TIGER Grant Application Outline
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Submitted By: Collier County Growth Management Department Location: Collier County, FL Total Project Cost: $16,145,000 Matching Funding: $3,229,000 Grant Requested: $12,916,000 Table of Contents Application Attachments Attachment A: Cover Letter Attachment B: Letters of Support 1 Executive Summary ............................................................................... 1 Attachment C: Benefit-Cost Analysis Spreadsheet 2 Project Description ................................................................................ 2 Attachment D: Federal Wage Rate Certification Letter 2.1 Project Location ........................................................................... 5 Attachment E: Letter of Commitment 2.2 Connections to Existing Transportation Systems ......................... 6 2.3 Needs Addressed ......................................................................... 6 Other Supporting Documents (TIGER VII LINK) 3 Project Parties ........................................................................................ 8 • Future Land Use Maps 3.1 Collier County............................................................................... 8 • Vanderbilt Drive Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Improvement Study 3.2 FDOT ........................................................................................... 8 • Naples Park Walkable Community Study 4 Grant Funds and Sources/Uses of Project Funds .............................. 9 • Collier Area Transit (CAT) Transit Development Plan (TDP) • Collier MPO 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) 5 Selection Criteria ................................................................................. 10 • Collier MPO Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Study 5.1 Long Term Outcomes ................................................................ 10 • Collier MPO 2012 Comprehensive Pathways Plan 5.1.1 State of Good Repair .................................................... 10 • Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of the Metropolitan Area 5.1.2 Economic Competitiveness ........................................... 10 5.1.3 Quality of Life ................................................................ 11 Primary Point of Contact: 5.1.4 Environmental Sustainability ......................................... 14 Lorraine Lantz, Project Manager, Growth Management Department 5.1.5 Safety ............................................................................ 14 Collier County 5.1.6 Project Readiness ......................................................... 15 2800 N. Horseshoe Drive, Naples, Florida, 34104 5.2 Innovation .................................................................................. 20 Tel: 239-252-5779; Fax: 239-525-5815 5.3 Partnership ................................................................................. 21 5.4 Benefit-Cost Analysis ................................................................. 23 5.5 Federal Wage Rate Certification ................................................ 25 Supporting Documentation Links to documents referred in this application may be found at: TIGER VII 6 Planning Approvals ............................................................................. 26 6.1 NEPA ......................................................................................... 26 LINK 6.2 Legislative Approvals ................................................................. 27 I List of Tables Table 1: Project Funding Sources.................................................................... 9 Table 2: Uses of Project Funds........................................................................ 9 Table 3: Collier County TD Population ........................................................... 12 Table 4: Benefits and Costs ........................................................................... 23 Table 5: Pedestrian and Bicyclists Crash Data (2000-2015) ......................... 25 Table 6: Pedestrian and Bicyclists Crash Data Proportions ........................... 25 List of Figures Figure 1: Naples Park Walkable Community Study Priority Segments Map .... 3 Figure 2: Project Location Map ........................................................................ 4 Photo 2 - Delnor Wiggins Bridge Piers Figure 3: Regional Vicinity Map ....................................................................... 6 Figure 4: Labor Force Distribution by Service Area, 2012 ............................. 11 Figure 5: Proposed Typical Sections ............................................................. 16 Figure 6: Project Schedule ............................................................................ 18 Photo 3- Vanderbilt Drive Existing Corridor Photo 1 - Shopping Plaza on Vanderbilt Drive II Project Readiness 1 Executive Summary Design Complete: September, 2016 NEPA Approval: February, 2017 Project Name TIGER Funds Obligated: May, 2017 Collier Community Streets and Infrastructure Project (CCSIP) Construction Start: May, 2017 Construction Complete: December, 2019 Project Type Project Benefits Primary Project Type • Alleviation of congestion on local and adjacent street network Road - Highway (Urban) project that will complete a local street network and connect the community. This project includes total replacement of three bridges • Significantly improve access to residential communities, parks (Bridge No. 030177, Bridge No. 030178 on Vanderbilt Drive and Bridge No. and recreational areas, commercial areas, the beach, park & ride 030149 on Bluebill Avenue), roadway reconstruction, and roadway safety facilities, and park & boat facilities improvements. • Improves the State of Good Repair by reconstructing failing Secondary Project Type pavement and replacing three functionally obsolete bridges Bike/Ped – Complete Streets – Project will provide wide multi-use pathways, • Roadway and pedestrian Safety improvements such as sidewalks, walkway amenities and enhance the connection to transit facilities. shoulders, bike lanes, pathways and sidewalks. Project Location • Multimodal connectivity improvements through Bike-Ped-Transit Collier County, Florida (supports potential transit flex route) Connect Collier County with Lee County through LinC bus. Funding Approach Collier County Public Funds • Creates “Ladders of Opportunity” and promotes Economic Competitiveness by providing improved access to local Project Cost businesses, churches, schools and recreational areas. • Enhances Quality of Life by providing more mobility for non- Collier Community Streets and Infrastructure Project (CCSIP) drivers, senior citizens, and persons with disabilities Project Cost: $16,145,000 • Promotes Environmental Sustainability by reducing carbon emissions, reducing noxious emissions and reducing TIGER Funds Requested: 80% ($12,916,000) environmental impacts Partnership: US DOT and Collier County 1 2 Project Description This TIGER Discretionary Grant application for the Collier Community Streets and Infrastructure Project (CCSIP) proposes transportation infrastructure improvements along the Vanderbilt Drive (CR 901) corridor from Vanderbilt Beach Road (Collier County) to Bonita Beach Road (Lee County). This project will complete a local street network which will improve safety and alleviate congestion on adjacent streets while enhancing access to residential communities, commercial centers, the beach, park & ride facilities and park & boat facilities. This project includes total replacement of three bridges (Bridge No. 030177, Bridge No. 030178 on Vanderbilt Drive and Bridge No. 030149 on Bluebill Ave.) roadway reconstruction, and roadway safety improvements, wide multi-use pathways, sidewalks, walkway amenities and enhance the connection to transit facilities. Additional information on the Collier Photo 4 - Delnor Wiggins Bridge (Bridge No. 030149) that carries Area Transit (CAT) Transit Development Plan (TDP) is located at: TIGER VII Bluebill Avenue over the Vanderbilt Channel was built in 1969. LINK. Right-of-way acquisition will not be required for this project. Naples Park community began developing in the 1950s. A system of roadside Vanderbilt Drive is a north-south collector roadway that runs parallel to the west ditches were used as stormwater runoff collection. As units were developed, of US 41 (SR 45, Tamiami Trail N.) between Vanderbilt Beach Road (CR 862) driveways were built with a culvert pipe to allow storm water to flow under and and Bonita Beach Road (CR 865).This roadway is designated by Collier through the driveway. Most of these culverts and piping within the community County as a hurricane evacuation route. Vanderbilt Drive provides access to are undersized, at improper elevations, and/or have reached their typical life numerous residential communities and a multitude of recreational facilities. span and are in need of replacement. Improvements to the stormwater system The existing bridge (Bridge No. 030177) that carries Vanderbilt Drive over Little will be completed prior to the construction of the CCSIP improvements and will Horse Pass was built in 1964 and currently has a posted load limit. The bridge not pose any conflicts to the schedule. is considered functionally obsolete due to the narrow roadway on the bridge. Bicycle and pedestrian facilities exist throughout the county, but the existing The existing bridge (Bridge No. 030178) that carries Vanderbilt Drive over Tidal Vanderbilt Drive facility lacks integration with other transportation modes and Pass was built in 1964 and is a narrow two-lane bridge. The existing bridge connectivity