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This study aims to identify and propose solutions to potential transportation deficiencies in the Southeast Volusia region. It analyzes traffic volume and design capacity to determine if roads meet adopted level of service standards. The study recommends the adoption of Scenario I (2025) for inexpensive improvements and increased safety. It also proposes Scenario B-2 (2030) with an interchange at Madeline Avenue for maximal access, although it is expensive and may decrease safety. The study combines Scenarios I and B-2 to provide access to all partners at minimal cost.
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SOUTHEAST VOLUSIA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY (SVRTS): Overview and Combined Proposal STUDY PARTNERS: Cities of Edgewater – New Smyrna Beach Port Orange – County of Volusia CONSULTANT: Ghyabi & Associates, Inc. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: August 2006 - January 2008 • OBJECTIVES • “To identify and define potential deficiencies and to suggest possible solutions ... in order to maintain adopted level of service ... standards” • V = volume of traffic C = design capacity • V/C ˂ 1.0 Road Succeeds • V/C ˃1.0 Road Fails • Goal: Determine a solution to meet the needs and desires of all four Study Partners • APPROACH/TECHNICAL CHALLENGES • State-of-the-art methodologies: Travel Demand Forecasting (TDF) analyses – 2015, 2025 and 2030 • Land use data – updated to 2005 • Level of analysis –135 Traffic Analysis Zones • 12 different Scenarios with and without I-95 interchanges at Madeline Ave and Pioneer Trail • Close cooperation maintained between Study Partners’ staff and Consultant : 10 meetings • ACCOMPLISHMENTS/RESULTS • Two solutions: Scenarios I (2025) and B-2 (2030) Doris Leeper Spruce Creek Preserve
SVRTS Results • Up to 2025 SVRTS recommendedadoption of Scenario I: • No I-95 interchanges • Inexpensive • Increased safety • Two-lane Williamson Boulevard extension from Airport Road to SR-44 and from SR-44 to SR-442 but • No Williamson Boulevard extension between Pioneer Trail to SR-44 until 2030 • No alternative N-S route to I-95 • Limited access to both Activity Center (Walmart) and proposed Woodhaven Commercial Project • 2030 SVRTS Scenario B-2: • I-95 interchange at Madeline Avenue • Maximal access to north Port Orange • Very expensive • Decreased safety • Two-lane Williamson Boulevard extension from Airport Road all the way to SR-442 • Alternative N-S route • Access to both Activity Center (Walmart) and proposed Woodhaven Commercial Project by all four Study Partners
Martin’s Dairy Road Along Turnbull Bay Road
Doris Leeper Spruce Creek Preserve Spruce Creek Trail Signage Sunset Bluff Trail
According to Port Orange An I-95/Pioneer Trail interchange is necessary to alleviate the traffic congestion at the I-95/Dunlawton Avenue interchange. However, SVRTS Concluded that • Proposed I-95 interchanges at both Madeline Avenue and Pioneer Trail provided primarily access at those points but very littletraffic relief for the I-95/Dunlawton Avenue interchange • Proposed interchange at Pioneer Trail would cause the roads east of I-95 in New Smyrna Beach to fail by 2030. “Interchanges provide access, not capacity.” Professional Transportation Planners (PTPs)
2030 SVRTS Combined Proposal No Madeline interchange Combine SVRTS Scenarios I and B-2, which would include No failure of New Smyrna Beach roads east of I-95 plus a two-laneextension of Williamson Boulevard from Airport Road all the way to SR-442 in Edgewater. This would provide access to all four Study Partners plus the proposed Woodhaven Commercial Projectand all at minimal cost. Original oil paintings of the Turnbull Bay Community area were provided as a courtesy by award winning traditional landscape painter Kent Sullivan, 3831 Iron Wedge Drive, Orlando, FL 32802; (407) 448-0787; info@sullivanartstudio.com; www.sullivanartstudio.com.