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HB 277 Regional Transportation Sales Tax Preliminary Project List Presentation. Mayor and City Council Work Session March 1, 2011. HB 277 Key Dates. June 2010: House Bill Passes January – April 2011: Solicit projects from local jurisdictions and regional plans
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HB 277 Regional Transportation Sales Tax Preliminary Project List Presentation Mayor and City Council Work Session March 1, 2011
HB 277 Key Dates • June 2010: House Bill Passes • January – April 2011: Solicit projects from local jurisdictions and regional plans • February – May 2011: Evaluation of projects • May 2011: Unconstrained list of projects for region • June – August 2011: Executive Committee meetings • August 15, 2011: Constrained project list for region complete • November 2012: Vote on Regional Sales Tax 1
Atlanta Regional Roundtable Executive Committee Members • 5 roundtable members • Mayor of Norcross – Bucky Johnson (non-voting member), Chair • Henry County Commission – B.J. Mathis • Douglas County Commission – Tom Worthan • Mayor of Atlanta – Kasim Reed • Mayor of Decatur – Bill Floyd • Mayor of Kennesaw – Mark Mathews • 3 non-voting legislators selected by Chairs of House and Senate Transportation Committees 2
How projects will be measured • Extensive public feedback • Projects must be deliverable within the timeframe of the sales tax • Projects must be regional in nature • Projects must be contained within an approved transportation or regional plan 3
Projected revenues from regional sales tax • Annual Regional Sales Tax Forecasts for the Atlanta Region range from $680M to $1B over the ten years • City’s annual direct portion of local allocation $1.8M (not subject to criteria) 4
Eligible Project Funding Categories • Roadway Capital • Roadway and Bridge Maintenance • Safety and Traffic Operations • Freight and Logistics • Aviation • Bicycle and Pedestrian • Transit Capital • Transit Operations and Maintenance 5
Roadway Capital Preliminary Projects • Hammond Drive – widening to a uniform four lane section from Roswell Road to Half-diamond at I-285 (Sources – City’s Local Master Transportation Plan (MTP), North Fulton CTP (NFCTP)) • Collector/Distributor Lanes on GA 400 – additional lanes between Spalding and I-285 (Sources – Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)) • Sandy Springs Circle Extension – an overpass over I-285 to extend Sandy Springs Circle down to Northwood Drive (Sources – Revive I-285, Local MTP, Downtown LCI, RTP) 6
Roadway Capital Preliminary Projects (Continued) • Peachtree Dunwoody Road – uniform four lane section from Abernathy to Spalding (Source – Local MTP) • Boylston Extension – would extend Boylston from Hammond Drive to Carpenter Drive (Source – Local MTP) • Glenridge Drive Widening – would widen Glenridge for one block only from High Point Road to Royervista Drive (Source – Local MTP) 7
Safety and Traffic Operations • Safety • Glenridge at Roswell Road/SR 9 Intersection Improvement – improve the skew at this location (Source – Local MTP) • Improvements to Spalding Drive – project would add one northbound lane right-turn lane along Winters Chapel Road and add one westbound travel lane (becoming a left-turn only lane) along Spalding Drive. Includes a wider/rehabilitated bridge over Crooked Creek (Source – NFCTP) • Traffic Operations • Cliftwood and Carpenter Intersection Improvement – project would align Cliftwood and Carpenter (Source – Local MTP) 8
Safety and Traffic Operations (Continued) • Traffic Operations • ATMS along Roswell Road/SR 9 – project would extend the current ATMS project from Abernathy Road south to City of Atlanta (Source – Local MTP) • Extend Future Phase of Fiber Network to TMC – extend fiber to other areas of the City to encompass all of the signalized intersections (Source: Local MTP) 9
Bicycle and Pedestrian • Morgan Fall/Power Easement multi-use trail – project would build a multi-use trail from Cobb County crossing the Chattahoochee River and extend inside of the GPC easement through Sandy Springs into the City of Dunwoody. (Source: NFCTP) • T-0019 Roswell Road Streetscapes – project would extend sidewalks from city limits north to I-285 (Source: Local MTP, Roswell Road LCI) 10
Bicycle and Pedestrian (Continued) • Lake Forrest Drive bike lanes and sidewalks – project would construct sidewalks and bike lanes from I-285 to city limits (Source: Roswell Road LCI) • High Point Road bike lanes and sidewalks – project would construct sidewalks and bike lanes from Windsor Parkway to Glenridge Drive (Source: Roswell Road LCI) 11
Transit Capital • Bus Rapid Transit Infrastructure – project would fund infrastructure upgrades/right-of-way/design for bus rapid transit facilities along SR9/Roswell Road from I-285 to connect to transit stations in DeKalb County (Source: RTP, Revive I-285, Transit Planning Board’s Concept 3) 12
Questions? 13