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I-680 HOT Lane Update

I-680 HOT Lane Update. Prepared for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission November 3, 2006. I-680 HOT Lane Project. Bay Area’s first toll lane project 14-mile stretch of southbound I-680 over the Sunol Grade Starts at Highways 84 on the north Ends at Highway 237 on the south

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I-680 HOT Lane Update

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  1. I-680 HOT Lane Update Prepared for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission November 3, 2006

  2. I-680 HOT Lane Project • Bay Area’s first toll lane project • 14-mile stretch of southbound I-680 over the Sunol Grade • Starts at Highways 84 on the north • Ends at Highway 237 on the south • 11 miles in Alameda County, 3 miles in Santa Clara County

  3. Project Partners • ACTIA • ACCMA • Valley Transportation Authority • Bay Area Toll Authority • Caltrans • Federal Highway Administration

  4. Project Status • The Situation Today • Policy and Governance • Engineering and Permits • Funding • Looking Ahead • Marketing and research • Other HOT lanes

  5. Project Location

  6. I-680 Policy Board • JPA official in April • Board members in place • Administrative code adopted • Decisions so far • Operate lane 24/7 • $1 minimum toll • Managing agency: ACCMA

  7. Engineering and Permits • 65% drawings submitted to Caltrans. • 100% drawings next summer • Environmental document completed. • System Engineering Management Plan submitted to FHWA. • Signoff by end of the year • Last federal approval needed • Opening scheduled for early 2010.

  8. I-680 Project Team • Consultants on board • Wilbur Smith -- O & M • URS -- design • Carter Burgess – project controls • Solem -- marketing and research • Process of developing cooperative agreements

  9. Where Revenue Will Go Toll revenue will pay for: • Operating and maintaining the toll facility • Building the I-680 northbound HOV lane and other HOV facilities • Transit service in the I-680 corridor

  10. HOT Lane Research • Focus Groups in November • Signage • Operations • Hybrids • Intermediate access points • Public Opinion Poll in February • Transportation priorities • Toll options • Alameda County compared to corridor users from north and east

  11. HOT Lane Outreach • Joint meeting with other CA toll lane operators • Consistency when possible • Meet local needs • MTC input and cooperation • Outreach to stakeholders • I-680 marketing plan -- 2007

  12. Next Steps • Engineering/approval process • Stakeholder input • Public opinion research • Technical decisions • Funding decisions

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