East GatewayBrewery Grade Project

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East Gateway/Brewery GradeProject

• Meeting with Stakeholders
• January 15th, 2008

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Agenda

• Introductions
• Project update
• Key design parameters
• New alternatives at Brewery Grade
• Options at
• Taylor Street
• Brewery Overpass
• Input/questions/comments
• Summarize meeting, next steps

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Firm and Team Summary

• Hopper Dennis Jellison
• 28 years in Pacific Northwest
• Mead Hunt
• 100 years, nationally recognized firm
• Tenneson Engineering
• 53 years local surveying and engineering firm
• Other team firms
• Normandeau Associates Public Involvement
• Ash Creek - Geotechnical

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Introductions

• Greg Jellison, PE Project Manager, HDJ
• Tom Beggs, PE Asst. PM, HDJ

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Project Update

• HDJ/Mead Hunt selected
• Meetings with City staff conducted
• Key design parameters defined
• Additional funding sources explored
• Create draft alternatives
• Conduct meetings and obtain input from
• Project stakeholders (our meeting today)
• Advisory Committee (later this evening)

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Key Project Design Parameters

• Improve Brewery Grade intersection
• Create a signature gateway into The Dalles
• Enhance traffic flow and safety
• Large trucks and emergency vehicles
• Bicyclists and pedestrians
• Local and interregional traffic
• Maintain and improve access/parking
• Slow down traffic entering town
• Provide a low maintenance, sustainable solution

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New Alternatives, Brewery Grade

• Brewery Grade intersection is the heart of the
  project primary focus of alternatives
• Fix Brewery Grade intersection no bandaids!
• Satisfy as many key design parameters as possible
• Provide significant overall improvement
• Create a gateway City can be proud of

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Winning Formula forBrewery Grade?

• Look to configurations that SOLVE the key design
  parameters, not perpetuate them
• Think outside the box, yet use familiar, proven
  methodology
• Ensure solution is for the long term no
  bandaids

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Roundabouts
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How roundabouts work
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Higher capacity, and fewer delays
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Slower speeds andfewer points of conflict
Safer for peds, bikes, vehicles
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with proven accident reduction
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Work well in urban settings
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Beautiful gateways
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using a variety of elements
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Low maintenance,sustainable design
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Brewery Grade Alternatives

• Draft Alternative A
• Draft Alternative B

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Taylor Street

• Maintain existing access
• Improve triangle traffic flow

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Brewery Overpass

• Simplify traffic flow
• Improve truck turn movements
• Utilize undercrossing for bikes, pedestrians

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Checking Key Design Parameters

• Improve Brewery Grade intersection - YES
• Signature gateway into The Dalles - YES
• Enhance traffic flow and safety
• Large trucks and emergency vehicles - YES
• Bicyclists and pedestrians - YES
• Local and interregional traffic - YES
• Maintain and improve access/parking - YES
• Slow down traffic entering town - YES
• Provide a low maintenance, sustainable solution -
  YES

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Questions, comments, input
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Summarize Meeting,Next Steps