2012 ACEA MEETING ORANGE BEACH Brad Lindsey, P.E. Assistant State County Transportation Engineer – Pre Construction Alabama Department of Transportation

QUICK TOPICS HRRR PROGRAM UPDATE INITIATING DOCUMENTS CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS HYDRAULIC REVIEWS GENERAL COMMENTS

HRRR Program Update 2011 PROJECT APPLICATIONS REGULAR HRRR SITES (10% LOCAL MATCH BEING REQUIRED) NINE (9) COUNTIES SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS 17 SITES APPROX: $1,491,743.64

HRRR Program Update 2011 PROJECT APPROVALS (REGULAR HRRR PROJECTS) TWELVE (12) SITES WERE APPROVED ONE (1) SITE PENDING TOTAL APPROVED: $1,080,427.83

HRRR Program Update 2011 PROJECT APPLICATIONS SIGN UPGRADE PROJECTS ($40, MAXIMUM) EIGHTEEN (18) COUNTIES SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS $475, ALL PROJECTS WERE APPROVED

HRRR Program Update 2011 IMPORTANT DATES June 1, 2012:Deadline for Final Plans to be submitted to the Division County Transportation Engineer’s office. For HRRR Projects requiring a CE, deadline extension for plans will be considered on a project by project basis.

INITIATING DOCUMENTS Brief Topics Resolutions Accident Data Traffic Request Forms

INITIATING DOCUMENTS Resolutions Descriptions of projects should read from West to East or South to North in order to match stationing of project. Maps should match the description on resolution.

INITIATING DOCUMENTS Accident Data Due to numerous requests for Accident Data, Multimodal is generating data from CARE. Class A injury = INCAPACITING INJURY Class B injury = NON-INCAPACITING INJURY

INITIATING DOCUMENTS Traffic Request Forms New traffic request forms have been sent out. Noted difference: Less internal approval signatures Eliminated question for road classification status

INITIATING DOCUMENTS Traffic Request Forms For County supplied traffic counts the following information needs to be included: Count data showing vehicle class and totals Map showing location of counts Completed Traffic Request Form(s) (as shown next)

CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION (CE) Scope of Work The CE should match the Scope of Work as submitted by the Division. pavement widths guardrail requirements recommended safety improvements, etc… Bridge and/or Culvert information The CE should match the information in ABIMS structure length structure width sufficiency rating design load (H10, H15, etc….) IF INFORMATION IS WRONG IN ABIMS GOOD TIME TO UPDATE!

CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION (CE) Accident Data If the project has an accident(s) containing a Class “A” injury and/or a Fatality then they need to be indentified (type and location) separately by one of the following: Separate Paragraph Using a spreadsheet or table Shown on a map

CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION (CE) Accident Data Separate Paragraph There were two (2) accidents that resulted in Class A injuries. One Class A injury was located at Node The cause of this accident was “FAIL TO YLD ROW”. The other Class A injury was located on Link 1099 between Node 7909 and Node The cause of this accident was “DRV NOT IN CNTRL”. The accidents do not show the primary cause as road related.

CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION (CE) Signature Sheet In order to process the CE’s after corrections (through for example) the signature sheet should be signed in BLUE ink and look like the following example:

HYDRAULIC REVIEWS To expedite the hydraulic review process the following is required by this office on the Plan/Profile sheet: Plan View In-place and proposed horizontal alignment (show geometric data) Location of the downstream floodplain cross-section (including distances, angles, stationing, etc. as related to the roadway alignment) Stationing of streambed upstream and downstream cross-section (including common station where streambed & floodplain cross)

HYDRAULIC REVIEWS To expedite the hydraulic review process the following is required by this office on the Plan/Profile sheet: Profile View In-place and proposed vertical alignment (show geometric data including length of curve and k values) Profile alignment under in-place bridge Natural floodplain cross-section taken downstream of proposed structure (ninety (90) degrees to the floodplain, that is 90 degrees to the channel at a location representing it’s natural state) Streambed profile 500 ft upstream and 500 ft downstream (for drainage area less than twenty (20) square miles)

HYDRAULIC REVIEWS To expedite the hydraulic review process the following is required by this office on the Plan/Profile sheet: General Comments Use graphic scales both horizontal and vertical Provide Design Speed Provide Utility Owners Streambed and/or floodplain cross-section can be shown in separate individual profiles if needed.

GENERAL COMMENTS 1.Boarder sheets are no longer required. 2.Plans to Construction Bureau twelve (12) weeks prior to letting date. 3.Plans to Office Engineer eight (8) weeks prior to letting date.

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