Volume 3, Public Notice IN MOTION March 2010 Newsletter of the Capital District Transportation Committee Albany, NY Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Capital Region

T HE DRAFT 2010-2015 TRANSPORTATION INSIDE THIS ISSUE: I MPROVEMENT PROGRAM (TIP) FOR THE CAPITAL Batchellerville Bridge 1 D ISTRICT IS RELEASED FOR PUBLIC REVIEW Ongoing TIP Projects 2 One of CDTC’s most important District’s metropolitan area. cluded in CDTC’s TIP must be responsibilities is the develop- The Capital District Transporta- consistent with the principles, Public Libraries With a 3 ment of a multi-modal program tion Committee, as the feder- strategies, and actions con- Copy of the Draft TIP of transportation projects that ally designated Metropolitan tained in the New Visions 2030 implements recommendations Planning Organization (MPO) Plan, the regional transporta- Round 1 Projects 4 of the planning process, par- for the four-county Capital tion plan for the Capital Dis- ticularly those found in the District region, prepares and trict. The TIP also provides the Round 2 Projects 4 region’s long-range plan called adopts the TIP typically once source of all Capital District New Visions. This program of every two years. projects to be included in the Round 2 Bridge Projects 5 projects is the Transportation New York State Department of Improvement Program (TIP) All projects – highway, bridge, Transportation’s State Trans- Calendar 6 and represents a multi-year transit, bicycle, and pedestrian portation Improvement Pro- comprehensive program of – that use federal funding or gram (STIP) that covers the first federally-aided highway and require federal action are part four years of CDTC’s five year transit projects in the Capital of the TIP. All projects in- TIP. Projects must be on the STIP to have access to federal B ATCHELLERVILLE BRIDGE FUNDS SECURED funds.

This summary provides high- lights of CDTC’s draft TIP for the period October 2010 through September 2015. The full TIP document is available on CDTC’s web site www.cdtcmpo.org. Comments and questions are welcome at any time, but are requested by June 1, 2010 for consideration in making any revisions to the draft before CDTC’s approval of A plan to fund the reconstruction of the Batchellerville Bridge in Sara- the program. Comments can toga County (project SA104), has been under negotiations for the last few be made by mail or email at years. Initial ownership issues were solved earlier but a funding gap was [email protected] left unsolved. At its March 4th meeting, the Capital District Transporta- tion Committee voted to commit an additional $20 million of highway bridge funds to the project bringing the total federal and state commit- Prior to the current TIP develop- ment to $58 million. About 80% of that money is federal funding and ment effort, the last broad so- Quotable Quote the rest state funding. Saratoga County will be responsible for all mainte- licitation for candidate TIP pro- nance of the bridge once the bridge is built. jects was done in 2002. Since “Putting the TIP together is a that time, much progress has little science and a little art. been made in advancing pro- The project is included in the CDTC New Visions plan. The existing grammed projects. The Ameri- The CDTC has developed a bridge is a 3,078-foot long structure carrying Saratoga County Route 98 can Recovery and Reinvest- over the Great Sacandaga Lake at about its mid-point in the Town of very sensible process for solicit- ment Act (ARRA) or “Stimulus” Edinburg in Saratoga County. The new bridge on the south side of the funding has recently further ing, evaluating and subse- existing bridge will have a 42-foot center span navigational vertical clear- accelerated construction of ance and carry two, 11-foot travel lanes; two, 5-foot shoulders; and a 5.6- quently placing projects into many projects. As a result, the foot raised sidewalk on the north side of the bridge. Lighting on the the TIP.” majority of the projects funded bridge and approach roadways will be included in the project. In addi- from the 2002 solicitation has tion, intersection improvements are proposed for County Route 7, South been completed, are near com- Shore Road, where it intersects with County Route 98. It is proposed to -- FHWA / FTA pletion, or have had to be re- realign the existing intersection from a ‘Y’ configuration to a ‘T’ intersec- scoped and delayed. 2008 Certification Report tion to improve safety.

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Funding in the TIP: A Two-Track the program that will automati- projects totaling roughly $500 Programming Approach cally become part of the new million. Following CDTC’s docu- Funding for the TIP is based on STIP. mented project selection proc- the current federal authorizing ess, candidates were screened for eligibility & consistency with legislation, “SAFETEA-LU” which Track 2: will include additional expired in 2009 but has been New Visions, merit evaluations project commitments that re- were completed, and the most “Although Congress has not extended by Congress while flect a scenario that is more they work on a new transporta- compelling projects were pro- yet approved new transporta- optimistic than the “official” grammed in the Draft TIP. The tion bill. Although Congress has one with regard to future fund tion legislation and future not yet approved new transpor- entire 2010-15 TIP proposal sources that are in the category received can be viewed at tation legislation and future that CDTC considers competi- funding levels are unknown, http://www.cdtcmpo.org/tipdoc10/sheets/sheets.htmhttp://www.cdtcmpo.org/ funding levels are unknown, the tive – such as the current Sur- http://www.cdtcmpo.org/tipdoc10/sheets/sheets.htmtipdoc10/sheets/sheets.htm the Capital District must Capital District must update its face Transportation Program update its current TIP based current TIP based on known (STP), Congestion Mitigation/Air funding levels and also be pre- Quality Program (CMAQ), Na- Because of the extensive work on known funding levels and pared with a list of prioritized tional Highway System Program put into the applications by also be prepared with a list of projects in anticipation of addi- (NHS), and Highway Safety Im- sponsors and into the project tional future funding. To ac- provement Program (HSIP). review and evaluations by the prioritized projects in antici- complish this CDTC has been CDTC staff and the Planning pation of additional future working to develop the Draft Committee, the Planning Com- 2010-2015 TIP on two tracks: As reported in the last newslet- mittee agreed to identify $150 funding.” ter, CDTC solicited new projects M of new project commitments for the program by sending Track 1: is based on SAFETEA- from the candidates submitted. letters to the region’s 78 mu- LU apportionments and NYS- nicipalities, public agencies, DOT funding estimates by fund Track one of the TIP update will and others seeking candidate include some of the new pro- source and produced a draft projects for consideration in TIP that is fiscally-constrained jects from the $150 M commit- this year’s program update. ments, as well as early phases against these estimates for the CDTC received 83 applications four-year STIP period. This is of others. Track two will result for funding for a wide range of in showing the remaining set of Table 1: Examples of TIP Projects Recently Completed or Under Construction Cost Project Name Description Estimate First phase stations work has begun in both Albany and Schenectady Counties NY 5 BRT Stations and including site work, station shelters and signage; a subset of hybrid vehicles for $20.51 M Vehicles (T69 & T70) BRT service have been purchased.

Alternate Fuel Retrofit Alternate fuel retrofit for municipal vehicles in City of Watervliet (5 fire trucks $0.15 M (A498, S184) and 9 DPW vehicles) and City of Schenectady (up to 26 vehicles). Relocation of Maxwell Road to the other side of the Town of Colonie Library, Maxwell Rd Roundabout creating a new intersection with a roundabout at Albany Shaker Road and side- $5.97 M (A296) walks. Replacement of NY 7 bridge over I- 87 at Exit 6 with a Single Point Urban Inter- change. Reconstruction of NY 7/NY 2 from Wade Road to just east of the I-87 Exit 6 (A198) Latham Farms. Pedestrian improvements, mid-block crossing with raised me- $46.40 M “Comments received and pos- dian, street lighting, pedestrian signals, bicycle accommodations and upgrading sible proposed changes to the of traffic signals & signage. Delaware Avenue Recon- (Madison Avenue to Thruway Bridge) Reconstruction with curb, drainage, side- $15.58 M draft TIP will also be dis- struction (A440) walks, utilities, sign and signal improvements and minor streetscaping. cussed at CDTC's Planning Reconstruction of the street from Watervliet City line to Congress St bridge. 19th Street Reconstruction Includes new signals, raised median, some sidewalk @ curb reconstruction, $8.86 M Committee meetings on (A438) drainage & traffic calming

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at Bridge Ave Bridge (A432) Replacement of Bridge Avenue bridge in Cohoes over Mohawk River $8.40 M 9:30 AM and Wednesday, NY 2 Reconstruction Reconstruction with signals, sidewalks, curbs, drainage, lighting, utilities, and $8.33 M May 5, 2010 at 9:30 AM (R245) streetscape improvements. Realign part of Ferry Road and install roundabout. Reconstruction of the street from West Avenue to North Van Rensselaer Street at the CDTC Offices.“ Church St (NY9N) Recon- in Saratoga Springs. Includes a left turn lane, signals, drainage, curbs, side- $3.15 M struction (SA216) walks, streetlights and landscaping. Sidewalk construction/reconstruction including crosswalks and signage in Sidewalks (A480, R198) $0.48 M Bethlehem and North Greenbush Trails (SA195, SA248, Trail construction including grading, leveling and paving in Clifton Park, Half- $3.85 M S176) moon, Malta, Ballston, and City of Schenectady IN MOTION Page 3

new projects in the fifth year projects ahead of projects revise the draft program as P UBLIC and “post” columns of the new programmed in Round One. necessary at its April and May TIP – demonstrating CDTC’s These projects are listed in the Planning Committee meetings. L IBRARIES WITH intent without violating fiscal current 2007-12 TIP as “post- The balance of the $150M A COPY OF THE constraint rules. 2012” projects. These projects programming target of antici- are listed below. patory competitive funding D RAFT TIP

Building the Draft TIP (approximately $8M) will be Round One Programming is 1. A240 Exit 3 ($15M) reserved for a Round 3 of pro- the phase of TIP building that 2. A295 New Karner Road (at gramming to take place at the Albany Public Library considers new projects based reduced scope) time of CDTC Policy Board — Main Branch approval of the final draft at 161 Washington Ave strictly on quantitative merit 3. A453 Watervliet Shaker evaluations & limits considera- the Policy Board's June 2010 Albany NY 12210 Road Phase 3 ($6M) meeting. Additional program- tion to only those projects that Bethlehem Public Library are in project categories that 4. A487 Route 7 ($9M) ming completed in April may require further public review. 451 Delaware Ave are the most seriously under- 5. A491 Patroon Island Bridge Delmar NY 12054 funded in the TIP, relative to ($27 M) How to Comment on the Draft the New Visions budgets. 6. R187 Rural Rensselaer Clifton Park—Halfmoon TIP Public Library County Route 7 ($10M) The full text and set of project 475 Moe Road In Round Two (and Three), 7. R238 US 9/9J over Amtrak listings (with an interactive Clifton Park NY 12065 consideration is opened up to Rensselaer County ($12M) map to locate projects of inter- all projects in all categories 8. SA88 Route 50 North of est) can be found at CDTC's Cohoes Public Library 169 Mohawk St and additional projects are Saratoga Springs ($13 M) web site www.cdtcmpo.org. selected for funding based on Cohoes NY 12047 Email comments can be pro- quantitative merit, other com- Round Two Programming vided at that web site or sent East Greenbush pelling non-quantitative argu- Round Two Programming dis- directly to Community Library ments, geographic distribution cussions thus far resulted in [email protected]. 10 Community Way and other issues to ensure a East Greenbush NY 12061 various projects worth $37.8M balanced program. The CDTC under the categories of safety, While the web version is com- Planning Committee will con- Guilderland Public Library regional set-asides, and plete and easier to navigate tinue to work on completing 2228 Western Ave bridges. These projects will be than the print version, print Round Two programming at its Guilderland NY 12084 shown in the “post” period for versions will be placed in pub- April 7, 2010 meeting; Round the time being. Details are lic libraries for review (see list Menands Public Library Three will be done after public given in Table 3 on page 4 and below). The web version will 4 N. Lyons Avenue comments have been received Table 4 on page 5. also be updated as appropri- Menands NY 12204 and can be taken into consid- th ate after the April 7 and May eration at the May 5, 2010 5th 2010 Planning Committee North Greenbush Next Steps Planning Committee meeting, meetings during which addi- Public Library 141 Main Avenue all of which will be submitted Additional TIP development tional Round 2 programming to the Policy Board for their work on the draft includes: Wynantskill NY 12198 will take place. consideration before finalizing • Work to program the re- Rensselaer Public Library the TIP at the June 3, 2010 maining $57M for Round 2 Comments received and possi- 676 East Street meeting. • ble proposed changes to the Rensselaer NY 12144 Determination of which draft TIP will also be discussed Round One Programming new projects fit, in part or at CDTC's Planning Committee Saratoga Springs Public Library Projects were selected under in whole, in the four-year meeting on Wednesday, May 5, 49 Henry Street the following three categories STIP period and the five- 2010 at 9:30 AM at the CDTC Saratoga Springs NY 12866

for Round One funding of the year TIP (others will show Offices. Public comment will in the “post” column of the Schenectady County TIP. Descriptions of these pro- also be accepted and consid- Public Library jects are in Table 2 on page 4. final TIP.) ered at the May meeting. Pub- 99 Clinton Street • Review of schedule and lic comment is welcome at Schenectady NY 12305 Highway Rehabilitation: Eight funding commitments by CDTC's scheduled Policy Board projects for a total of $66 M year and fund source for meeting on June 3, 2010, but Troy Public Library will be too late to be incorpo- 100 Second St the four-year STIP period. Troy NY 12180 Highway and Bridge Mainte- (This is track one of the rated into the TIP at that time. nance: $4.2M was set-aside update.) Waterford Public Library for various locations in the Subsequent to adoption, • Completion of air quality 117 3rd Street CDTC planning area CDTC's TIP will be incorporated Waterford NY 12188 conformity assessment. by the New York State Depart- Goods Movement: $0.6M was • Review of public com- ment of Transportation into Watervliet Public Library set-aside for various locations the State Transportation Im- 1501 Broadway ments. Watervliet NY 12189 in the CDTC planning area provement Program (STIP) to

Upon completion of public take effect on October 1, 2010 CDTC determined to give prior- William K Sanford Town Library review and air quality assess- and cover the first four federal 629 Albany-Shaker Rd ity for access to funds in the ment, the CDTC will complete fiscal years (2011 through Loudonville NY 12211 new 2010-2015 TIP for some Round 2 programming and 2014). Page 4 Volume 3, Public Notice

Table 2: Projects Programmed in Round One

ID # Project Name Sponsor Description (Summarized) Cost Estimate Highway Rehabilitation

Washington Ave Ext. - PIN 1 NYSDOT (NY 155 to Fuller Road) Repaving/reconstruction, drainage and safety improvements $11.86 M 180821

Pavement resurfacing/rehabilitation US 4 to E. Village of Nassau, drainage and curb 2 US 20 (PIN 111129) NYSDOT $13.59 M improvements, accessibility improvements Reconstruction of Albany Shaker from Corporate Woods Blvd to US 9 Overpass Bridge Albany Shaker Road Reha- 3 Albany (City) w/new sidewalks, curbs, ADA compliant pedestrian facilities, crosswalks, bicycle facili- $11.07 M bilitation ties (Couse Corners to Mannix Rd) Installation of a two lane roundabout, sidewalks, cross- US Rte 4/I-90 Exit 9 Corri- 4 East Greenbush walks, ADA curb ramps, repaving, bike lanes, raised median, driveway relocation, modi- $6.74 M dor Improvements fied interstate access, new curbing, closed drainage and culverts Lower State St (NY 5) and Reconstruction with curbing, water line and closed drainage system replacement, wa- Washington Ave Recon- ter/sewer relocations, replace conduit, replace traffic signals, sidewalks, install raised 5 Schenectady (City) $10.94 M struction and Improve- median, crosswalks, midblock crossing on Washington at SCCC, ADA pedestrian signals ments and curb ramps, bike facilities, bike racks, transit facilities and landscaping Reconstruction of 0.5 miles of roadway (4th St and Stoodley Pl) with curbing, mainte- Hamburg St (NY 146) Corri- 6 Rotterdam nance strips, a 14 foot shared bike lane and a parking lane and access management. $5.71 M dor Improvement Replacement and installation of 8900 feet of sidewalk from Curry to Caldicott Reconstruction of Broadway with curbing, access management, storm drain replace- Schenectady 7 Broadway Reconstruction ment, sidewalks, crosswalks, curb ramps and bus stop shelter. Sidewalk construction on $2.65 M County one side of N. Westcott from NY 7 to Library Reconstruction with reduced cross section from Van Antwerp Rd and Oregon Ave, relo- Upper Union Street Recon- Schenectady cate drain pipe and basins to new curb, extend/consolidate driveways, sidewalks, cross- 8 $3.39 M struction County walk at St. Helen's and a pedestrian island, new landscaping with lights and bus stop shelters, utility pole relocation and left turn lanes at two intersections Highway and Bridge Maintenance Pavement Maintenance (Various Locations) Single course pavement overlay with minimal additional work at 9 NYSDOT $4.20 M Set-aside (PIN 180858) locations with low pavement scores in the CDTC planning area Goods Movement (CDTC Area) Regional set-aside for small scale goods movement projects such as the TBD implementation of Linkage study recommendations, goods movement security meas- 10 Goods Movement Set-aside $0.60 M (NYSDOT or other) ures, rail improvements, environmentally friendly truck parking and other related freight activities.

Table 3: Projects Programmed in Round Two (as of March 3rd, 2010)

ID # Project Name Sponsor Description (Summarized) Cost Estimate Safety Guide rail, fixed object removal/modification, slope flattening, advanced warning signs, Albany County High Risk 1 Albany County curve delineation and other safety improvements at high risk land departure crash loca- $0.50 M Rural Road Safety Program tions on various county roads 21st St Realignment & Realignment of 21st St to connect to Hoosick/Burdett intersection, 500 feet of new 2 Hoosick St/Burdett Ave Troy road, sidewalks, replacement of traffic signal and pedestrian pole, relocate bus shelter, $1.30 M Intersection access management, utility relocation and new storm drains North Line Rd/Old Post Reduce 3 intersections to a single roundabout with new curbs, sidewalks, curb ramps, 3 Malta $3.10 M Rd/Malta Ave Intersection crosswalks, landscaping, new storm water drainage system and relocation of utility poles Regional Set-asides ADA Set-aside (PIN (Various Locations) Implementation of NYSDOT ADA Transition Plan including curb ramp 4 NYSDOT $3.40 M 180856) and sidewalk improvements on state owned routes in the CDTC planning area Increase the program budget for Spot Improvements for Bicycle and Pedestrian Access NYSDOT with local per New Visions 2030 from $100,000/year to $150,000/year over the five year TIP to 5 Spot Improvement Program $0.75 M sponsors reflect the regional commitment to bicycle and pedestrian related projects that improve accessibility and enhance safety. (CDTC Area) Annual regional set-aside to finance supplemental or follow up work of a Linkage Transition Engi- TBD\ 6 preliminary engineering quality to address outstanding issues and confirm the feasibility $1.0 M neering Set-aside (NYSDOT or other) of Linkage study concepts Bridges (see Table 4 on 7 next page) $ 22.1 M IN MOTION Page 5

Table 4: Bridge Projects Programmed in Round Two

ID # Project Name Sponsor Description (Summarized) Cost Estimate Recent red flag. 3 spans. Exterior beams are spalling and delaminating. Proposing 1 CR 9 over Fox Creek Albany County superstructure replacement and new structural deck. Existing substructure to re- $2.240 M main. Re-use existing bridge rail.

Proposing bridge replacement. Existing 3 culverts. 1 culvert is deteriorated with not 2 CR 55 over Vloman Kill Albany County $0.450 M much left to the bottom.

Bridge rehabilitation. Recent Red flag. Single span. Pre-stressed concrete beams Wever Rd over Black 3 Albany County have punched through deck. Existing superstructure in very poor condition. Propos- $1.230 M Creek ing new superstructure and structural deck. New bridge rail needed. CR67 Staffords Rd over Bridge rehabilitation. Proposing a deck replacement. Bridge bearings may need 4 Saratoga County $1.608 M Fish Creek attention.

5 Mott Rd over Snook Kill Saratoga County Deck repair. $0.622 M

North Main St over Bridge replacement. Old stone arch built in 1920. In very poor condition. Recent red 6 City of Mechanicville $2.950 M Anthony Kill flags have been issued. Proposing a new bridge on main street. Bridge replacement. Old stone arch built in 1910. In very poor condition. Recent red Frances St over Anthony 7 City of Mechanicville flags have been issued. Proposing a new bridge. Large ROW involvement needed. $2.420 M Kill Building exists on bridge. VanVorst over Alplaus 8 Schenectady County Bridge replacement. Single span. Typical approach work needed. $0.540 M Kill

Major bridge rehabilitation. Replace substructure and reuse existing superstructure. 9 Cr 65 Kings Rd / CSX City of Schenectady Replace bearings. Bridge abutments have severe deterioration. The bridge is held up $2.751 M by temporary structure supports. 3 spans.

Proposing deck repair and new joints. A lot of leakage to substructure. May need 10 Sunnyside Rd/ Amtrak Village of Scotia $3.180 M substructure repairs. 5 span structure.

East Road (CR 33) over 11 Rensselaer County Bridge replacement. $0.701 M Kinderhook Creek,

Plank Road (CR 126) 12 Rensselaer County Bridge replacement. $0.701 M over the Deepkill

White Church Road over 13 Town of Brunswick Bridge replacement. $1.010 M Quackenkill

Broken Wheel Rd over 14 Town of Petersburg Bridge replacement. $0.701 M Little Hoosic River

CR 26 E Nassau- 15 Garfield Rd over Black Rensselaer County Bridge Preservation River

West Road over Kinder- 16 Rensselaer County Bridge Preservation hook Creek

Black River Road over 17 Rensselaer County Bridge Preservation Black River $1.500 M

Murdock Road over 18 Rensselaer County Bridge Preservation Tsatsawassa Creek Dunham Hollow Road 19 over Tsatsawasick Rensselaer County Bridge Preservation Creek Dunham Hollow Road 20 over Tsatsawasick Rensselaer County Bridge Preservation Creek Page 6

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Chairman Mayor John T. McDonald III Staff Director John P. Poorman ______Albany County Michael G. Breslin Daniel P. McCoy Rensselaer County Kathleen M. Jimino Martin T. Reid Saratoga County Willard H. Peck Thomas C. Werner Schenectady County Susan E. Savage Joe Landry City of Albany Mayor Gerald D. Jennings City of Cohoes Mayor John T. McDonald III City of Mechanicville Mayor Anthony J. Sylvester City of Rensselaer EVELOPMENT ALENDAR Mayor Daniel J. Dwyer TIP D C City of Saratoga Springs Please call CDTC to confirm dates & times Mayor Scott T. Johnson City of Schenectady 04/07/10 CDTC Planning Committee — Round 2 Programming @ 9:30 AM, CDTC Office Mayor Brian U. Stratton 05/05/10 CDTC Planning Committee — Program Adjustments in Response to Public Comments and City of Troy Complete the TIP Document @ 9:30 AM, CDTC Office Mayor Harry J. Tutunjian City of Watervliet 06/03/10 CDTC Policy Board — Adoption of 2010-15 TIP @ 3:00 PM, CDTC Office Mayor Michael P. Manning Town of Colonie Paula A. Mahan Towns and Villages Mayor James M. Gaughan, Altamont Richard McCabe, East Greenbush Alternates: Frank D. Thompson, Milton Christopher A. Koetzle, Glenville Albany County Airport Authority John O'Donnell Albany Port District Commission Terrence P. Hurley Capital District Regional Planning Commission Michael E. Stammel IN MOTION is published by the Capital District Transportation Committee as an Capital District Transportation Authority aspect of its public outreach program. Funding for the newsletter is provided Carm Basile by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration as New York State Dept. of Transportation part of CDTC’s Unified Planning Work Program. The contents of the articles are Stanley Gee the responsibility of the CDTC staff and do not necessarily reflect the policies New York State Thruway Authority of FHWA, FTA, NYSDOT, or other agencies or governments. William D. Rinaldi Non-Voting Members: Editing and Layout: Sreekumar Nampoothiri Mary E. Ivey, NYSDOT Region 1 Brigid Hynes-Cherin, FTA Comments and requests to be added or deleted from the mailing list Jeffrey W. Kolb, FHWA are welcome and should be sent to: [email protected]

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