Lee Hwy & Glebe Road Intersection Improvements Jon Lawler, P.E. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Lee Hwy & Glebe Road Intersection Improvements Jon Lawler, P.E. October 30, 2019 Project Manager

Project Area Project Area 2

Existing Conditions • VDOT Streets • 30-35 mph speed limits • Inefficient signal phasing • Heavy peak hour traffic • Overhead utilities • Mediocre pedestrian experience • Poor streetlighting • Minimal trees & landscaping • Land uses: Commercial and retail 3

Existing Traffic Volumes 2018 Traffic Volumes 2015 Traffic Volumes AM Peak Hour Total: 3,152 AM Peak Hour Total: 3,346 PM Peak Hour Total: 3,146 PM Peak Hour Total: 3,412 7% Reduction 4

Project Goals • Re-design as Complete Streets • Improve multi-modal access • Reduce multi-modal travel times • Enhance bus stops • Improve streetlighting • Add landscaping where possible • Underground utilities • Upgrade watermains 5

Typical Glebe Rd Cross ‐ Section 6

Glebe Rd – South of Lee Hwy 7

Glebe Rd – South of Lee Hwy 8

Typical Glebe Rd Cross ‐ Section 9

Glebe Rd – North of Lee Hwy 10

Glebe Rd – North of Lee Hwy 11

Typical Lee Hwy Cross ‐ Section 12

Lee Hwy 13

Lee Hwy 14

Streetlighting • Dominion Energy maintained cobra lights – 17 in total • Reduction from 24 dual carlyles lights • 4 County cobra lights on signal poles • County adopted 2019 Streetlight Management Plan 15

Key Milestones / Next Steps SCHEDULE 2017 2018 2019 2020 Utility Undergrounding Began in January 2017 and is ongoing Final Design Complete January Advertisement We are HERE September 5 Bid Opening November 4 Board Approval of Contract December 14 Construction Start Spring Anticipated construction completion in 2022 16

Utility Undergrounding Next Steps • Service reconnections • Dominion wreckout after reconnections • Comcast completed all work in August 2019 • Verizon splicing complete in Oct 2019 • Verizon wreckout complete in Nov 2019 • Streetscape construction – 2 years • Final streetlight install • Remove remaining poles

Questions https://projects.arlingtonva.us/projects/l ee-highway-glebe-road-intersection- improvements/ Jon Lawler, P.E. Project Manager (703) 228-3724 18