1. WELCOME!
Please sign-in at Front Desk and pick up a Project Brochure and Speaker Request Card
Feel free to review project displays and discuss
project with FDOT Staff (Yellow Name Tags)
and Design Consultants (Red Name Tags)
Slide Presentation begins at 5:45 PM
Public Hearing (after presentation until 7:00 PM):
Participants must submit a completed
Speaker Request Card prior to speaking
Comment Forms are also available

2. PUBLIC HEARING Ridgewood Avenue / U.S. 1 / S.R. 5
2/5/2009
PUBLIC HEARING
Ridgewood Avenue / U.S. 1 / S.R. 5
Safety Improvement Project
From North of Falcon Avenue to North of Lamont Street
in the City of Edgewater, Volusia County, Florida
FDOT Project Number:
Federal Aid Project Number: P
September 8, 2011
Derek Dixon
Consultant Project Management

3. MEETING AGENDA Exhibit review and informal questions and
answers with Project Staff (5:00 – 5:45 PM)
Slide Show Presentation (5:45 PM)
Public Hearing (after presentation until 7:00PM):
Participants must complete a Speaker Request
Card
Comment Forms

4. GOVERNING LEGISLATION Ridgewood Avenue Safety Improvement Project
FDOT Project Number:
Federal Aid Number: P
Florida Senate Bill 1842 (Enacted November, 2010)
Federal Highway Act of 1968, as Amended
Title 23 of United States Code, Chapter 1, Section 128
Florida Statute

5. TITLE VI & TITLE VIII COMPLIANCE
This meeting is being held to give all interested persons the right to understand the project and comment on concerns to the Florida Department of Transportation. The meeting is being held to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended.
Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability or family status. Persons wishing to express their concerns relative to FDOT compliance with Title VI and/or Title VIII may do so by contacting the FDOT, District Five, Title VI and VIII Coordinator Lorie Matthews, 719 South Woodland Boulevard, Deland, Florida or the Florida Equal Opportunity Office, 605 Suwannee Street, Room 260, Mail Station 65, Tallahassee, FL All inquiries or complaints will be handled according to FDOT procedure and in an expeditious manner.

7. PRESENTATION OUTLINE Project Corridor Limits
Proposed Roadway Improvements
Safety Enhancements
Improvement Justification
Access Management Criteria
Benefits of Access Management
Pre-Design Efforts
Project Design Schedule

8. PROJECT CORRIDOR Project Begins North of Falcon Avenue
Project Ends North of Lamont Street
Total Length = 2.1 Miles

9. PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS
Close median openings to reduce crashes and improve safety
Install Directional Median Openings and Full Access Median Openings per current criteria (Directional Median Openings restrict left turn and through movements from side street approaches)
Provide southbound to westbound right turn lane along Ridgewood Avenue at the Park Avenue intersection
Install new pavement markings and traffic signs
Maintain existing signalized intersections
Maintain existing number of through lanes (no widening)
No Right-of-Way required

10. PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS

11. PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS

12. PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS

13. PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS

14. PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS

15. WHAT ARE CONFLICT POINTS?
Conflict Point = Area of potential interaction (collision) between two vehicles (Minor or Major)
Minor Conflict Point = Typically results in less severe injury crashes (lower differential speed, or rear end, sideswipe, etc.)
Major Conflict Point = Typically results in more severe injury crashes (higher differential speed, or head-on, right-angle, etc.)
Before completing a vehicular movement, drivers must evaluate the potential for conflicts (minor and major) and these evaluations must often be completed simultaneously
Vehicular Movement
Median Opening
Major Conflict Points
Minor Conflict Points
Left Turn (from Side Street)
Full Access 5 1
Right Turn (from Side Street)
Directional 2
U-Turn (from Main Line)

16. SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS
Access management reduces conflict points and crashes:
18 Major & 10 Minor Conflict Points
2 Major & 4 Minor Conflict Points
* One-Way
FULL MEDIAN OPENING
DIRECTIONAL MEDIAN OPENING
0 Major & 4 Minor Conflict Points
RESTRICTIVE MEDIAN
4 Major & 8 Minor Conflict Points
* Two-Way
DIRECTIONAL MEDIAN OPENING

17. IMPROVEMENT JUSTIFICATION
Recommendations and justification documented in an Access
Management Study conducted by FDOT in 2009
Study considered reported crashes between 2005 and 2007 (135)
and anticipated crash reductions
Safety impacts to project corridor (per FDOT Study):
Crash Type
Reported
Crashes Reduced (%)
Rear End 47
7 (15%)
Angle 31
20 (64%)
Left Turn 10
3 (30%)
Other
CRASHES REDUCED:
30 (22%)

18. ACCESS MANAGEMENT CRITERIA
Access management criteria detailed in Chapter of the Florida
Administrative Code
Access Classes 1-7:
- Access Class 1 (High Speeds &
Volumes; Minimal Access)
- Access Class 7 (Low Speeds &
Volumes; Maximum Access)
Access management provides adequate length left turn lanes to
promote corridor efficiency and safety
Median openings should not be present within Functional Areas
near signals = Storage + Deceleration +
Reaction Areas (violates driver expectancy)

19. ACCESS MANAGEMENT CRITERIA
SR 5 / Ridgewood Avenue Access Management Classifications:
- Access Class 3 (South of Indian River Boulevard / SR 442)
- Access Class 5 (North of Indian River Boulevard / SR 442)
Per Chapter of the Florida Administrative Code:
Left turn lane lengths of at least 285’ are recommended to
accommodate vehicle speeds along Ridgewood Avenue
Access Class
Full Median Opening Spacing
Directional Median Opening Spacing
Class 3
½ Mile (2,640 feet)
¼ Mile (1,320 feet)
Class 5
1/8 Mile (660’)

20. ACCESS MANAGEMENT BENEFITS
Reduced Crashes
Improved Traffic Flow
Provides Opportunity for Aesthetic Improvements
Benefit (Reduction in Crashes) to Cost
(Improvements) Ratio = 8.2 (per Study)

21. PRE-DESIGN EFFORTS Access Management Study completed in 2009
Public Information Meeting held October 2010
Design changes since Public Meeting:
SB to WB Right Turn Lane added in November 2010
Emergency access median openings added in April 2011 to
serve new City Fire / Rescue Station
Additional study efforts since Public Meeting:
Additional traffic data collected in December 2010 at Marion
Avenue, Shangri La Drive, Turgot Avenue, Ocean
Avenue and adjacent intersections
Traffic data was analyzed by FDOT and it was determined
that the volumes did not support proceeding to formal
Signal Warrant Studies

22. PROJECT DESIGN SCHEDULE
Field Data Collection Began: February 2011
Design Began: April 2011
Final Plans Review: January 2012
Plans Complete: May 2012
Construction Letting: October 2012
Construction Complete: Summer 2013

23. SPEAKER CARD
If you wish to speak, please feel free to obtain and complete a Speaker Request Card:

24. COMMENT FORM Derek Dixon Consultant Project Management
Please feel free to obtain and complete a Comment Form:
Please submit ( or Mail) all comments by September 19, 2011
(Mailing address pre-printed on Comment Form)
Mail / Comments to:
Alicia Gray
Additional Concerns:
Derek Dixon
Consultant Project Management

25. RECORDING IN PROGRESS PUBLIC HEARING
Comments limited to 3 minutes per person
Please state your name and address
and what organization you represent (if any)
Please speak clearly and slowly into the microphone so that
you may be accurately recorded by the court reporter
RECORDING IN PROGRESS
Public Hearing Concludes at 7:00 PM