CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes: Updates and Explanations May 4, 2009
CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner Traffic Section Areas of Responsibility –Traffic Analysis –Traffic Design –Traffic Operations Signals Signing Striping Illumination
CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner Background - Budget Budget Funding Sources –Road Fund –MSTIP/MTIP/TIF - SB 994 –Private Development –ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009)
CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner ARRA Project Requirements Economic Stimulus Parameters “Shovel Ready” projects Environmental Impacts Project Size Jobs Bill Time Lines for Delivery
CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner Traffic Projects Projects Moving Forward –School Zone Flashers –Flashing Yellow Arrow (FYA) –Interior Illuminated Signs –Traffic Signal Retiming –Transport Regional Arterial Improvement Project ITS Corridors – Scholls Ferry Road, Cornell Road and 185 th Avenue
CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner Traffic Projects Back-Fill Projects –Emergency Vehicle Preemption –Pedestrian Count Down Head Replacement Fail-Safe Project –Video Detection Other Considered Projects –Recessed Pavement Marker –Retroreflective Sign Replacement
CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner School Zone Flashers 15 locations being considered Estimate - $250,000 Solar Powered Pager Activated Environmental Concerns
CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner FYA/Interior Illuminated Signs Combined Projects 190 intersections retrofit with FYA 240 interior illuminated signs Estimate - $650,000 Environmental Concern/Benefits, $20,000 annual savings
CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner Flashing Yellow Arrow
CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner Traffic Signal Retiming Approximately 170 intersections Focus on corridors Estimate - $600,000 Environmental Benefits Minor CIP – Communications, wireless
CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner Transport Regional Arterial Improvement Project ODOT/Metro Coordination of six jurisdictions Estimate - $4,288,000 –$475,000 for County owned system –$875,000 for ODOT and cities within County Washington County –3 corridors – Scholls Ferry, 185 th and Cornell –Approximately 50 intersections on Washington County system, another 70 intersections within Washington County Scope – Controllers, cabinets, communications, retiming
CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner Emergency Vehicle Preemption Previous work Completes County system Impacts approximately 1/3 of the County signals, 66 intersections Minor environmental benefit Safety benefit Estimate - $320,000
CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner Pedestrian Count Down Head Replacement Approximately 200 intersections, 1,500 pedestrian heads Estimate - $740,000 MUTCD requirement
CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner Video Detection Fail-Safe Flexible Size, fit to available funds Current Program – 42 intersections ITS relationship
CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner Recessed Pavement Markers Estimate - $500,000 Snowstorm damage/advantages Environmental concerns
CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner Retroreflective Sign Replacement 14,000 SF, 1,300 miles of road, 1,400 signs MUTCD Requirement Estimate - $246,000
CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner Kaiser at Bethany/Kaiser at Laidlaw TIF Projects Signalization –FYA (N/S only at Laidlaw, Sight Distance issue) –Right Turn Overlaps –Ped Count Down Signals
CPO 7 Traffic Control Changes May 4 th, 2009 Washington County Land Use and Transportation Tom Tushner Questions Thank you Tom Tushner Principal Engineer Traffic Section (503)