1. DEL-71 Project at the US 36/SR37 Interchange Round Table Meeting Ferzan M. Ahmed, P.E.- District 6 Deputy Director Steve Fellenger, P.E. – Project Manager Wednesday, March 23, 2011

2. Project History
ms consultants begin initial Safety Study and Design - Fall 2001
Existing Interchange Studies by Gresham Smith & Partners – 2004
Safety Studies by LJB Inc – 2006
Traffic Impact Study submitted by Northstar
Wilson Road Constructed – 2006
Permit to Connect Wilson Road to US 36/SR 37 – Sept. 2006
Public Meeting held for Safety Project – Sept. 2007

3. Project History
Short Term Solution - No Build Condition for the Long Term Interchange Project
Construction Cost Estimate (Stage 2) - $4.33M

4. Project History
Early Meetings with Developers on Interchange – August 2008
Connective Roadway Network Established – October 2008
Traffic Modeling & Certified Traffic Developed – Dec – Aug. 2009
Feasibility Studies Provided by Each Developer – 2009/2010
2009 TRAC Application Submission – November 2009
Combined Feasibility Study – June 2010
Updated Certified Traffic – August 2010
2010 TRAC Application Request – August 2010
Additional Modeling Completed – October 2010 & March 2011
Safety Project Construction (No Build Condition) – Summer 2012

5. Interchange Project Area

6. Transportation Review Advisory Council (TRAC)
DEL-71 project part of the Draft list
Tier II Status
$5M toward Preliminary Engineering
Final List to be provided by April 2011
Schedule/Funding
Current Construction Schedule: Unknown until a preferred alternative is determined
Order of Magnitude estimate by EMH&T and ms consultants
*Includes right of way to be donated.
Interchange – Possible Future TRAC Request - % To Be Determined
Local Road Network – Funded by Local/Developer Partnership
TRAC Request (PE)
Detailed Design
Right of Way*
Construction
Interchange
$5 M
$4 M
$1 M
$40-50 M
Local Road Network
$22 M
$40-60 M
Total
$8 M
$23 M
$ M

7. Task Order/NEPA
Office of Environmental Services (OES) created task order with LJB Inc.
Develop a Purpose and Need Statement
Determine Logical Termini
Create the Existing and Future Conditions Report
Portions of the above Information submitted; Task Order not finalized
NEPA process determines the Preferred Alternative as the project fits the Purpose and Need Statement

8. Project Development Process (PDP)
New PDP designed to help projects like this move faster into Construction.
PDP will focus on established criteria for narrowing alternatives quicker.
PDP works to ensure design is completed concurrent with detailed NEPA work.

9. ODOT’s PDP

10. ODOT’s PDP- Next Steps Develop Concepts/Alternatives
Evaluate options to criteria (impacts, P&N, ROW, Utilities, cost, etc.)
Public/Stakeholder involvement.
Conduct Detailed NEPA studies/design.
IMS/IJS study part of above work.

11. Interchange Modification Study (IMS) Process
Interchange Feasibility Studies have examined access points on Interstate 71 both north and south of US 36/ SR 37.
The studies also examined with and with out Big Walnut interchange as not to prevent it being part of the corridor in the future.
IMS submitted by ms consultants on behalf of NorthGate Development for a Southern Concept Interchange – September 2010
Much of the work for the traffic analyses has been performed and can be used in future analyses.
ODOT agrees the Southern Concept has merit but will not provide further review until the environmental process can identify a preferred alternative. The southern concept provides more traffic relief to the US 36/SR 37 corridor.
The NEPA (PDP) process might find another viable solution or determine different termini for the project which will need to be evaluated.