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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: October 6, 2008 .
Meeting Type: Regular Session
Department: Development Services
Staff Contact: Gregory Mott
S P R I N G FIE L D Staff Phone No: 726-3774
C I T Y C 0 U N C I L Estimated Time: 10 Minutes
ITEM TITLE: COUNCIL INITIATION OF AMENDMENTS TO TRANSPLAN AND THE
ME1RO PLAN TO MOVE PROJECT #27 (SR-126 AT MAIN STREET) AND
PROJECT #30 (SR-126 AT 52ND STREET) FROM THE FUTURE PROJECT
LIST (TABLE lb) TO THE FINANCIALLY CONSTRAINED 20-YEAR
CAPITAL INVESTMENT ACTIONS ROADWAY PROJECTS LIST (TABLE
la); AND REMOVE THESE SAME TWO PROJECTS FROM THE FUTURE
ROADWAY PROJECTS MAP AND PLACE THEM ON THE FINANCIALLY
CONS1RAINED ROADWAY MAP, APPENDIX "A" OF TRANSPLAN.
ACTION
REQUESTED:
Approval of the following motion:
Move to initiate amendments to TransPlan and the Metro Plan to move Project #27
and Project #30 from the Future Project List (Table 1 b) to the 20-year Fiscally
Constrained Capital Investment Action Roadway Project List (Table la); and
remove these projects from the Future Roadway Map and add them to the
Financially Constrained Roadway Map in Appendix "A" of Trans Plan.
ISSUE
STATEMENT:
The region is in the midst of updating TransPlan to achieve consistency with the
federal Regional Transportation Plan (RTP); to achieve compliance with the state
Transportation Planning Rule; and to coordinate the.efforts of Eugene and
Springfield as each city develops a local transportation system plan. These two
projects were added to the constrained list of the RTP several months ago; they
need to be included in TransPlan now and ultimately be included in Springfield's
new local Transportation System Plan.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Table la of TransPlan
2. Table Ib of Trans Plan
3. Financially Constrained Roadway Map, Appendix "A" of Trans Plan
4. Future Roadway Projects Map, Appendix "A" of Trans Plan
DlSCUSSIONI
FINANCIAL
IMPACT:
These two projects have been identified as "future projects" since the mid-1980s.
The need for these projects is equal parts safety and congestion management. The
intersection at 52nd is one of only two signalized, at-grade .intersections (Beltline @
Roosevelt) on the state's 55 mph expressway system in this region. Both of these
intersections operate near or beyond ODOT mobility standards; both of these
. intersections experience an average number of accidents, primarily rear ends.
In addition to mobility and safety issues, there are more than 1,000 acres of vacant
buildable lands within the City's UGB in this area that will generate thousands of
future trips through these intersections. Failure to make these improvements may
have profound effects on the City's ability to provide the necessary transportation
infrastructure to support planned growth.
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