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Honorable Curtistene McCowan, Mayor, City of DeSoto Transportation Update
October 5, 2018
Loop 9
• The project is environmentally cleared
• TxDOT has started buying right of way
• The first section between I-35E and I-45 will be a 2-lane 2-way frontage road, with future expansion as traffic warrants
• Construction could begin in mid-2021 and take three years to complete
The Southern Gateway from I-30 to US 67 split & US 67 from IH 35E Split to I-20
• $666 million Texas Clear Lanes project
• Construction began early 2018
• HOV lane closed this spring for the duration of the project
• Work on Beckley, 8th Street and Marsalis bridges under way
• Traffic shifts at the 35E/US 67 split
• Estimated completion: Late 2021
US 67, I-20 to Belt Line
• Work began a year ago on the $59 million and is almost half complete
• Project will widen road from four lanes to six lanes
• Work includes intersection and operational/ramp improvements
• Estimated completion: Fall 2019
Interstate 35E/Lowest Stemmons from IH 30 to Oak Lawn
• $79 million Texas Clear Lanes project
• Project will build direct connect ramps to/from Dallas North Tollway and Woodall Rodgers, with additional connections from Woodall Rodgers to I-30
• Most work being done outside of existing lanes
• Construction began fall 2017
• Project should be complete in fall 2020
Interstate 35E/Waxahachie
• $126.4 Million Project
• Reconstruct and widen from 4 to 6 lanes
• Work began March 2016
• Estimated Completion in spring 2020
Additional Funding – Proposed Distribution
10-Year Additional Funding (in billions) |
|
---|---|
Safety/Preserve Existing Assets | $6.9 |
Safety | $1.3 |
Maintenance | $2.6 |
Bridges | $0.5 |
Energy Sector | $2.1 |
District Discretionary | $0.4 |
Congestion/Urban Mobility | $21.2 |
MPO Partnerships | $11.2 |
Connectivity Corridor Congestion | $5.0 |
Strategic Congestion Initiative | $5.0 |
Rural Connectivity Corridors | $6.2 |
Interstates (Existing and Future), Trunk System, Border, Super 2-Lane | Click to edit |
Additional Strategic Priorities | $4.0 |
TOTAL |
$38.3 |
Balance Needs of Rural Connectivity and Urban Congestion/Mobility
- Initial distribution aligns with current estimated road usage between urban and rural areas of the state.
Vehicle Miles of Travel (Million - 2015 Annual Est)*
Rural VMT | 61,056 | 23% |
Urban VMT | 202,431 | 77% |
TOTAL | 263,487 | 100% |
Additional Funding ($Million - 10 Year UTP)
Rural Connectivity | $ 6,206 | 23% |
Congestion | $ 21,197 | 77% |
Total | $ 27,403 | 100% |
Future changes to allocations will consider changes in road usage and forecasted impacts from proposed improvements in order to balance statewide needs and system performance.
Congestion and Urban Mobility ($28.9 Billion – Total UTP Funding)
- Total UTP Congestion Relief funding = $28.9 billion over 10 years.
- Initiative includes funding from:
10 Year Additional Funding ($ Billion) |
|
---|---|
Cat. 2 – Metropolitan & Urban Corridors | $12.5 |
Cat. 4 – Connectivity | 5.0 |
Cat. 5 – Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality | 2.2 |
Cat. 7 – Metropolitan Mobility & Rehabilitation | 4.2 |
Cat. 12 – Strategic Priority (Clear Lanes Initiative) | 5.0 |
TOTAL |
$28.9 |
- Category 2 distribution includes an additional $11.2 Billion to all 25 MPOs statewide.
- Formula data is updated each year to reflect current traffic volume, population, and other factors which results in changes to distributions within each category. For example, when distributing Cat. 2 funds to MPOs, formula factors could change resulting in the addition or reduction of funding from previous years.
Congestion and Urban Mobility – Category 2 Funding
- Priorities include establishing partnerships with districts and MPOs to:
- Target congestion and improve safety in metro and urban areas.
- Use performance-based project selection to optimize system performance.
- Provide a strategic focus on congested areas and key trade corridors.
- Funds distributed by agreed upon formula that includes consideration of:
- Population
- Total traffic (vehicle miles of travel)
- Miles of highways
- Truck traffic
- Projects selected and ranked by MPOs in consultation with TxDOT Districts, and approved by the Commission.
The Southern Gateway
- From Colorado Blvd. to I-20
- Project Length: 11 miles
- EA and FONSI in late 2016
- Work to begin in 2017
- Work to be complete by 2021
- Full reconstruction (with additional capacity) of I-35E section between the I-35E/US 67 split and Colorado Blvd.
- Capacity improvements on US 67 from I-35E/US 67 split to I-20
- Design-build procurement
- TxDOT Project Cost: $625 million
- Includes $40 million in ROW
- Congestion relief funding: $264 million
The Southern Gateway Purpose and Need
- Congestion relief
- Increased capacity
- Improve safety
- Address existing design deficiencies
- Undesirable shoulder widths
- Horizontal curvature
- Short ramp and acceleration/deceleration lane lengths
- Improve area mobility
- Improve system linkage
US 67, Interstate 20 to Belt Line Road
- Cost: $50M
- Widen to six lanes
- Widening to outside of existing pavement
- Rebuild/relocate additional ramps
- Greater intersection capacity
- Improved frontage road access
- Local intersection improvements at the request of Duncanville and Cedar Hill
- U-turn bridges at Belt Line Rd. and FM 1382
- Various warranted turn lanes and lane re-assignments at intersections
- Proposed warranted traffic signal at Wintergreen Rd.
- Environmental clearance: Late 2016
- Construction: Summer 2017 – summer 2019
- Originally part of The Southern Gateway project
- Prior environmental clearance, 2006
- Input from cities of Duncanville and Cedar Hill
- Revised scope in 2015
- Best built as a separate project
- Original project scope included a reversible managed toll lane
- Current project scope does not include any reversible managed toll lanes
- Proposed ramp improvements
- Multiple ramp relocations/reversals are proposed
- Auxiliary lanes are used where possible between ramps on main lanes and frontage roads to improve operations.
- New ramp locations signed to provide appropriate destination information
- With the addition of a third lane the signs will be placed to overhead structures.
I-35E Ellis County
- I-35E Waxahachie
- Cost: $126 million (Prop 1 funding)
- Length: 11 miles
- Widen from four to six lanes
- Estimated completion: 2019
- I-35E Waxahachie South
- Cost: $36 million (Prop 1 funding)
- Length: 18.5 miles
- Build new outside shoulder, convert existing shoulder to third lane
- Estimated completion: Early 2018
FM 664
- Westmoreland to I-35E
- 3.1 miles
- $30 million
- Start construction: Mid-2017
- I-35E to I-45
- 11.7 miles, including interchanges at I- 35E, SH 342 and I-45
- Breakout projects possible at interchanges
- Schematic and environmental reviews under way
- Preliminary estimate: $159 million
- Schematic approval: Mid-2017
Loop 9
- Environmental reviews under way
- Environmental clearance: 2017
- ROW acquisition: 2019
- Construction: 2020
- Initial project, Corridor B
- Interstate 35E to Interstate 45
- 10.35 miles
- Initial phase: Two-way, two-lane frontage road
- Estimated cost: $266m ($142m construction, $124m ROW)
- Ultimate project (TBD) : $480m
- Corridors A and C (TBD)
- 24.3 total miles
- Construction: $1.625 billion
- Right of way: $280.5m