1. Critical Transportation Issues
Funding
Program Delivery
Proposition 500
Eric Anderson, Executive Director
Maricopa Association of Governments
ACEC Breakfast Meeting
May 15, 2018
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2. So what does the Arizona Gas Tax & Starbucks have in common?
Coffee & Croissant
$6.60 (plus tax)
Paying 14.5 cents more per gallon
$6.50 PER MONTH
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3. Arizona 14.2 cents less than average
$426.9 million added revenue if U.S. average
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4. Material Change Request ITEM 2
TRC
11/19/2018
Material Change Request ITEM 2
I-17, Happy Valley Rd and Pinnacle Peak Rd Traffic Interchanges
Additional funds to complete overcrossings:
Higher earthwork costs.
Missed quantities from preliminary design estimates.
Drainage needs at Pinnacle Peak Rd prompted the need for a complete interchange reconstruction.
Additional quiet pavement needs for I-17 mainline.
Greater maintenance of traffic costs.
Current RFHP program amount is $43.5 million.
Recommended request for an additional $19 million.
RFHP cash flow supports this additional funds request.
[READ THE BULLETS ABOVE]
Acknowledge this is a significant increase over the program amount. Both ADOT and MAG staff are not happy about this request and are very concerned that this sizable increase was identified during the Program Rebalancing process all of us undertook last year.
The RFHP cash flow does support this additional funds request.
HOWEVER that, while the Cash Flow does support the program amount, MAG is working with ADOT to ensure these approved program amounts are being adhered to in the project development process. Efforts are underway to expand the award winning Cost Risk Analysis process, undertaken by Chaun Hill, into ADOT’s day-to-day project delivery to monitor the project’s risks through a multi-discipline approach so that mistakes can be minimized. Additional discussion on this matter will be provided in the Quarterly Update.
Mapping credit: Arizona Department of Transportation
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5. Continuous Monitoring
Regional Council
11/19/2018
Continuous Monitoring
Right-of-Way concerns.
Improving economy.
Other Valley construction activities.
Labor and material costs are rising.
Incorporating risk registers into pre-design and environmental phase.
Developing software systems.
Expanding use of Cost Risk Analysis (CRA).
Coordinated scoping sessions between ADOT, MAG, and stakeholders.
Refining project scope at design thresholds.
Re-examining scopes to conform to program amounts.
START BY ISSUE AND OPPORTUNITY Don’t want to talk about issues without presenting solutions.
Labor and material costs
Economy is back and putting strains on previous estimates
ROW is a growing concern
Garretson Case – severances for ‘damage’
Prop 207
Looking at options with ADOT ROW and reaching out assistance from City planning and community development staffs
Expanding CRA
Talked about at previous meeting
Working with ADOT to make this a meaningful part of their predesign and design efforts (willingness is there)
Re-examining Scopes
On the front end, working to establish better scoping sessions between ADOT and its stakeholders
During the project development end, establishing protocols at certain design thresholds to ensure the scopes are not inflating and the program amounts Approved by MAG Regional Council on advice from the TPC Are being adhered to
South Mountain Freeway
Salt River Bridge Construction
(Photo Credit: ADOT)
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6. “Proposition 500” Considerations
Completion of technical studies
Public input on needs.
Focus groups and surveys planned.
Funding uncertainty at state and federal level.
Some interest at Arizona legislature.
Talk at the national level.
Impact of technology.
Sharing economy and autonomous vehicle intro
Better utilization of system through tech
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7. “Proposition 500” Policy Questions
Funding of projects with Regional benefit
Rate and term of extension
Continue ½ cent for 20 years?
Allocation to modes
Maintain three modes: Freeways/highways, transit, arterial streets?
Maintenance & Operations funds
When to go to the ballot?
November general election
2020, 2022 or 2024
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