Public Open House

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Public Open House

• Design of 24th Street Extension/Avenue 3½E
  Avenue 3E to 56th Street

City of Yuma Public Works Training Room January
17, 2008 600 pm 800 pm
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Purpose and Need
Design of 24th Street Extension/Avenue 3½E
Avenue 3E to 56th Street

• Provide a bypass of Avenue 3E between 24th Street
  and 56th Street
• Improve access to the Avenue 3½E
  agricultural/industrial corridor
• Improve traffic operations in the vicinity of the
  Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (MCAS)
• Enhance vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle safety

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Project Background
Design of 24th Street Extension/Avenue 3½E
Avenue 3E to 56th Street

• Avenue 3E Corridor Study
• Public Meetings and Stakeholder Consensus
• Open House January 2004
• City Council Presentation May 2004
• Final Report and Recommendations May 2004
• Avenue 3½E Extension Alternative Alignment
  Analysis
• City Council Presentation Approval August 2004
• Design Contract July 2007

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Project Description
Design of 24th Street Extension/Avenue 3½E
Avenue 3E to 56th Street

• Project includes extending 24th Street at Avenue
  3E east and tying into the Avenue 3½E alignment,
  along with widening Avenue 3½E and connecting
  back to Avenue 3E north of 56th Street. The
  project may be constructed in several phases

a) 40th Street to 30th Street b) 30th Street to
24th Street c) South of 40th Street
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South of 40th Street
Design of 24th Street Extension/Avenue 3½E
Avenue 3E to 56th Street

• Design Concept Report
• Two Alignments
• North of Canal B
• Crossing Canal B
• Cost
• Scheduling
• Will be determined after the Design Concept
  Report for the alignment south of 40th Street

Alternate Plan
Current Plan
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Roadway Improvements
Design of 24th Street Extension/Avenue 3½E
Avenue 3E to 56th Street

• 124-ft R/W
• Curb, gutter, and sidewalk
• Traffic Signals
• 40th Street (New)
• 32nd Street (Modify)
• Avenue 3E (Modify)
• Street lights
• Underground storm drain and retention basins

• 4-Lane (Ultimate 6-Lane)
• Bicycle lanes
• Right- and left-turn lanes
• Landscaped medians
• Right-of-Way acquisition
• Utility relocations
• Cul-de-sac
• 40th Street
• 42nd Street

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Construction Access
Design of 24th Street Extension/Avenue 3½E
Avenue 3E to 56th Street

• Maintain access, including trucks, to all
  properties
• Maintain 2-way traffic
• Alternate Route Options
• Avenue 3E Avenue 4E

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Current Schedule
Design of 24th Street Extension/Avenue 3½E
Avenue 3E to 56th Street

• 40th Street to 30th Street
• Design Completed Fall 2008
• Construction 2009
• 30th Street to 24th Street
• Design Completed Fall 2008
• Construction Based on funding
• South of 40th Street
• Design Concept Report Refining the alternatives
• Final Design Based on Chosen Alternative
• Construction Based on funding

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Vincent Boulevard
Design of 24th Street Extension/Avenue 3½E
Avenue 3E to 56th Street
Name Change
Vincent Boulevard
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Open House
Design of 24th Street Extension/Avenue 3½E
Avenue 3E to 56th Street

• Aerial Maps
• Traffic Management during Construction
• Landscape Concept
• Staff Available

• Consultant Staff
• Chris Colson
• John Kissinger
• Lisa Arellano

• City Staff
• Paul Brooberg
• Russ Reichelt
• Fred Orcutt
• Deb Vining

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Questions or Comments
Design of 24th Street Extension/Avenue 3½E
Avenue 3E to 56th Street

• City of Yuma
• Project Manager
• Russell Reichelt, PE
• [phone]
• Russell.Reichelt_at_yumaaz.gov
• Web Page
• www.Ave3EBypass.com

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Public Open House

• Design of 24th Street Extension/Avenue 3½E
  Avenue 3E to 56th Street

City of Yuma Public Works Training Room January
17, 2008 600 pm 800 pm