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PIONEER TRAIL INTERCHANGE STUDY RESULTS

PIONEER TRAIL INTERCHANGE STUDY RESULTS. Mosquito Lagoon Bike Club at the Florida East Coast railroad crossing on Turnbull Bay Road during their 2013 Sunday morning 47.2 mile ride. Eric v. K. Hill, Ph.D., Chief Consultant Aura Vector Consulting 3041 Turnbull Bay Road

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PIONEER TRAIL INTERCHANGE STUDY RESULTS

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  1. PIONEER TRAIL INTERCHANGE STUDY RESULTS Mosquito Lagoon Bike Club at the Florida East Coast railroad crossing on Turnbull Bay Road during their 2013 Sunday morning 47.2 mile ride Eric v. K. Hill, Ph.D., Chief Consultant Aura Vector Consulting 3041 Turnbull Bay Road New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168 (386) 341-6382; ericvkhill@auravector.com www.auravector.com

  2. OVERVIEW Problem:Determine whether a Pioneer Trail interchange would (1) relieve the congestion at the Dunlawton interchange in Port Orange and (2) provide economic development for Volusia County without (3) adversely impacting New Smyrna Beach. • 2005 FINAL PIONEER TRAIL INTERCHANGE FEASIBILITY STUDY • 2008 SOUTHEAST VOLUSIA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY (SVRTS) • 2009 SR-421/I-95 INTERCHANGE ANALYSIS

  3. RESULTS • 2005 PIONEER TRAIL INTERCHANGE FEASIBILITY STUDY –roadway/interchange effects 2030 – Pioneer Trail interchange • Net decrease in traffic volumes: • Dunlawton – 30 vehicles/hour (1 vehicle/2 minutes) • Tomoka Farms Road (S of SR-421) and Glencoe Road – 2,600 vehicles/day (less than 2 vehicles/minute) • Reduced Williamson/Taylor Road intersection delay times: 5:03 to 3:50 (2:15 current measured) – queuing failure • Volusia County Council Pioneer Trail interchange resolution: 6-1 vote to put Pioneer Trail interchange back on 2035 LRTP 3/21/2013 • Increased traffic volumes: • Tomoka Farms Road (N of SR-421) – doubles – fails • Turnbull Bay Road – almost quadruples – fails

  4. RESULTS • 2008 SOUTHEAST VOLUSIA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY (SVRTS) DRAFT– roadway effects (only) 2015, 2025 and 2030 – interchanges at Madeline Avenue, Pioneer Trail and Park Avenue • “A wish list that no one could agree on.” Melissa K. Winsett, TCC Meeting, Volusia TPO, 8/20/2013 • A. Shawn Collins, AICP, PTP • Chad T. Lingenfelter, AICP, PTP • A Pioneer Trail interchange would cause I-95 and Turnbull Bay Road to fail • Dunlawton fails with or withoutPioneer Trail interchange • Scenario B-2 – optimum solution – included interchanges at Madeline and Park Avenues but “No” Pioneer Trail interchange

  5. RESULTS • 2009 SR-421/I-95 INTERCHANGE ANALYSIS – • roadway/interchange effects 2025 – interchange at Pioneer Trail – overpass at Madeline Avenue • Madeline Avenue overpass provides no real relief • Pioneer Trail interchange provides: • Net reductions in traffic volumes at Dunlawton /I-95 interchange and intersections – 233 vehicles/hour ≈ 4 vehicles/minute • Reduced Williamson/Taylor Road intersection delay times – 2:30 to 2:07 vs. 2:15 current actual measured delay time

  6. CONCLUSIONS • A Pioneer Trail interchange is not a “viable alternative to the already congested Dunlawton … interchange” • Reductions in traffic volumes almost negligible @ a cost of $1.0-2.4 M/vehicle/hour ($30-72.5 M interchange) • Side effects – failure of Turnbull Bay Road and I-95 – plus Tomoka Farms Road (N of SR-421) – not worth it • Queuing failures imminent at critical Williamson/Taylor Road intersection – backups on I-95 • Need additional capacity – an alternate route

  7. RECOMMEDATIONS • Based on the results from the • 2005 Feasibility Study, the 2008 SVRTS and the 2009 SR-421/I-95 Interchange Analysis: • Vote “NO” on the Pioneer Trail interchange because it is the technically correct thing to do • Consider a Madeline Avenue (or Martin’s Dairy Road) interchangeto relieve congestion at Dunlawton – backfitonto the 2035 LRTP

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