 pm
Next Transportation Committee Meeting: Thursday, August 27, 5:30 pm Via web: http://tiny.cc/TC0827 Via Phone: 1-872-222-9976, Conference ID: 201 967 362# Please check lvpc.org or call 610-264-4544 for more information
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