Corridor Planning Group and Technical Advisory Group Meeting #4 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com www.IL131Project.com RUSSELL ROAD TO SUNSET AVENUE Corridor Planning Group and Technical Advisory Group Meeting #4 November 30, 2010 November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 1

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Meeting Agenda • Review Study Process • Review Recent Meeting Results and Consensus Decisions • Review Alternatives Development • Present Refined Alternatives • Project Next Steps November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 2

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com  Transportation Issues  Problem Statement Community Agency Purpose & Need Involvement Input Alternatives Development Preferred Alternative November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 3

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Evaluate Refined Alternatives November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 4

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Workshop and Meeting Accomplishments CPG/TAG Meeting #3 – April 26, 2010 • Previewed Preliminary Alternatives • Discussed Evaluation Criteria Public Meeting #3 – May 26, 2010 • Examined and evaluated Preliminary Alternatives November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 5

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com www.IL131Project.com Russell Road Identified Needs Ninth St. IL Rte.173 Safety Lewis Rd. • 21st St. 2004-2008: 1,012 crashes, Delany Rd. 206 injuries, 29th St. 4 fatalities 2008: 5% location north of 9 th Street • 33rd St. Capacity Wadsworth Rd. Waukegan Regional • Roadway Airport • Intersection Yorkhouse Rd. Operations / Mobility • Kenosha Road intersection Sunset Avenue • Signal needs November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 6 November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com www.IL131Project.com Russell Road Environmental Impacts Ninth St. IL Rte.173 Consider minimizing impacts: Lewis Rd. • 5 sensitive resources 21st St. Delany Rd. • 6 minor ditch flooding locations 29th St. Follow National Environmental 33rd St. Protection Act (NEPA): Wadsworth Rd. Prepare an environmental inventory and consider Waukegan Regional reasonable environmental alternatives which would: Airport • Prepare environmental inventory Yorkhouse Rd. • Avoid sensitive resources Sunset Avenue • Minimize adverse impacts • Mitigate resources as necessary • Enhance quality of human environment November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 7 November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Purpose & Need Project Purpose: The purpose of the Illinois Route 131 engineering study is to improve safety and functionality along Illinois Route 131 from Russell Road to Sunset Avenue. Improvements to this route are necessary to address issues of roadway and intersection capacity and efficiency; enhance vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle accommodation and safety; and bring the roadway into compliance with current IDOT standards. Project Needs: Improve Safety Improve Capacity Improve Operations and Mobility November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 8

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Project Elements Alt. A1 Alt. A2 Alt. B1 Alt. B2 Four Lanes – Divided Wide Grass Median Paved Shoulder Shared-Use Path November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 9

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com www.IL131Project.com Russell Road Project Characteristics Ninth St. • Sunset Avenue to Wadsworth Road IL Rte.173 – Less ROW available 21st St. Lewis Rd. Delany Rd. – Primarily Residential 29th St. – Many intersecting streets/driveways • Wadsworth Road to Illinois Route 173 33rd St. – Relatively more ROW Wadsworth Rd. – Residential with developing commercial Waukegan Regional – Fewer intersecting streets/driveways Airport Yorkhouse Rd. • Illinois Route 173 to Russell Road – More available ROW Sunset Avenue – Industrial and agricultural – Few intersecting streets/driveways November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 10 November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com www.IL131Project.com Evaluation Criteria • Environmental Impacts • Identified Needs Drainage Wetlands Parks Safety Capacity Forest Preserves Cemeteries Operations/Mobility • Accessibility • Property Impacts Traffic Control Vehicles Residential Bicycles Pedestrians Commercial Industrial • Waukegan Airport Coordination Agricultural Zoning & Land Use Plans • Cost Construction Maintenance November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 11

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Alternatives Evaluation Combine: • • Environmental Analysis Stakeholder input • • Technical Analysis Preliminary Alternatives • • Previous Studies Purpose & Need Two refined alternatives have been developed November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 12

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Complete Streets Illinois Highway Code (605 ILCS 5/4-220) • Requires the incorporation of bicycle and pedestrian accommodations into state highway projects in urban areas Cost-sharing of sidewalk construction: 80% IDOT, 20% Local Agency www.pedbikeimages.org November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 13

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Preliminary Alternative A1 November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 14

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Preliminary Alternative B1 November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 15

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Refined Alternative E1 Sunset Avenue to Illinois Route 173 10’ 13’ 10’ November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 16

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Refined Alternative E1 Illinois Route 173 to Russell Road 10’ 22’ 10’ November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 17

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Russell Road Refined Alternative E1 Ninth St. Russell Road IL Rte.173 21st St. Lewis Rd. Delany Rd. 29th St. Illinois Route 173 33rd St. Wadsworth Rd. Waukegan Regional Airport Yorkhouse Rd. Sunset Avenue Sunset Avenue November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 18

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Preliminary Alternative A2 November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 19

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Preliminary Alternative B2 November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 20

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Refined Alternative E2 Sunset Avenue to Wadsworth Road 13’ November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 21

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Refined Alternative E2 Wadsworth Road to Russell Road 22’ November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 22

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Russell Road Refined Alternative E2 Ninth St. Russell Road IL Rte.173 21st St. Lewis Rd. Delany Rd. 29th St. Wadsworth Road 33rd St. Wadsworth Rd. Waukegan Regional Airport Yorkhouse Rd. Sunset Avenue Sunset Avenue November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 23

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Kenosha Road Intersection Realignment 28 th Street 21 st Street Beach Park Middle School 29 th Street Cypress Park Shepherd’s N Crossing STOP November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 24

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Waukegan Regional Airport Independent Study • Lead agency FAA – Coordination with IL Rte. 131 Study • Two Feasible Alternatives – Runway Extension / Relocation – Shown on aerial exhibits November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 25

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Refined Alternatives E1 & E2 at Waukegan Regional Airport (Yorkhouse to Beach) 13’ 10’–20’ 25’ - 35’ November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 26

WORKING TOGETHER…Creating a Plan for Your Community www.IL131Project.com Land Acquisition • Fee Simple Take – All rights and interests are acquired by IDOT • Permanent Easement – Ownership remains with the property owner, but access is provided for specific activity, i.e. maintenance of drainage structures • Temporary Easement – Access only during construction for grading work, driveway reconstruction, or other minor improvements November 2010 | CPG/TAG Meeting #4 | 27