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TC 08-28-06 Meeting AgendaCOUNT' of FREDERICK Department of Planning and Development 540/665-5651 FAX: 540/665-6395 MEMORANDUM TO: Frederick County Transportation Committee FROM: John A. Bishop, Transportation Planner RE: August 28, 2006 Transportation Committee Meeting DATE: August 21, 2006 The Frederick County Transportation Committee will be meeting at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, August 28, 2006 in the Board Room of the Frederick County Administration Building, 107 North Kent Street, Winchester, Virginia. The agenda for this meeting is as follows: AGENDA 1. Update of the Frederick County Capital Improvement Plan 2. Update of the Eastern Road Plan 3. Route 37 Alternatives in the vicinity of the Stonewall Industrial Park 4. Transportation Enhancement Grant Applications 5. Updating Revenue Sharing projects in Secondary Road Improvement Plan 6. Willow Run Internal Road System 7. Article Distribution 8. Follow-up Discussion of Transportation Impact Fees Meeting on August 22, 2006 9. Other Business Please contact our department if you are unable to attend this meeting. Attachments ,TAB/bad 107 North Kent Street, Suite 202 • Winchester, Virginia 22601-5000 • C ITEM #1 Update of the Frederick County Capital Improvement Plan Attached please find the memo from Mr. Kevin Henry of the County Planning Department regarding the Capital Improvement Plan update. Per the State Code, Frederick County may include transportation projects upon which there is a significant chance we will be expending local revenue or cash proffers within the next five years. The decision has been made to begin inclusion of transportation projects with this update of the CIP. The CIP is updated on an annual basis. Below, please find the recommended list of transportation projects to add to the CIP this year. Route 37: Continued Planning and Engineering work Route 37/Route 11/ Shady Elm: Planning and Engineering for Interchange Solution Warrior Drive: Extension to Route 277 Channing Drive: Extension to Route 50 Route 11 North of Winchester: Widening to WV State Line Brucetown Rd\Hopewell Rd: Alignment and Intersection Improvements Senseny Road: Widening East Tevis Street Extension: Connection to Roadway within Russell 150 Development and I-81 Crossover Inverlee Way: Connection from Route 50 to Senseny Road Fox Drive: Right Turn Lane at Intersection of Fox Dr. and Route 522 Blossom Dr: Install Turn Lane TO: County of Frederick Department and Agency Directors FROM: Kevin T. Henry RE: 2007-2008 Capital Improvements Plan - Departmental Requests DATE: July 14, 2006 It is time to begin preparing the 2007-2008 Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) As you are aware, individual departments and agencies set their own major capital expenditure priorities. The Planning Commission and its Comprehensive Plans and Programs Subcommittee (CPPS) are tasked with ensuring that requests for capital improvements are consistent with the Comprehensive Policy Plan. The Planning Commission and the CPPS are also tasked with ensuring that the established needs of each department are identified in the Comprehensive Policy Plan. A new section of the CIP has been introduced this year, which will include the Transportation Committee's requests. You are asked to provide three pieces of information to the Planning Department by the end of August: 1. Draft departmental project request forms (copy attached and electronic version to follow), 2. A needs assessment, and . 3. A generalized facility map. Each individual department or agency currently has a method for establishing and quantifying community needs. Based on your department's analysis, you are asked to complete the project request forms. Request forms have not changed from last year. You should include and delineate all new and existing project requests, and include a prioritization summary established by your department. Also include any established needs assessments and facilities maps. The map element should depict five (5), ten (10), and fifteen (15) year projections. This will provide an understanding of each department or agency's goals, standards and objectives for capital facilities. 2007-2008 Capital Improvements Plan — Departmental Requests July 14, 2006 Page 2 Members of the Planning Department are available to meet with department and agency directors to discuss requests in August. Before submitting your final requests to the Planning Department in October, you should have already received an endorsement of the projects from your oversight committee or commission. Members of the Planning Department will continue their role of compiling and managing the requests for new projects and project modifications. The CIP spreadsheet will be submitted to the Finance Department for review before it is presented to the CPPS. Thank you for your cooperation. Attachments KTH/bad Proposed Time -Line July 14, 2006 Deliver departmental project request materials August 1-31, 2006 Planning Department staff meets with Department/Agency directors to discuss projects and needs assessments August 31, 2006 Draft project requests, needs assessment & generalized facility map due to Planning Department October 2, 2006 Final project requests, needs assessment & generalized facility map due to Planning Department Finance Department review of spreadsheets November 13, 2006 Comprehensive Plans and Programs Subcommittee (CPPS) meeting with department/agency directors to review project requests December 6, 2006 Draft CIP to Planning Commission for discussion January 10, 2007 Draft CIP to Board of Supervisors for discussion February 7, 2007 Public hearing recommendation by Planning Commission of annual CIP February 28, 2007 Public hearing and adoption of the annual CIP by Board of Supervisors • �7 • ITEM #2 Revisions to the Eastern Road Plan As you are aware, the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) released their Long Range Transportation Plan for new and improved transportation corridors in Winchester, Frederick County, and the Town of Stephens City. This plan was adopted on October 1, 2005 by the Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Committee. Staff compared the existing Eastern Road Plan to the County's Land Use Plans, the Win -Fred MPO Long Range Plan, and current County planning efforts in order to update the road plan. Attached, you will find staff's comparisons and additions. Staff is seeking guidance from the Transportation Committee regarding the new changes and updates to the Eastern Road Plan. It is important to note that this effort will become part of a comprehensive review of the UDA study of the County's comprehensive plan. Included with the information mentioned above, please find attached a copy of'the current Eastern Road Elan map and description, a draft of the Revised Eastern Road Plan snap and descriptions. C • • r ' , o' 27. 60 77 7 1 i 37'1\ \ \ 6G'" 17 j ID ' �V 7.1 9 ^`•, 23. 22+ + 2.1— Z'7 i— '� 28 24 31 30 60 Ro / 32 ' ) P / 34 �;• 37 \ ,. 40 41 SS 50 4Z 14 45 44 4i / New Major Collector ' F r T } 5(a - r ^,, New Minor Collector — —► sz ? ; Improved Major Collector /VImproved Minor Collector I 3[0 42 "New Major Artery .' 5o' . May 11, 2005 0 05 t J Miles 7 W E � r ■ Current EASTERN ROAD PLAN Frederick County, Virginia Department of Planning & Development Frederick County Eastern Road Plan Current Road Plan 1. Improved major collector road from Redbud Road and W&W railroad to US Route 11, just south of Nulton Lane. 2. A new major collector road from First Woods Drive and Route 7 north to Redbud Road, traversing the Redbud Elementary School property. 3. Woods Mill Road is identified as an improved minor collector road between Route 7 and Jordan Springs Road. 4. Getty Lane is identified as an improved minor collector road. 5. A new minor collector road will run from Route 7 and Cole Lane, north then west around the Winchester Mall property, to intersect with Getty Lane. 6. A new major collector road will connect Valley Mill Road and Route 7, at the Winchester Gateway light, via the Brookland Lane alignment. 7. Greenwood Road, between Route 7 and Senseny Road, is identified as an improved major collector road. 8. Valley Mill Road, between the western terminus at Route 7 to just east of Mill Race Drive, is identified as an improved major collector road. 9. Anew major collector road will connect Route 7, just west of the Opequon Water Reclamation Facility, south to Senseny Road. This road will parallel Route 37. 10. A new major collector road will connect new major collector road #9 to Valley Mill Road. 11. Williamson Road is identified as an improved minor collector road. 12. A new minor collector road will connect Williamson Road to Valley Mill Road, by way of Hunter Run Road. 13. A new minor collector road will connect minor collector road #12 to Greenwood Road, at Farmington Boulevard. 14. Farmington Boulevard is identified as an improved minor collector road. 15. A new major collector road (Channing Drive) will connect Valley Mill road to Senseny Road. 16. A new major collector road will continue Channing Drive from Senseny Road to Sulphur Springs Road, west of the current Greenwood Road intersection. 17. A new minor collector road will continue from Farmington Boulevard and connect to Channing Drive at Wayfaring Drive. 18. A new minor collector road (Wayfaring Drive) will connect Channing Drive to Morning Glory Drive. 19. Woodrow Road is identified as an improved minor collector road between Greenwood Road and Elaine Drive. 20. A new minor collector road will continue from Woodrow Road and connect with Channing Drive and Canyon Road. 21. A new minor collector road (Canyon Road) will connect Channing Drive at Woodrow Road to the existing Canyon Road in the Senseny Glen neighborhood. 22. A new major collector road (Inverlee Way) will connect Senseny Road to US Route 50. 23. A new minor collector road (Kinross Drive) will connect #22 to Oak Ridge Lane (approximate). 24. Greenwood Road, between Senseny Road and Sulphur Spring Road, is identified as an improved minor collector road. 25. A new minor collector road will connect Greenwood Road to # 16, between Senseny and Sulphur Spring Road. 26. Sulphur Spring Road, between US Route 50 and the extension of Channing Drive, is identified as an improved major collector road. 27. A new major collector road to connect US Route 522 and Tulane Drive to US Route 522 and Bufflick Road (approximate). 28. Ryco Lane is identified as an improved major collector road. 29. Delco Plaza Lane is identified as an improved major collector road. 30. A new major collector road will connect #27 and Delco Plaza to Ryco Lane. 31. A new major collector road will connect US Route 522 and Bufflick Road to the Tevis Street alignment in the City of Winchester. This includes a flyover of I-81. 32. Bufflick Road is identified as an improved major collector road between US 522 and Airport Road. 33. Victory Road is identified as an improved major collector road between US 50 and Airport Road. 34. Airport Road is identified as an improved major collector road between Bufflick Road and Victory Road. 35. A new major collector road will connect US 522 and PapermiI l Road to Airport Road/Bufflick Road intersection. 36. A new major collector road will follow the Warrior Drive alignment from Route 277 north to Papermill Road and connect with #27 at US Route 522. 37. A new major collector road will connect Warrior Drive at Evandale Lane to Papermill Road / Harrison Road Intersection. 38. Hillandale Lane is identified as an improved minor collector road. 39. A new minor collector road will connect the northern terminus of Hillandale Lane to Papermill Road, west of where Papermill Road intersects #36. 40. A new minor collector road will connect Hillandale Lane to Evandale and #36. This road will be parallel to and to the north of Route 37. 41. A new minor collector road will connect US Route 522 to new minor collector road #40. 42. A new major collector road will connect Tasker Road to new major collector road #36. This road will parallel Route 37 to the south. 43. Tasker Road, between Route 37 and US Route 522, is identified as an improved major collector road. 44. West Parkins Mill Road, between US Route 522 and US Route 50, is identified as an improved major collector road. 45. A new minor collector road will connect West Parkins Mill Road from US Route 522, to new major collector road #36. 46. A new minor collector road will connect 445 from #36 to the eastern terminus of Lakeside Drive. 47. Lakeside Drive is identified as an improved minor collector road. 48. A new minor collector road will connect Lakeside Drive from Tasker Road to Aylor Road at Village Lane. 49. A new major collector road will connect Tasker Road from Lakeside Drive, to I-81. 50. Aylor Road, between Tasker Road and Route 277, is identified as an improved major collector road. 51. Westmoreland Drive, between Aylor Road and Warrior Drive, is identified as an improved minor collector road. 52. Halifax Avenue (approximate), between Aylor Road and Westmoreland Drive, is identified as an improved minor collector road. 53. Albin Drive (approximate) has been identified as an improved minor collector road. 54. A new major collector road will connect Warrior Drive at Montgomery Circle — northern end (approximate) to White Oak Road. 55. White Oak Road, between Route 277 and Macedonia Church Road, is identified as an improved major collector road. 56. A new major collector road will connect White Oak Road to US Route 522. 57. Double Church Road, between Aylor Road and Sherando Lane, is identified as an improved major collector road. 58. Eastern half of Route 37 is identified as a new major arterial. 17 A 52 51 Ilk 3 TR IA 101 so 12 > 74 37 P- los r 7 107 75 10-7 1116 loq r lot 102 101 10'7 If —1 1 04 X99 ' 37 —,-10-1 (p 10-1 92, 10 107 101 so Ito $2 Ti DRAFT Eastern Road Plan Amendments VPNew MajorArtertal 71` Improved MajorArterial Is Improved Minoi-Artenal New Major Collector Improved Major Collector 52 JrNew Minor Collector dW improved minor collector *WRamp N 10 Proposed Interchanges 27 *+E Last Revision S 07/17/2006 11 i 0 1 2 4 iMiles Proposed Amendments EASTERN ROAD PLAN I Frederick County, Virginia Degartment of Plannina & Development Frederick County Eastern Road Plan Proposed Revisions Northeast Land Use Plan 59. Addition of the Carroll Industrial Park "Loop Road." This new major collector road will extend north from US Route 11, north of Exit 317, to Ebert Road. Ebert Road will be designated as an improved major collector road the entire length to US 11. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan and the Carroll Industrial Park Master Development Plan (MDP). 60. Addition of Cross Cannon Boulevard, from Stephenson Road south and looping to US Route 11. It will be aligned with the intersection of the Loop Road as denoted in #59. This has been identified in the Win -Fred Metropolitan Planning Organization 2030 Transportation Plan (MPO Plan) and the Stephenson Village MDP. 61. Addition of a new major collector road, extending east from Rest Church Road and US Route 11, then south to Woodbine Road. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan and the Semples Rezoning. 62. Identify Woodbine Road from US 11 to the railroad crossing as an improved major collector road, and from the railroad crossing to Woodside Road as a new major collector road. This has been identified in the Semples Rezoning. 63. Addition of a new major collector road from Woodbine Road to Branson Spring Road. This will parallel Woodside Road to the west. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan, 64. Identify the new alignment of Route 37 through the Stonewall Magisterial District, with a new future interchange with Cross Cannon Boulevard. This has been identified by the Board of Supervisors. 65. Addition of the Brooke Road extension from the Winchester City line to US Route 522. This has been identified in the Winchester Area Transportation Study (WATS) and by the MPO. 66. Addition of a southbound on-ramp, extending from Lenoir Drive to Route 37. This has been identified in the MPO Plan. 67, Identify US Route I l between the West Virginia state line and Exit 317 as an improved major arterial. This has been identified in the MPO Plan. 68. Realign Brucetown Road with Hopewell Road at US 11. This segment east of US 11 is identified as a new major collector road. Hopewell Road, between I-81 and US 11 is identified as an improved major collector road. 37 West Land Use Plan 69. Addition of a new major collector road from US Route 522 and Long Green Lane, south to US Route 50 and Ward Avenue. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan. 70. Addition of a new major collector road from US Route 522 and Apple Pie Ridge Road, to new major collector road #69. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan. 71. Addition of the Campus Boulevard extending across Route 37 from the Winchester Medical campus, to new major collector road #69. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan, and the Winchester Medical Center MDP. Round Hill Land Use Plan 72. Addition of the WWW MDP and Winchester Medical Center MDP major and minor collector road networks. These have been identified in the Land Use Plan and both the WWW and Winchester Medical Center MDPs. 73. Addition of a flyover of Medical Center Drive, from Hospital Drive across Route 37, to the new minor collector road network identified in #72. This has been identified in the Winchester Medical Center MDP. 74. Realignment of the Round Hill Road and US Route 50 intersection. This has been identified in the WWW MDP. Western Jubal Early Land Use Plan 75. Addition of the Jubal Early Drive extension (a new major collector road) from the Winchester city limit to Route 37 with a new interchange at the Merrimans Lane flyover. This has been identified in both the Land Use Plan and the MPO Plan. 76. Addition of a new major collector road running from the future Jubal Early Drive extension south to Cedar Creek Grade. This has been identified in both the Land Use Plan and the MPO Plan. 77. Identify Route 622 (Cedar Creek Grade) between the Winchester City line and Route 37, as an improved major collector road. Route 11 South Corridor Land Use Plan 78. Relocate I-81 Exit 307 south. This has been identified by the MPO Plan and VDOT. 79. Addition of the Stephens City by-pass major collector road from the relocated I-81 Exit 307 to the Springdale/Shady Elm intersection. This will include improvements and a realignment to Passage Lane. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan, WATS, and the MPO Plan. 80. Addition of Shady Elm Road as an improved major collector from Apple Valley Road to new major collector road #79. This will include a new interchange at Route 37, and improving Apple Valley Road from Shady Elm Road to US 11. This has been identified in WATS and the MPO Plan. 81. Addition of Prosperity Road extending to Shady Elm Road at Soldiers Rest Lane as a new major collector road. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan, WATS, and the MPO Plan. 82. Addition of the Tasker Road extension across I-81, to new major collector road #79, as a new major collector road. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan, WATS, and the MPO Plan. 83. Addition of a new minor collector road from Marlboro Road / Fairfax Street and Squirrel Lane, to the future Tasker Road extension (#82) as a new minor collector road. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan, WATS, and the MPO Plan. 84. Addition of a new minor collector road from US Route 11, roughly across from Shenandoah Valley Baptist Church & Academy, east to the future Squirrel Lane extension (#83). This has been identified in the Land Use Plan and the MPO Plan. 85. Addition of US Route 11 as an improved major collector running from Shawnee Drive to just north of the Bartonsville Historic District. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan. 86. Addition of a new minor collector road running from Stickley Drive and connecting to Aylor Road. This has been identified by WATS and the MPO Plan. 87. Addition of the Warrior Drive extension as a new major collector road, running south from Fairfax Pike to Double Church Road, then west to Town Run Lane, connecting with the future Stephens City by-pass and yet -to -be relocated Exit 307. This has been identified in the MPO Plan. Southern Frederick Land Use Plan 88. Identify Fairfax Pike (Route 277) as an improved minor arterial road. This has been identified by the MPO Plan. 89. Identify Papermill Road as an improved major collector road, with a realignment of the road's intersection with US Route 522 south to Justes Drive. Also, Papermill's crossing of I- 81 will be realigned with Battaile Drive with a new interchange with 1-81. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan and the MPO Plan. 90. Addition of a new major collector road, extending from Tasker Road, south of Route 37, north along Evendale Lane, and continuing to Papermill Road. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan, the Crosspointe Rezoning, and the MPO Plan. 91. Addition of a new minor collector road extending south from Caldwell Lane, then east to proposed major collector #90. This has been identified in the Crosspointe Rezoning. 92. Continuation of Justes Drive as a major collector road extending north to Victory Road and Airport Road. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan and the MPO Plan. 93. Addition of a new major collector road extending from Longcroft Road and US Route 522 west to future Warrior Drive north. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan. 94. Reclassify a new major collector road running east to west through the Crosspointe project as anew minor collector road. This has been identified in the Crosspointe Rezoning. 95. Identify Chinkapin Drive as an improved minor collector road. This road will extend the to the south to future western Tasker Road extension (#49). Chinkapin will also extend to the north to the proposed minor collector road #94. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan, and the WATS plan. 96. Realign West Parkins Mill Road to intersect US Route 522 north of its current intersection. West Parkins Mill Road will continue west to future Warrior Drive as a new minor collector road. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan. 97. Addition of an improved minor collector road connecting US Route 522, through Canter Estates, Phase 5, to future West Parkins Mill. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan, and the Canter Estates V MDP. 98. Addition of a new minor collector road connecting Macedonia Church Road to Marcel Drive. This has been identified in the Tasker -Woods Land Use Plan. 99. Identify Shawnee Drive as an improved major collector road from US 11 to Papermill Road. Route 50 East Corridor Land Use Plan 100. Addition of a new major collector road extending west from Airport Road and US Route 522 to future Warrior Drive. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan, the Russell 150 Rezoning, WATS, and the MPO Plan. 101. Addition of a new major collector road extending south from US Route 17/50 and Prince Frederick Drive to US Route 522, and then across I-81 to the Tevis Street alignment in the City of Winchester. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan, the Russell 150 Rezoning, WATS, and the MPO Plan. 102. Addition of a new major collector road extending east from proposed major collector road #100, to the intersection of US Route 17/50 and Sulphur Spring Road. This has been identified in the Land Use Plan, and the Carpers Valley Rezoning. 103. Addition of a new major collector road extending south from Inverlee Way to the proposed Carpers Valley collector road (#102). This has been identified in the Land Use Plan, and the Carpers Valley Rezoning. 104. Extending a major collector road from Channing Drive and Sulphur Spring Road to the Independence Dr / US Route 17/50 intersection. This is not on any of the current plans, but was identified by the CPPS as an important link. 105. Addition of a new minor collector road extending east from future Inverlee Way to Greenwood Road. This is not on any of the current plans, but was identified by staff as an important link. 106. Reclassify Independence Road as a new major collector road that will extend from US Route 17/50, to the intersection of Airport Road and Victory Road. This will fill in the gap between proposed major collector roads #92 and #103. Other 107. Future Route 37 interchanges have been added to the Eastern Road Plan to better coordinate the upcoming growth in Frederick County. 108. The following roads have been identified as improved minor arterial: Millwood Pike (US 17/50), between I-81 and Carpers Valley Road (723); and Northwestern Pike (US 50), between the City line and just west of the WWW property. Berryville Pike has been identified as an improved major arterial. These have been identified in the Frederick County Comprehensive Policy Plan. 109. The southern end of Greenwood Road will continue east to connect with future Channing Drive. This extension will be a new minor collector road. All 03 14, Overview of Changes to Frederic EASTERN ROAD PLAN ITEM #3 Route 37 Alternatives in the Vicinity of the Stonewall Industrial Park VDOT has completed their review of the potential alternative alignments in the vicinity of the Stonewall Industrial Park and staff is expecting their comments very shortly. Once the VDOT comments have been received they will be forwarded to the Committee. Staff is now seeking a recommendation to forward to the Board of Supervisors. Attached please find maps of the alternatives. Staff will also be bringing larger versions of the maps to the meeting. 4. �Zl ----------- O it - N lot 41 251 t % 1. RI6 5'CWrOUR AERW TOG—IC —ING AN. EUVXG a�RaNE MMR- UoN USED �R MIS ENHIBIT W� 70 �AMM W(93) NM 5 PRM M on �� � MHGL PRELIMINARY PLAN WAS C0HP='!;t RW0l DA� 8& A� TMOG—C—G— SU—GR�D AND PRoRtE ExHlglT P°P 80X 1000, 2 W a RIG 1"31. AMALPHO�MPHYW�WMA�DU�NG�20, 3. 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P�TVGRAPHY V� COMPEEM0 DURING K=H 20-01�M I ...... . T1 -N FOR -IF DE 3 VEL ELOPUL 7- OF SAPVA4� FOR UPMN�Cr� ART� kffV. 7103 .W,ANDA�MUMG�OF3ffRe�. ROUTE 37 MARSH & LEGG E560 NORTH LOUDOUN TREET WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA 22601 CORRIDOR C-NWC S Land Surveyors, P.L.C. STONEWALL MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT PHONE; (540) 6670468 FAX (540) 667-0469 FlyL-DF,?1CK COUNTY, VIRGINIA DATE. JULY 6, 2006 SCALE. 1--500' -5 C� L • ITEM #4 Transportation Enhancement Grant Applications Staff is preparing to submit projects for the VDOT enhancement grant program upon which the Committee was briefed at the last meeting. At this time there are several potential projects that staff will review with the committee at the meeting. C • ITEM #5 Updating Projects in Secondary Road Improvement Plan Staff has continued to take the update of the Interstate, Primary, and Secondary road plans through the County committees. The Transportation Committee approved the presented package at its July 24, 2006 meeting and that was in turn approved by the Planning Commission at its meeting on August 13, 2006. As we coordinated with VDOT to finalize this product and prepare for the upcoming revenue sharing application cycle, there are some modifications for the committee to review before the plans go to the Board of Supervisors. The Planning Commission was notified of the likely modifications when they approved the plans. They are as follows: The addition of a drainage project on Stephenson Road in the Stonewall District. The project is shown as number 8 on the attached updated incidental construction table. 2. The addition of Senseny Road in the Redbud District as a revenue sharing project for the upcoming application cycle. The current Secondary Roads major projects table is attached for your reference. 08/2/06 FREDERICK COUNTY INCIDENTAL CONSTRUCTION 2007/2008 through 2012/2013 Incidental construction projects are defined as minor construction projects. Examples involve drainage improvements, site distance improvements, spot widening, replacing overflow pipes with box culverts, and the application of plant mix on existing road surfaces. The Virginia Department of Transportation determines if a proposed project qualifies for Incidental Construction based on the overall scope of the improvement. Page 5 of 5 LU Z o a F- w iu Ih_ z O a W V—�, < 0) Q W z 0 ❑ U yH 20 �LLLU O O O❑ U O W J a 2 W U 1) 661 Redbud Road 0.45 mile east of Rt. 11 RJR Crossing -Install ST $15,000 2005/06 Federal flashing lights & gates 10% Funds match 2) 620 Singhas Road 0.05 mile south of Rt. 803 RJR Crossing -Install BC $17,500 2005/06 Federal flashing lights & gates 10% Funds match 3) 684 Gainesboro 234' southeast of Rt. 522 RJR Crossing -Install GA $17,500 2005/06 Federal Road flashing lights & gates 10% Funds match 4) 684 Gainesboro 0.20 mile east of Rt. 600 RJR Crossing -Install GA $17,500 2005/06 Federal Road flashing lights & gates 10% Funds match 5) 649 Springdale 0.55 mile west of Rt. 11 RJR Crossing -Install BC $13,000 2006/07 Federal Road flashing lights & gates 10% Funds match 6) 1065 Ridgefield Various roads Plant Mix OP $85,000 2007/08 Subdivision 7) 1020 The Meadows Various roads Plant Mix OP $65,000 2007/08 Subdivision 8) 664 Stephenson 0.06 mile East of Rt. 11 Drainage Improvement ST $125,000 2007/08 VDOT/Fred Road Co. Cooperative Project 9) 739 Fox Drive From: 400 ft South of Rt. Construct right turn GA Revenue 522 lane Sharing To: Rt. 522 10) 815 Blossom Drive From 250 ft south of Rt. 7 Construct right turn ST Revenue To: Rt.7 lane Sharing 11) 1400 Apple Ridge Various roads Plant Mix RB $100,000 2008/09 Subdivision Page 5 of 5 08/2/06 FREDERICK COUNTY MAJOR ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS 2007/2008 through 2012/2013 Major road improvement projects command the reconstruction of hardsurfaced roads to enhance public safety. Improvements required for road width, road alignment, road strength, and road gradient are considered major road improvements projects. To be constructed as one project Page 1 of 5 LU LL 0 I LU Q w Z F z 0OU. O Q� .z wlz w Lo� w o fY t- W �O t- f. 0 aJ� o coo w� o � Q o � o LU Q 1) 656' Greenwood Road Route 657 Route 655 4400 1.36 miles SH/RB $4,501,900 UN/SH Feasibility Phase Sulphur Springs 2) 655" Road Route 656 Route 50 5700 0.78 miles SH $6,461,900 UN/SH Feasibility Phase 3) 1520 Iverlee Way Route 50 Route 657 NIA 1.06 miles SH Revenue UN/SH Feasibility Sharin Phase 4) East Tevis Street 0.2 Miles Route 522 N/A 0.2 miles SH Potential UN/SH Feasibility west of Rt. Revenue Phase 522 Sharing To be constructed as one project Page 1 of 5 C� • • ITEM #6 Willow Run Internal Road System Representatives from Greenway Engineering will be present to brief the Committee on the proposed Willow Run rezoning. The primary interest to the Committee at this time is the makeup of the interior road system in the development. Greenway staff has been working with County and VDOT staff for some time refining this portion of the rezoning and it appears timely to get an opinion from the Transportation Committee. There is also a proposed interchange with this development; however, that is a somewhat separate issue from the internal roadway system and the plans for that interchange are not yet far enough along for committee review. • • C: ITEM #7 Article Distribution Attached please find a number of articles of interest that staff has come across since the last meeting. Tysons Landowners Could Cover Cost Of Metro Tunnel w ashingtonpostcorn Tysons Landowners Could Cover Cost Of Metro Tunnel State Considers Raising Tax in Area By Alec MacGillis Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, July 26, 2006; B05 Amid indications that Virginia is leaning toward building a Metrorail extension to Dulles International Airport below ground through Tysons Corner, Fairfax County officials and Tysons landowners are discussing a higher tax on Tysons properties to pay for a tunnel. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) and Transportation Secretary Pierce R. Homer are on the verge of deciding whether to build a tunnel or elevated track for the four -mile Tysons stretch of the 23 -mile extension to Dulles. results of a two-month study of the question by a panel of independent engineers. Page 1 of 2 A.a. ._n -,r Tomorrow, they are to receive the The decision has emerged as a defining moment for the $4 billion project and for the future of Tysons Corner. Fairfax officials, Tysons landowners and some Metro officials say a tunnel would be less disruptive during construction and would contribute far more to the county's hopes of transforming Tysons into a walkable, urban -style hub. But others, including the project's contractors, say a tunnel would be prohibitively expensive and would delay the extension. Sources involved in the project say signals from Richmond increasingly suggest that the state is leaning toward the tunnel option. Anticipating that outcome, Fairfax officials, Tysons landowners and others involved in the project are turning to the next question: how to cover the additional cost, which some estimates have put at $200 million or more. The funding option getting the most attention, at least for now, is to increase the tax being paid by landowners along the Tysons portion of the line, who are contributing $400 million to the project through a special tax district. The landowners -- the owners of shopping malls, office buildings and car dealerships, among others -- agreed to the contribution partly because Fairfax zoning rules will allow many of them to build more densely once rail is in place. The landowners are likely to gain even more from a tunnel, because an elevated track would be less aesthetically pleasing and would limit development along the route. That is why they are a natural candidate to contribute even more toward a below -ground approach, said Fairfax Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly (D). "Some of the landowners have been great proponents of a tunnel, so in our discussions back and forth, there's been some talk about the fact that if you're such a big proponent of a tunnel, you have to be prepared to bear some of the burden as well," he said. Whether landowners agree to pay more toward the project remains to be seen. But executives at WestGroup, one of the three biggest landowners at Tysons and a leading tunnel proponent, made clear that they were open to the proposal. "What's most important is that the project is done right," said Keith Turner, a WestGroup senior vice president. "There are several avenues [for funding], one of which is coming back to the landowners. I certainly think it's one possibility." A higher tax on landowners could take several forms. The existing tax district could be revised so that everyone is paying at a higher rate, but there is also talk of creating a second district that would apply only to those with land http://www.washingtonpost.comlwp-dynlcontent/article/2006lO7l251AP 20060725 01365_pf.html 7/26/2006 Tysons Landowners Could Cover Cost Of Metro Tunnel closest to the four planned stations at Tysons. Page 2 of 2 The argument for the second approach is that those nearest the stations would be granted the biggest increases in allowed building density. The Lerner Co. has approval to build a half-dozen more towers near Tysons I1 Galleria if rail comes to the area, and Macerich Co. plans to add office buildings and 1,250 housing units around Tysons Corner Center. Macerich East Development president John Anderson said he was also open to paying more for a tunnel. "We'd need to see the details ... but ... we would certainly give a tax district change our best consideration," he said. Finding additional money from the other entities already contributing would not be easy. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which is in the process of taking control of the project, is slated to pay more than half of its cost using revenue from the Dulles Toll Road, and paying even more could mean unpopular toll increases. The federal government is unlikely to offer more than the $900 million it is expected to contribute. As it is, the project is at risk of losing that funding if the federal government deems the overall cost in excess of its cost-effectiveness standards. Some tunnel proponents argue that a tunnel would cost no more than an elevated track if the state was willing to break off its existing contract, a no -bid "public-private partnership" with Bechtel and Washington Group International, and then competitively bid the project. The contracting group's director, Roger Picard, rebutted this suggestion yesterday, saying that the partnership offers efficiencies beyond what conventional bidding would provide and that redoing the contract would cause delays, since "we have a team already in place with knowledge of every detail of this project." Scott Kasprowicz, a deputy state transportation secretary, declined to comment on whether the state is considering rebidding the project. "We'll look at all options once we have" the engineers' report, he said. © 2006 The Washington Post Company Ads by Google Gates of McLean Condos Recent sales and neighborhood information from your area Realtor www.tysonsliving.com Tysons Corner VA Homes View All Homes For Sale in The Tysons Corner Area www.N\/FH.com McLean & Tysons VA Apts. Prime location! Spacious apartments Great value & excellent amenities. www.DolleyMadisonapts.com http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dynlcontent/article/2006/07/25/AR2006072501365_pf.html 7/26/2006 HAMPTON ROADS News (Printable Version) Page 1 of 2 VDOT finds competition for new top official fierce By TOM HOLDEN, The Virginian -Pilot © July 28, 2006 Last updated: 111:;;^ PM Many top-level executives may prefer overseeing construction projects in war-torn countries to those at the Virginia Department of Transportation. The search for a new VDOT commissioner has taken longer than expected, Transportation Secretary Pierce Homer said, because of fierce competition from foreign lands. "With so much work available in Iraq and China, anyone with an ounce of infrastructure ability is highly prized right now," Homer said. "There is enormous demand for experienced infrastructure managers. It is an extremely competitive global market." Hot regional markets, such as an on going construction boom in Las Vegas, also are pulling highly rated managers away, a top recruiter said. Frank J. Bruckner, executive vice president for Kimmel & Associates, a leading executive search firm in Asheville, N.C., for the commercial construction industry, said the forces at work are "like a perfect storm" for recruiters. "It's absolutely true. I came here 15 years ago - there were four of us working here," he said. "We now have 120 full-time recruiters, and we can't keep up with the demand." Las Vegas is a good example of why, he said. The city's convention and tourism industry completed $3.8 billion in new construction in 2005, according to the Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority. That volume of work - more is under way this year - is drawing construction managers from all over the nation. "The salary range is $160,000 to $180,000 for construction managers. These companies will employ 10 people like that, and they'll report to a director of construction who earns 25 percent more than they do," Bruckner said. "And all of them would report to a person of the type that Virginia is trying to recruit." VDOT's commissioner makes between $105,000 and $185,000 a year, depending on experience, Homer said. Despite competition from private industry, Virginia has attracted "good candidates," he said, declining to name them. VDOT's previous commissioner, Philip A. Shucet, took the job at "enormous personal and financial cost," Homer said, when he left the Michael Baker Corp. in Virginia Beach to oversee the agency. Shucet left VDOT almost 13 months ago after winning widespread praise for his efforts to reform the agency by focusing the department on delivering work on time and on budget. A bipartisan committee and a representative from Korn/Ferry International, an executive talent search firm that Virginia is using, is expected to meet this week to consider internal and external candidates, Homer said. The final decision is Gov. Tim Kaine's. "We want someone who can run, motivate and change a large organization," Homer said. http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/print.cfm?story=108268&ran=246068 7/28/2006 HAMPTON ROADS News (Printable Version) Page 2 of 2 One of the first tasks the new commissioner will face is outlining a business strategy that addresses outsourcing, as well as VDOT's work force. VDOT employ s about 9,000 people today, 1,300 fewer than when Shucet took the helm. The size of the budget or the work force should not matter to the next commissioner, Shucet said. "VDOT has a role in defining Virginia's transportation needs," Shucet said, "but the new commissioner needs to run the best state agency he can, whether it's well -funded or poorly funded." Interim Commissioner Gregory A. Whirley Sr., the department's former inspector general, has been running VDOT since July 1, 2005. Whirley said the work is "exciting and very rewarding." He has expressed an interest in the job. Del. Leo C. Wardrup Jr., R -Virginia Beach and chairman of the House Transportation Committee, said the next commissioner "probably needs to understand something about transportation without necessarily being involved in the nitty-gritty of transportation funding." Wardrup said he does not know why the process has taken so long, but he said it may be as simple as the governor and the secretary of transportation being reasonably happy with Whirley's performance. "Greg Whirley is a very talented person, but he's more of a CPA type," Wardrup said. Sen. Martin E. Williams, R -Newport News, is chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee and also is serving on the search committee. He said candidates may be reluctant to apply because the General Assembly has so far failed to develop a long-range construction funding plan. "The job is not appealing to people, unless you want to be the VDOT commissioner who learned to patch holes faster," Williams said. "It looks like there's not going to be an agreement on money for transportation, and I think that's a deterrent to attracting top- notch people. "You don't put any names on maintenance projects." . Reach Tom Holden at(757) 446-2331 ortom.holden@pilotonline.com. © 2006 HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/print.cftn?story=108268&ran=246068 7/28/2006 Developer Cancels Offer Of $22 Million to Town By Sandhya Somashekhar Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, August 5, 2006; Page B03 A giant development company is withdrawing its offer to give a Virginia town an unprecedented amount of money in exchange for approval to build a subdivision, citing the cooling housing market for the change of heart. Centex Homes of Dallas, one of the nation's largest developers, said it can no longer afford to offer Warrenton $22 million -- almost half the town's annual budget -- to approve 300 luxury homes for seniors within its borders in Fauquier County. The developer notified Warrenton officials in a letter received Thursday. "It was possible to consider such [an offer] as remotely feasible only in a rising market, where Centex could hope to make a reasonable return on its very substantial investment," wrote Robert K. Davis, the company's division president. "[We] would not have made that agreement had it been possible to predict the timing of the current residential downturn." The deal would have been the most generous cash donation of its kind in state history, industry officials said. Warrenton would have collected nearly $74,000 a home, more than double what Fauquier usually receives from a developer. Warrenton officials said they were stunned by the letter. The tone, they said, was confrontational compared with the "good faith" discussions that had occurred for more than a year. In the letter, Davis gave an ultimatum: Approve a higher -density project, which would be more profitable for the company, or give up the $22 million. Town officials say Centex has other options, such as renegotiating the cost of the land. Centex officials declined to comment beyond the letter. Warrenton officials said they will continue to negotiate with the company. "The tooth fairy brought us a lot of money," said John "Sparky" Lewis, a Town Council member. Last month, the Town Council agreed in principle to annex the 492 acres, now an unincorporated part of Fauquier, allowing Centex to connect to Warrenton's sewer system. The resolution for annexation came after concessions from Centex. The company had t_ nn0t_ _ hoped to build nearly aonurnes, which r auquier and Warrenton rejected. Centex scaled back the project to satisfy opponents, settling on 298 luxury homes for buyers 55 or older starting at $850,000. They also offered $22 million to sweeten the deal. Town officials had praised the deal as a victory for local governments seeking influence over the subdivisions popping up across the region. It had been a particularly unusual agreement because in Virginia, developers typically give local governments a per -parcel amount to offset the effect on schools and roads. Because it would be a senior community on a major thoroughfare, the Warrenton development would have had a minimal effect on both. The millions of dollars would have been pure profit to the town of 8,000, which planned to use it to pay off the debt on a new aquatic center. Last month, Centex defended the concessions, which industry specialists called a bribe, saying they were the "cost of doing business" in Virginia. In this week's letter, however, Davis said the compromise would be an untenable loss because it "represents a 56 percent decrease in the potential yield of the property." The outlook for home sales has changed in recent months. Home prices in the Washington area declined this summer for the first time in five years, and some economists predict that the trend may deepen in the coming years. But demand for "active -adult housing" for older people is growing. Could rising gas prices kill the suburbs? - Buying a House - MSN Real Estate Could rising gas prices kill the suburbs? When a nigh -cost commute reaches the point of no -return, home buyers will start finding houses closer to work. In fact, some already are. By Marilyn Le,-A-�s ■ 10 cities hurt worst by rising gas prices ■ Great, cheap places you'd want to live ?C,,­',!scve c From our Sponsors ■ Foreclosure listings ■ Home Contractor ■ Find a new apartment Pagel of 3 Rising fuel costs are being oiamed for everything from soaring utility costs to !ower retai sales and higher airline tickets. And now, experts say high gas prices could reshape U.S. cities. "Most analysts believe that crude oil prices in the $50s and $60s will be with us for some time," says Stuart Gabriel, director of the Lusk Center, a think tank at the University of Southern California devoted to studying real estate forces and trends. There's even a;: crude hitting $100 per barrel -- or 10 times what it sold for in the summer of 2005. Once the realization soaks into the American consciousness that high-cost gas is here to stay, Gabriei ;predicts, those high co,nnmute prices wili pui! more homeowners -- even young farnilies -- to live ii. central cites and creai:e a push for more public transportatior City of the future, fere, scop Gabriel already sees change in car -centric Los Angeles, where the commuter culture has for years pushed mile upon mile of city sprawl into neighboring towns and farmland. But now Gabriel says KB Horne is leading the way to a new type of neighborhood. ■ On Money: Gas -saving devices Once scams rce thought of as a first -home builder, !<B in June launched KB Urban to develop high- density, mixed-use projects. The first such project will be a 2 -million -square -foot complE of luxury hotels and private residences built in par'nership with hoteiier Marriott International and sports -and -enter Cainment company AEG, owner of L.A.'s Staples Center. This kind of development, Gabrie believes, will help make L.A. a denser, European -type centra! city. ?t is celebrated in a 2004 film called "The End of Suburbia." "If you or I come back to Los Angeles 15 years from now, we are not going to see (the current) persistent pattern of buildin single-family detached homes farther and Farther into the desert," Gabriel says. Instead, he says, expect "a denser center city, denser inner -rind suburbs ... a city that is more vertical." 110gh gass ,+, tures aided' incentive to n -'File In truth, the trend toward city !iving began before the oil -price run up, Gabriel says. But high gas prices are reinforcing the changes already begun by homebuyers reacting to congested freeways, long commute hours and the desire for a c!fferent kind of life. In San Jose, Caiif., builders have c ustered attractive condominium develop.me.its at and around light-rail stations as the system was built and expanded. An example of transit -oriented development, planners have expected for some time that high commute costs would create a market for such homes. Walter Molony, spokesman for the National Association of Realtors, says that the gas -price spike is still too new to have generated much in the way of hard data. But if one informal Web survey is correct, commuter wariness looks like it could soon shape home -sales trends. At Homel"ages.com, 45% of 2,000 readers polled during one week i.. May agreed that gas prices were "very important" to them in choosing a home. Among the most -important factors in a home location, a short commute was second only to a safe neighborhood. Gas prices stha pe the hunt for I• ornes I -law important lja'vre 1.i$i1)g :las, prices bees, in hirvi you tl ink about where you ►avant tv �Jery important 45% Somewhat important 25% Not very important 11% Not important at all 16% http://realestate.msn.com/buying/Articlenewhome.aspx?cp-documentid=742526&GTI =8479 8/15/2006 Could rising gas prices kill the suburbs? - Buying a House - MSN Real Estate INo change 13% Whi€ tIl f5 't_?'f BrE KrIOSt ifillriortant to you when Choosing 'where to live? 'Cll9eck ail that a :i`3l Safe neighborhood 74% Short commute to work 40% Close to good schools 39% Close to parks, water or other recreation 24% Page 2 of 3 Source: May 2006 Web site survey at House✓alues.com consumer sites, including Ho rePages.com and lustLisied.com. When market research experts from 'Keaton ;research pe. forrned a simi zr survey in 2005, only 8% of the peo?!e who responded rated a short commute as important, says Hugh Siler, of HouseValues,co '1, which owns the HomePzges site. Matt Loose, 28, and Dana Loose, 29, chase their first home -- in the close -in Deriver suburb of Centennial -- with an eye to keeping their commutes as short as possib!e while ful;illing their dreams of owning a brand-new home. They recently closed the sale of their $250,000, three-bedroom, two -and -a -half bath home in a KB Home develocment called Village at Centennii "The main driving force behind our movewas the convenience of the comrnute, as opposed to moving to a iocation that is farther outside of the metro area," said MatL. The new Torre is near a park-and-ride lot and a soon -to -be -built Tight -rail line, which will give him a 30 -minute commute to his job as a civil engineer in nearby Englewood. Dana, a meeting and hospitalit specialist, will be able to get to her job at a downtown Denver law firm in about 30 minutes. While they won't be able to walk to work, many of their contemporaries are driving 45 minutes to an hour, to new subdivisions being built or, farmiand. "We really liked the surrounding neighborhood," Matt says of Centennial, "and we liked the fact that it wasn't way, way out in the middle of nowhere." The; eciano.mics of suburbia Economist Jack Lessinger points out that suburbia not only depends on autos for cornmuting to and from jobs, but that everything in the suburbs -- from stores to schools to restaurants -- requires increasingly expensive trips i1 cars. Lessinger the author of "Penturbia: Where Real Estate Will Boom After the Crash of Suburbia." "Suburbia is full of gar-fiurg destinations," says Lessinger. "It was oriented as a place where they could sell more goods and services, with shopping centers and subdivisions everywhere. It really maximizes the use of cars. it makes sense that, with high gas prices, the more -distant places are going to be hit the most." Like Gabriel, Lessinger predicts that the shape of communities to come will be circular and concentrated, and dictated by the need to conserve, where "the suburban plan is here, there and everywher Young faimilies may have previously been lured out of cities in search of big back yards for the kids, but diving their flight tc suburbia were escalating house prices in cities and the relative afforcability of new subdivisions at the edge of towns. But with tide cost of gas hovering around $3 per gallon on average in the U.S., it's worth considering whether a shorter commute would pay for the incremental cost o'1 a more expensive in -city home. Assuming a full-timeob, $3 gas, 26 ;rpg and 50 cents a mile for mairaenarce and no parking fees, a 50 -mile rour.dtrip commute costs $546.15 a month, or $7,753.80 a year, acco. sing to the City of Bellevue, Wash.'s, Commute Cost Calculato: Moving closer to work boosts your house -buying power. Everything else being equal, a 10 -mile, rouncitrip commute costs ju, $1,550.76 yearly -- saving about $6,200 per year, or $517 monthly. That can add about $80,000 to the total amount of a mortgage loan, says one Chicago lender. The rule of thumb: Each $250 a month you can free up for mortgage payments equals roughly $40,000 mere you can borrow at current rates (using the recent national average of 6.50/6), says David Kasprisin, district sales manager for National City Mortgage Co. in Chicago. Of course, if you're driving to work in a city, you're likely to pay up for parking. But ever, factoring in $20C per month for those fees, you'd still save $3,80C a year with the shover commute -- good for at least another $40,000 on your mortgage. And chances are city living would make public transportation a viable option. Taking the bus -- in Bellevue, at least -- cuts tl cost of the commute to between $600 and $1,000 per year, depending on whether you need a o -..e- or two -zone bus ticket. This puts your savings back up around $558-$593 per month. http://realestate.msn.com/buying/Articlenewhome.aspx?cp-documentid=742526&GT 1=8479 8/15/2006 Could rising gas prices kill the suburbs? - Buying a House - MSN Real Estate Page 3 of 3 Kasprisin says iCs not hard to make the argument to itis underwriters tnat a low -commute applicant should get a bigger loar He says, "Look, these people live near public transportation, you can take that into account. We're pretty flexible and look a the entire person's picture forgetting their loan approved. We're not just looking at debt -to -income ratios; we're looking at whole mixture." Additionally, Gabriel predicts that "in -pili" developments eventually will make city living aven more affordable. The key is building homes closer together -- say, 20 units on a site, rather than five, he says. Such homes are smaller than suburban homes, but closer to work and priced right. Not there ye , As Matt and Dara Loose's house -hunting shows, not everyone with an eye to shortening their commute today car, eschew tf suburbs altogether. The Looses would have liked to have purchased even deeper into the city, :f they could have found an affordable new horne L`here. So despite rising gas pricas and the interest in urban in -fill, most oic developers are still focused on the traditional bread-arn butter suburban projects. "While we have increased the amount of attached homes in recent years co accommodate buyers who chose o five closer to urban centers, we continue see a large percentage of buyers who are willing to trade a bit of a drive in order to have the home of their dreams," says Sierra Wilson:, KB Home spokeswoman. The crick for consu;-ners, 'Chan, is still finding that sweet spot between a si,crter comp-nute and affordability. For many, that means the suburbs are stili in the rurring. As Matt Loose says of his new neighborhood, "I't's gine suburbs, but it's not way cut in tie bocnies. See Brand -New Homes From Morse""4 Home pians Manufactured homes http://realestate.msn.com/buying/Articlenewhome.aspx?cp-documentid=742526&GT 1=8479 8/15/2006 HAMPTON ROADS News (Printable Version) Page 1 of 2 Forecast for roads is bleak, say area leaders By TOM HOLDEN, The Virginian -Pilot © August 20, 2006 Last updated: 0:33 Awl For a moment last fall, signs were abundant that a solution was at hand for the region's creaking transportation network. Years of worsening bridge -tunnel congestion and overhaul at the Virginia Department of Transportation appeared to have convinced the General Assembly that it was time to act. But with a special legislative session expected to begin next month and no apparent progress among warring political factions, regional leaders are worried that the opportunity to fix Hampton Roads' mobility problems are slipping away. "I don't think there is a chance for a legitimate transportation solution this year," said Michael J. Barrett, a long time civic activist and chief executive of the Runnymede Corp., a Virginia Beach commercial real estate firm. "I am as pessimistic as I ever have been." Adding to the worries is a statement by Sen. Martin E. Williams, R -Newport News, a champion of the proposed third -bridge tunnel linking South Hampton Roads and the Peninsula, who said the project may be too expensive to build. "In reality, we need to get the third crossing off the table," Williams told the Hampton City Council earlier this month. " It's probably going to fall off the table under its own weight." Williams said recently that he's not writing off the project but that its huge $4.1 billion price tag is distorting the region's other urgent transportation needs. Removing the proposed third crossing, he said, might help Virginia find a way to pay for Hampton Roads' less expensive projects. "It's gotten to the point that the package is so heavy that you can't get anyone to lift it," Williams said. Williams' comments were a punch in the stomach to regional planners who are trying to keep afloat six major projects that they call "the package." The six would require more than $8.9 billion, with nearly half the money going to the third crossing. "We'd like to see the package funded, but we are realistic in that it does not appear the whole plan will be funded," said E. Dana Dickens, president and chief executive officer of the Hampton Roads Partnership, a coalition of business and civic leaders that has long advocated increased investment in transportation. The coalition knows there will likely need to be an alternative plan, he said. The package also includes a new Midtown tunnel and extending the Martin Luther King Freeway down to the Western Freeway, rebuilding U.S. 460 to interstate standards, widening portions of Interstate 64 on the Peninsula and south side, and the Dominion Boulevard/Southeastern Parkway and Greenbelt linking Chesapeake and Virginia Beach. The Metropolitan Planning Organization, which sets the region's transportation policies, has told the General http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/print.cfm?story=109552&ran=179791 8/21/2006 HAMPTON ROADS News (Printable Version) Page 2 of 2 Assembly that the projects can be built with $275 million in new revenue and the ability to impose tolls. The MPO's push for raising money has led to a test of wills between the organization and Del. Leo Wardrup Jr., R -Virginia Beach, chairman of the House Transportation Committee. "These folks who want it all and blame Richmond when they don't get it are sticking their heads in the sand," Wardrup said. The MPO needs to trim its list, Wardrup said. But MPO members say legislators have to tell them how much money they're willing to provide before cuts are made. "We want all six projects," said Regina V. K. Williams, Norfolk's city manager. "If the General Assembly doesn't want to do the third crossing, then they need to say that and accept responsibility for that decision." Wardrup said he wants new roads built. He favors starting with U.S. 460. He also wants to build portions of the third crossing, although he has not announced plans for paying for it. Del. Bob Purkey, R -Virginia Beach and chairman of the House Finance Committee where a regional transportation bill is pending, urged patience. "There's plenty of reason to be hopeful," he said. 1 think the roads will get built. I think U.S. 460 is at the top of the list. I think the third crossing will be built, but in stages. And it will take years. I don't see any of them being built without tolls. The question is how high the tolls." Whatever decisions are made in Richmond, Art Collins, executive director of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, said the project plans cannot sit idle indefinitely. Federal rules require the region to submit its transportation plans for environmental and fiscal review. If the projects make the air more polluted, or if the plan cannot be built with known money, then the projects may have to be cancel ed. Leaders in the House and Senate - where debate stalled during the regular legislative session this year over raising taxes and setting tolls - have not agreed on when they will return to debate money for roads. They're hoping for late September. "The frustration level is beyond measure," said Del. Glenn Oder, R -Newport News, a member of the transportation committee. "I'm not frustrated with the plan, or the expense. I'm frustrated with the inability to develop and design a way to pay for the roads." Reach Tom Holden at (757) 446-2331 ortom.holden@pilotonline.com. © 2006 Hampton Roads.com/PilotOnline. corn http://home.hamptonroads. com/stories/print.cfm?story=109552&ran=179791 8/21/2006 • L • ITEM #8 Follow-up Discussion of Transportation Impact Fees Meeting on August 22, 2006 On Tuesday, August 22, 2006 staff members from Stafford County will be briefing all of those who are able to attend that meeting. Staff has observed that several Transportation Committee members will be present. This agenda item is meant to be an opportunity for follow-up discussion of that meeting. • J • ITEM #9 Other Business