TC 10-22-07 Meeting AgendaCOUNTY of FREDERICK
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Frederick County Transportation Committee
FROM: John A. Bishop, AICP, Deputy Director - Transportation
RE: October 22, 2007 Transportation Committee Meeting
DATE: October 15, 2007
The Frederick County Transportation Committee will be meeting at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, October
22, 2007 in the Board Room of the Frederick County Administration Building, 107 North Kent
Street, Winchester, Virginia.
AGENDA
1. Access Management
2. Interchange Improvement Priority
3. Article Review
4. Other
Please contact our department if you are unable to attend this meeting.
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Item 1: Access Management
Attached please find the resolution approved by the Board of Supervisors regarding VDOT's draft
access management standards.
In addition, staff expects to bring the first section of proposed County access management standards
for the Committee's review and comment. Please note that per the Board's direction, the Committee
will not be asked to forward recommendations on access management until after the next legislation
session.
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RESOLUTION
BY THE
FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Virginia Department of Transportation
Draft Access Management Regulations and Standards
The Board of Supervisors of Frederick County, in regular meeting on the 10th day of October 2007,
adopted the following:
WHEREAS, access management standards are important to protect and enhance the safety and
capacity of our roadways; and
WHEREAS, the County is supportive of the statewide effort to develop access management
standards; and
WHEREAS, the County would like to emphasize how important it is that the clause that allows
more stringent local regulation to supercede those of VDOT continue to be included in the draft
regulation; and
WHEREAS, the regulation and standards do little to address the built environment except in certain
situations, leading the County to wonder how situations such as disconnected frontage roads will be
resolved and how existing intersections and plans that do not meet interchange or intersection
spacing standards will be dealt with; and
WHEREAS, the County is concerned about the impacts the short public comment period has had on
the ability of localities to fully examine the draft standards and regulations within their Committee
and Board schedules; and
WHEREAS, the County feels that the proposed intersection and entrance spacing standards needs
more review.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, this Board, while supportive of the effort being
undertaken, would like more review and development of the draft access management standards and
regulations, particularly as regards to the items noted above.
PDRes. #44-07
This resolution shall be in effect on the day of adoption.
Passed this 10th day of October 2007 by the following recorded vote:
Richard C. Shickle, Chairman
Philip A. Lemieux
Gene E. Fisher
Charles S. DeHaven Jr.
PDRes. #44-07
Barbara E. Van Osten
Gary Dove
Bill M. Ewing
A COPY ATTEST
John R. Riley, Jr.
Frederick County Administrator
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Item 2: Interchange Improvement Priority
At the request of the County Administrator, staff has prepared a draft priorities list for improvements
to the interchanges of I-81 in Frederick County. Please see the suggestions below for the
Committee's review and adjustment as desired. Staff will be asking the Committee to forward a
recommended list to the Board.
1. Exit 307 relocation
2. Exit 317 improvements
3. Exit 310 completion
4. Exit 315 safety improvements
5. Exit 315 improvement to ultimate per VDOT 1999 plan
6. Exit 313 redecking and improvement to ultimate design
In addition to these, there is a need for a significant planning and study undertaking to determine
what the needs are for Exits 321 and 323. These exits have significant physical constraints and are
under a lot of pressure from Route 11 corridor growth. It would be one thing to study them from just
the aspect of Route 11, but a more extensive effort will need to be undertaken with assistance from
elected and appointed officials to determine what the vision is for that portion of the County before
determining an appropriate design.
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Item 3: Article Review
L.A. interstate reopens after tunnel fire - CNN.com
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L.A. interstate reopens after tunnel fire
• Story Highlights
• NEW: Most lanes of 1-5 reopened in area of deadly Friday night crash
• NEW: Only southbound truck lane remains closed early Monday
• Bodies of three crash victims found in freeway tunnel north of Los Angeles
• Investigators find 30 commercial vehicles, one passenger vehicle involved
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SANTA CLARITA, California (CNN) -- Most lanes of Interstate 5 reopened hours before the Monday morning commute, the
California Highway Patrol told CNN. A section of the freeway had been closed all weekend in the aftermath of a deadly blaze
Friday night in a Los Angeles County truck tunnel.
All regular north -south lanes in the affected area had reopened early Monday; only the southbound truck lane remained
closed, CHP said.
The southbound truck lane runs through the Newhall Pass tunnel, where 28 trucks and a passenger vehicle crashed, sparking
an inferno that killed two men and a baby.
California's Department of Transportation, known as CalTrans, was still advising drivers to use detours around the route, which
was expected to be congested during the morning commute. - watch driver's dramatic rescue tale
The cause of Friday night's crash and fire in the tunnel between Santa Clarita and Los Angeles remained under investigation.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued an emergency declaration allowing the state's Office of Emergency Services to
assist efforts to clear the roadway.
Firefighters early Sunday cleared the remaining debris from the tunnel.
The fire reached temperatures as high as 1,400 degrees, causing concrete inside the tunnel to explode. Winds whipped the
flames from one end of the tunnel to the other, and the fire continued to smolder until late Saturday afternoon.
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In addition to the three fatalities, 10 people were injured in the blaze, authorities said. Thirty commercial vehicles and one
passenger vehicle were destroyed, said Warren Stanley, assistant chief of the California Highway Patrol.
See a map of the interchange »
CalTrans estimates says the freeway carries up 225,000 vehicles a day.
Deputy chief of the Los Angeles County Fire Department John Tripp said the 10 injured were able to escape with the help of
10 other people who managed to get out of the tunnel unscathed.
"They were able to assist each other and I think that's very commendable ... how all those people were able to help each other
without the first responders," Tripp said.
"When we look at tunnel fires that have happened around the United States, let alone around the world, it was pretty
miraculous that those people were able to get out like they were."
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Item 4: Other