Megaprojects Update

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Megaprojects Update

• VDOT Regional Transportation Director
• Ronaldo Nick Nicholson, P.E.
• September 8, 2009

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What are Megaprojects?

• They are large-scale projects distinguished by
  cost,
• complexity and the potential impact on the
  community.
• Collectively, these projects represent several
  billion
• dollars in significant transportation
  improvements all
• long overdue. When completed, they will offer
  travelers
• more choices to reach their destinations,
  including
• improvements to multiple modes of
  transportation.

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PROJECTS

• Telegraph Road Interchange
• I-95 4th Lane Widening
• Fairfax County Parkway Extension / BRAC
• I-495 Capital Beltway HOT Lanes
• Dulles Corridor Metrorail
• I-95/395 HOV/Bus/HOT Lanes

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Telegraph Road Project Overview

• Rebuild the I-95 interchange at Telegraph Road.
  
• Final major contract of the Woodrow Wilson
  Bridge
• Project (largest contract in VDOT History)

• New interchange will
• improve traffic flow and
• provide safer pedestrian
• access

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Status/ Upcoming Milestones

• Project has achieved all first milestones
  ahead of schedule
• Telegraph Road/
• Huntington/North Kings Highway

• Major shift to widen lanes
• by end of this year

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I-95 Widening

• Adding a fourth lane in each direction on I-95
  between
• Fairfax County Parkway and Route 123

Status/ Upcoming Milestones

• Opening I-95 Northbound
• lane by end of this year
• Widening of Occoquan
• Bridge by Summer 2011

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Fairfax County Parkway Extension / BRAC

• Final two miles of Fairfax County Parkway
• Interchange at the Engineer Proving
• Ground access road
• Extension of Boudinot Drive with ramp to
• southbound Parkway

Status/Milestones

• Phase 1 and 2 of the project are on schedule
  with a projected end date of November 2010
• Stimulus money has funded phase 3 and 4 of the
  project 
• Phase 4 will be completed as part of the current
  contract 
• Phase 3 will be a separate design build contract
  with an award in
• February 2010

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I-495 High Occupancy Toll Lanes

• Two new lanes in each direction
• First-time introduction of HOV to the Beltway and
  Tysons Corner
• Congestion-free network for transit service
• Pedestrian and bicycle access
• Replace more than 260 million of aging
  infrastructure
• including more than 50 bridges overpasses

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I-495 Project Overview

• Improved sound wall protection for local
  neighborhoods
• Construction of Springfield Interchange Phase
  VIII to create a seamless HOV network
• Improved connection for I-66 regular lanes
• Three new access points to Tysons Corner

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I-495 Project Overview
Variable pricing tolls rise and fall based on
real-time traffic conditions to manage number of
vehicles in the lanes Not an everyday toll road
motorists choose to pay a toll only when they
need a faster, more reliable trip Fully
electronic tolling with E-Z Pass Electronic
signs display rates no toll booths

• Free to HOV-3, buses, motorcycles and emergency
  vehicles

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I-495 Project Schedule

• Build outer 2 lanes 2008 2011
• Rebuild/lengthen all bridges
• overpasses along alignment
• 2008 2011
• Shift traffic into 2 new outer lanes 2011
• Construction on inner 2 (HOT) lanes 2011 2012
• Projected HOT Lanes Opening Early 2013

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Dulles Metrorail ExtensionAt-a-Glance

• 23-mile new Metrorail line branching off the
  Orange Line after East Falls Church
• 11 new stations
• 5 in Phase 1 with a completion date of mid 2013
• 6 in Phase 2 with a completion date of 2015
• Seamless integration with current 106-mile system
• Approx. 50 of Tysons commuters originate from
  eastern points accessible to existing metro rail

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Dulles Metrorail Route Map
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A Closer Look at Tysons Corner Stations
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Tysons Central 123
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I-95/395

• Northern Section
• Expands existing High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV)
  lanes from 2 to 3 lanes
• Existing HOV system plus 9 mile extension Eads
  Street to Garrisonville Road

• Northern Section
• Expands existing HOV lanes from two to three
  lanes
• 36 miles in length, 28 miles of existing HOV
  system plus 8-mile extension

• Southern Section
• Extends HOV/HOT system south to Massaponax,
  Spotsylvania County

• Southern Section
• Extends HOV/HOT lanes system south
• 28 miles in length adds a second lane to the
  8-mile extension included in the Northern Section

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I-95/395 Project status

• Northern Section
• Federal environmental approval received
• Regional transit study complete bus rapid
  transit station study starting soon
• Public hearings held in Feb. 2009
• Scope review underway schedule to be
• established upon completion of scope review
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• Southern Section
• Environmental review underway targeting spring
  2010

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• Transurban
• Public Affairs Manager
• Michelle T. Holland

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Economic stimulus

• Construction of 2 Billion
• Capital Beltway HOT Lanes
• is expected to
• Support 11,800 jobs
• Generate 2.7 billion
• in economic benefit
• for region over the 2008-2013
• period
• Contribute 10 of job growth
• and 20 of total economic growth
• in Fairfax County
• Source Dr. Stephen Fuller, George Mason
  University, 2009

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Benefitting Local Economy

• Between 2008 and 2013, HOT Lanes construction
  will pour 1.54 billion of direct construction
  funding into regional economy nearly double the
  transportation funding included in the Federal
  Stimulus for Virginia
• Construction of HOT Lanes expected to generate
  2.7 billion in economic benefit for Washington
  metropolitan region, with 2.3 billion expected
  to benefit Fairfax County economy
• 3.5 billion expected to benefit Commonwealth of
  Virginia economy
• Source Dr. Stephen Fuller, George Mason
  University, 2009

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Supporting Jobs

• More than 31,000 jobs expected to be supported by
  HOT Lanes construction in Washington metropolitan
  area and elsewhere in national economy
• Nearly 12,000 jobs expected to be in region, with
  more than 5,000 jobs located specifically within
  Fairfax County
• On average, 950 new jobs per year for six years
• Source Dr. Stephen Fuller, George Mason
  University, 2009

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Economic Benefitsfor Local Area

• Contribute 10 of job growth and 20 of total
  economic growth in Fairfax County in 2009
• Job growth includes more than 600 on-site
  construction jobs, construction-related jobs and
  indirectly-related
• More than 65 percent of fully executed contracts
  for design and construction have been awarded to
  Virginia-based firms

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Opportunities for Small, Womenor Minority Owned
Businesses

• Project partners committed to a proactive
  approach toward meeting 25 SWAM/15DBE contract
  goals on Capital Beltway HOT Lanes Project
• Design-Build Contract 95 SWAM contractors and
  66 DBE contractors currently employed on design
  and construction of project.
• HOT Operations Center Recent award of
  architecture services to local DBE firm. More
  opportunities for general contractor and
  subcontractor services to prepare Operations
  Center.
• Tolling and Traffic Management Contract
• Major outreach events aimed to provide
  information about work opportunities to SWAM/DBE
  business community
• 3 SWAM/DBE firms currently supporting TTMS
  activities

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