Location Public Hearing

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Location Public Hearing

• Brief Presentation Begins at 600 pm
• May 28, 29, 30, 2002

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Welcome!

• William C. Cuttler, P.E.
• Fairfax Preliminary Engineering Manager

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Capital Beltway Study

• Overview
• Purpose
• Alternatives
• Draft EIS
• Public Input
• Project Study Team
• Federal Highway Administration
• Virginia Department of Transportation
• Fairfax County Department of Transportation
• Virginia Department of Rail and Public
  Transportation
• Metropolitan Council of Governments
• Northern Virginia Transportation Commission
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• Metropolitan Airports Authority
• Maryland State Highway Administration

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Coordination with Other Studies

• Springfield Interchange
• Capital Beltway Rail Feasibility Study
• I-66 Major Investment Study / EIS
• Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project
• Northern Virginia 2020 Transportation Plan
• Marylands Capital Beltway Corridor
  Transportation Plan

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Public Coordination

• Public Meetings
• Civic and Community Groups
• Citizen Workshops
• Fairfax County Task Force

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Public Coordination

• Public Meetings
• Civic and Community Groups
• Citizen Workshops
• Fairfax County Task Force
• Public Information Tools
• Telephone Hotline
• Internet Website
• E-Mail Address
• Mailing List
• Newsletters
• Brochures

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Purpose Improve Safety and Mobility
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Purpose Improve Safety and Mobility

• Past
• Current
• Future

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Major Investment Study

• Further Evaluate Feasibility of Beltway Rail
  Transit
• Advance Highway Improvements to National
  Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Phase
• Coordinate with Other Major Studies in the Region

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Rail Feasibility Study

• Advance the Study to the Alternative Phase
• Perform Similar Studies for Other Rail Projects
• Further Examine Land Use and Transit Relationship
• Coordinate Highway and Transit Improvements in
  the Beltway Right-of-Way

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Draft Environmental Impact Statement

• No Build vs. Build Alternatives
• Candidate Build Alternatives
• Location Approval by the Commonwealth
  Transportation Board

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Project Overview

• Ken Wilkinson
• Environmental Project Manager

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Why was the Study Initiated?

• Improvements to the Capital Beltway are needed
  to
• Correct Safety and Design Deficiencies
• Address Current and Future Congestion
• Increase Capacity of Roadway
• Connect Regional HOV Network
• Provide Dedicated Express Bus Facilities
• Improve Operations and Traffic Flow
• Reduce Cut-Through Traffic

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What Did the Study Involve?

• Traffic Analysis
• Development of Alternatives
• Detailed Engineering, Traffic Operations, and
  Environmental Analysis
• Draft Environmental Impact Statement

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Traffic Analysis

• Travel Demand Modeling
• 2020 Traffic Volumes and Travel Patterns
• Evaluation of Traffic Operations
• Beltway
• Interchanges
• Intersecting Roadways

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Traffic Volumes
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Wide Range of Alternative Solutions

• Rail Transit
• Express Bus
• Transportation System Management
• Highway Improvements

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Highway Improvements

• Build Alternatives
• 3 Mainline Alternatives
• Improvements at 10 Interchanges
• Direct HOV Access at Route 29

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Concurrent HOV

• 2002 Preliminary Cost Estimate 2.5 - 2.8
  Billion

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Express / Local with HOV

• 2002 Preliminary Cost Estimate 3.0 - 3.25
  Billion

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Barrier-Separated HOV

• 2002 Preliminary Cost Estimate 2.7 - 2.9
  Billion

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Environmental Document
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Impact Assessments

• Land Use
• Socio-Economics
• Natural Environment
• Parks and Recreation Areas
• Air Quality
• Noise
• Cultural Resources
• Visual and Aesthetic Conditions
• Hazardous Materials

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Summary of Environmental Impacts
Barrier- Separated HOV
Express/ Local with HOV
Concurrent HOV
Noise Impacts (Dwellings)
3,879
3,717
3,672
Dwellings Protected
5,123
5,199
5,129
Homes Displaced
206-217
258-294
219-258
Businesses Displaced
19-31
20-32
20-32
Parkland Required (Acres)
15.05
18.13
19.88
Historic Resources Affected
1
1
1
Wetlands Displaced (Acres)
4.62
4.74
5.06
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Remaining Schedule
JAN 1997
JUL-NOV 1998
NOV 1998

• Location Public Hearings
• CTB Decision
• Final Environmental Impact Statement
• Record of Decision
• Design and Construction

CITIZEN WORKSHOPS
MAJOR INVESTMENT STUDY (MIS)
DEVELOP CONCEPTS TO IMPLEMENT MIS STRATEGIES
NOV 1998-JUN1999
MARCH 2002
JUN 1999
DRAFT ENVIRONMENT IMPACT STATEMENT
CITIZEN WORKSHOPS
REFINE IMPROVEMENT ALTERNATIVES
MAY 2002
SUMMER/FALL 2002
FALL 2002
FINAL ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
LOCATION PUBLIC HEARING
COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION BOARD ACTION
FALL/WINTER 2002
RECORD OF DECISION
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
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Public Input

• Comment Forms
• Letters
• E-Mail
• Court Reporter
• Comment Tonight

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CommentsandQuestions
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Panel

• Bill Cuttler VDOT Fairfax Preliminary
  Engineering
• Ken Wilkinson VDOT Environmental
• Debra Moore VDOT Right-of-Way
• Bob McDowell HNTB
• Jim Curren TransCore
• Steve Walter Parsons Transportation Group

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Contact Us
Call the Hotline at 703-352-7185
E-mail us at beltway_study_at_parsons.com
Visit our web site at http//project1.parsons.com
/capitalbeltway

• Send comments to
• Capital Beltway Study
• c/o Parsons Transportation Group of Virginia
• 10521 Rosehaven Street, 2nd Floor
• Fairfax, Virginia 22030

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