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Credentials

Credentials. Bruce Melton, P.E. Texas A&M 1983 Diversified experience: Environmental, land development and hydrology Haynie & Kallman 1984: Land Development, Staff Engineer Jones & Neuse 1986: Land Development, Staff Engineer

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Credentials

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  1. Credentials Bruce Melton, P.E. Texas A&M 1983 Diversified experience: Environmental, land development and hydrology Haynie & Kallman 1984: Land Development, Staff Engineer Jones & Neuse 1986: Land Development, Staff Engineer Lower Colorado River Authority Environmental Program 1990: Staff Engineer, Environmental Coordinator; Principal Investigator, Permit Writer Bury Partners 1996: Project Manager Loomis Austin 1998: Senior Project Manager Melton Engineering Services Austin 2001: Owner

  2. Planning What is really in the middle of the road?

  3. Major Concerns 1. TxDOT Traffic Counts show that, about the turn of the Century, on average, regional traffic stopped growing. 2. Is projecting past growth patterns into the future appropriate planning?

  4. TXDOT Traffic Counts Regional Average Growth

  5. I35 Segments + Average

  6. Mopac Segments

  7. Source: CAMPO Needs Assessment, February 2009 Campo Needs Inset

  8. TxDOT Data - Regional Traffic Growth Superimposed

  9. Brookings Institute Study

  10. Why Has Traffic Growth Ceased While Population Continues to Grow? • Two bread winner family phenomena has maxed out • Aging population / birth rate trends • Economic concerns over the last decade of reduced earnings power

  11. Younger Areas Age Faster

  12. Long Term Economics • Purchasing power has diminished • Wages are not keeping up • Inflation continues • Not related to the current economic distress • TxDOT traffic data ended before the recession

  13. CAMPO 2030 is significantly disconnected from actual traffic counts.Because traffic growth patterns have changed fundamentally. Traffic will never grow like this again.

  14. South and Southwest Austin“Business as Usual” is No Longer Valid

  15. 290W Oak Hill

  16. FM 1626 N of SH45

  17. FM 1626 S of SH45

  18. Huge Gap

  19. Brodie Projections 2015 Traffic on Brodie would be worse when SH45 opens than it is today. (TxDOT Traffic Counts and CAMPO 2030 Plan)

  20. AlternativesTraffic on Brodie is bad and must be addressed

  21. Brodie Traffic Projections 2015

  22. SH45 Trans Alternatives

  23. Hays County Bonds

  24. I35 Route Without Flyover

  25. Brodie route takes more time compared to IH35 route without the flyover

  26. Acquired Preserve Lands

  27. Peak Hour Traffic Management • Reduce Peak Hour traffic • Telecommute • Flexible working hours • Demographic shift • New bus routes • More park and ride • Commuter rail

  28. New Discoveries about the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer

  29. Nico’s D Title Page

  30. The final paragraph of the conclusions for the methodology section

  31. The final paragraph of the conclusions for the methodology section

  32. The previously reported assumption of uplands recharge by Woodruff, 1984 was 1%

  33. From Nico’s Dissertation

  34. 381 karst features

  35. Groundwater flow in the Northern Edwards AquiferNote the locations of Barton, Slaughter, Onion and Bear Creeks and the intersection of the existing SH45 and MOPAC

  36. Plan ahead

  37. CAMPO memo to Council woman Kim October 2007

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