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HB 277 Regional Transportation Sales Tax Preliminary Project List Presentation

HB 277 Regional Transportation Sales Tax Preliminary Project List Presentation. Mayor and City Council Work Session March 1, 2011. HB 277 Key Dates. June 2010: House Bill Passes January – April 2011: Solicit projects from local jurisdictions and regional plans

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HB 277 Regional Transportation Sales Tax Preliminary Project List Presentation

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  1. HB 277 Regional Transportation Sales Tax Preliminary Project List Presentation Mayor and City Council Work Session March 1, 2011

  2. HB 277 Key Dates • June 2010: House Bill Passes • January – April 2011: Solicit projects from local jurisdictions and regional plans • February – May 2011: Evaluation of projects • May 2011: Unconstrained list of projects for region • June – August 2011: Executive Committee meetings • August 15, 2011: Constrained project list for region complete • November 2012: Vote on Regional Sales Tax 1

  3. Atlanta Regional Roundtable Executive Committee Members • 5 roundtable members • Mayor of Norcross – Bucky Johnson (non-voting member), Chair • Henry County Commission – B.J. Mathis • Douglas County Commission – Tom Worthan • Mayor of Atlanta – Kasim Reed • Mayor of Decatur – Bill Floyd • Mayor of Kennesaw – Mark Mathews • 3 non-voting legislators selected by Chairs of House and Senate Transportation Committees 2

  4. How projects will be measured • Extensive public feedback • Projects must be deliverable within the timeframe of the sales tax • Projects must be regional in nature • Projects must be contained within an approved transportation or regional plan 3

  5. Projected revenues from regional sales tax • Annual Regional Sales Tax Forecasts for the Atlanta Region range from $680M to $1B over the ten years • City’s annual direct portion of local allocation $1.8M (not subject to criteria) 4

  6. Eligible Project Funding Categories • Roadway Capital • Roadway and Bridge Maintenance • Safety and Traffic Operations • Freight and Logistics • Aviation • Bicycle and Pedestrian • Transit Capital • Transit Operations and Maintenance 5

  7. Roadway Capital Preliminary Projects • Hammond Drive – widening to a uniform four lane section from Roswell Road to Half-diamond at I-285 (Sources – City’s Local Master Transportation Plan (MTP), North Fulton CTP (NFCTP)) • Collector/Distributor Lanes on GA 400 – additional lanes between Spalding and I-285 (Sources – Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)) • Sandy Springs Circle Extension – an overpass over I-285 to extend Sandy Springs Circle down to Northwood Drive (Sources – Revive I-285, Local MTP, Downtown LCI, RTP) 6

  8. Roadway Capital Preliminary Projects (Continued) • Peachtree Dunwoody Road – uniform four lane section from Abernathy to Spalding (Source – Local MTP) • Boylston Extension – would extend Boylston from Hammond Drive to Carpenter Drive (Source – Local MTP) • Glenridge Drive Widening – would widen Glenridge for one block only from High Point Road to Royervista Drive (Source – Local MTP) 7

  9. Safety and Traffic Operations • Safety • Glenridge at Roswell Road/SR 9 Intersection Improvement – improve the skew at this location (Source – Local MTP) • Improvements to Spalding Drive – project would add one northbound lane right-turn lane along Winters Chapel Road and add one westbound travel lane (becoming a left-turn only lane) along Spalding Drive. Includes a wider/rehabilitated bridge over Crooked Creek (Source – NFCTP) • Traffic Operations • Cliftwood and Carpenter Intersection Improvement – project would align Cliftwood and Carpenter (Source – Local MTP) 8

  10. Safety and Traffic Operations (Continued) • Traffic Operations • ATMS along Roswell Road/SR 9 – project would extend the current ATMS project from Abernathy Road south to City of Atlanta (Source – Local MTP) • Extend Future Phase of Fiber Network to TMC – extend fiber to other areas of the City to encompass all of the signalized intersections (Source: Local MTP) 9

  11. Bicycle and Pedestrian • Morgan Fall/Power Easement multi-use trail – project would build a multi-use trail from Cobb County crossing the Chattahoochee River and extend inside of the GPC easement through Sandy Springs into the City of Dunwoody. (Source: NFCTP) • T-0019 Roswell Road Streetscapes – project would extend sidewalks from city limits north to I-285 (Source: Local MTP, Roswell Road LCI) 10

  12. Bicycle and Pedestrian (Continued) • Lake Forrest Drive bike lanes and sidewalks – project would construct sidewalks and bike lanes from I-285 to city limits (Source: Roswell Road LCI) • High Point Road bike lanes and sidewalks – project would construct sidewalks and bike lanes from Windsor Parkway to Glenridge Drive (Source: Roswell Road LCI) 11

  13. Transit Capital • Bus Rapid Transit Infrastructure – project would fund infrastructure upgrades/right-of-way/design for bus rapid transit facilities along SR9/Roswell Road from I-285 to connect to transit stations in DeKalb County (Source: RTP, Revive I-285, Transit Planning Board’s Concept 3) 12

  14. Questions? 13

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