Agenda Item 12 U.S. Route 460 Corridor Improvements Project Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement October 16, 2014 Ms. Angel Deem Location Studies Program Manager VDOT Environmental Division
PROJECT PURPOSE AND NEED Roadway Mobility & Accommodate Safety Classification Evacuation Freight Traffic • Accommodate increasing • Reduce Travel Delay : • Improve safety: Fatality freight shipments : Truck rates for Route 460 are Future traffic volumes will percentages for Route 460 higher than other result in increased travel are higher than national comparable rural roadways delays on Route 460 due to averages for rural roads with in Virginia. capacity limitations at traffic similar functional signals and the current classification, and forecast to design deficiencies. grow due to expansions at the Port of Virginia. • Address roadway • Provide adequate deficiencies : Route 460 is emergency evacuation capability : Route 460 is a based on outdated geometric standards. designated hurricane evacuation route for Southside Hampton Roads communities, yet during • Improve strategic military recent events, the road was connectivity: Route 460 is a closed due to effects caused designated part of the by these storms. Strategic Highway Network • Support local economic (STRAHNET) by the development plans : Department of Defense and Jurisdictions along the Route FHWA. 460 study area have identified economic development priorities related to transportation 2 improvements.
PROJECT STUDY AREA 3
ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT PURPOSE AND NEED • Roadway • Emergency Deficiencies Evacuation • Safety • Freight SCREENING CRITERIA • Military Movement Connectivity • Local Economic • Engineering • Environment • Travel Delays Development • Right of Way / • Traffic / Displacements Transportation PUBLIC AND AGENCY INPUT DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNTIVE NOT ALTERNATIVE RETAINED CONCEPTUAL RETAINED FOR DETAILED FOR DETAILED EVALUATION EVALUATION ALTERNATIVES Range of Alternatives 4
RETAINED BUILD ALTERNATIVES 5
TYPICAL SECTION Alts 1, 3, Bypasses on 2 & 5 6
TYPICAL SECTION Alt 4 – through towns 7
TYPICAL SECTION Alts 2 & 4 – between towns 8
TYPICAL SECTION Alt 5 – between towns 9
SUMMARY OF SEIS FINDINGS Potential Environmental Consequences by Build Alternative Alt. 1 Alt. 2N Alt. 2S Alt. 3 Alt. 4 Alt. 5N Alt. 5S Category Length (miles) 53 53 53 54 49 54 54 Interchanges (no.) 9 5 5 9 0 8 8 Potential Residential Displacements (no.) 111 112 103 78 98 167 162 Potential Business Displacements (no.) 12 12 14 14 54 17 17 Potential Farm Displacements (no.) 5 1 1 3 1 3 3 Potential Non-Profit Facility Displacements (no.) 4 4 4 4 19 7 7 Stream Impacts (linear miles with bridging) 13 7 7 11 4 13 13 Wetlands Disturbed (acres) 613 372 434 516 91 551 610 100-Year Floodplain Crossed (acres) 98 97 80 129 50 131 115 1,241 554 589 967 72 852 887 Forested Habitat (acres) Noise Receptors Affected (no.) 315 315 306 417 434 359 327 Historic Resources within Area of Potential Effect (no.) 13 10 10 8 21 7 7 Project Cost (million $) 1,802 1,342 1,395 1,879 974 2,487 2,480 Notes: Complete listing of findings is included and further detailed in Chapter 3.0 of the Route 460 Location Study Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement . 10
PROCESS AND NEXT STEPS TASK 2013 2014 2015 N OTICE OF I NTENT & S TUDY I NITIATION December T OWN H ALL M EETINGS July D RAFT SEIS September WE ARE HERE L OCATION P UBLIC H EARINGS October C OMMENT P ERIOD ON SEIS C LOSES November November- R EVIEW OF C OMMENTS & P REFERRED A LTERNATIVE R ECOMMENDATION December C OMMONWEALTH T RANSPORTATION B OARD January-February R EVIEW & D ECISION Permitting F INAL SEIS Begins Spring Activities FHWA/USACE T O I SSUE R ECORDS OF To Be Determined D ECISION 11
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PUBLIC HEARING LOCATIONS Monday, October 27, 2014 Wednesday, October 29, 2014 Windsor High School The Wakefield Foundation 24 Church Street 100 Wilson Avenue Windsor, VA 23487 Wakefield, VA 23888 Thursday, October 30, 2014 J.E.J. Moore Middle School 11455 Prince George Drive Disputanta, VA 23842 14
Comments Due Nov. 17 15
Thank you! 16
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