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Interstate Corridor Enhancement Plan (Iceplan) Was Made Possible by the Efforts of Many People EXTRATERRITORIAL LAND USE AUTHORITY CONSULTANTS Barbara J. Seward, Bernalillo County Commissioner; Chair Robert Peters, FAIA, Architect Sam Bregman, City Councillor; Vice Chair Martha Schwartz, Landscape Artist Alan B. Armijo, City Councillor Edith Katz, Landscape Architect Tim Cummins, City Councillor Les Houston, Bernalillo County Commissioner I-40 EAST UPGRADE TEAM Tom Rutherford, Bernalillo County Commissioner Barbara Grothus, Artist Ken Sanchez, Bernalillo County Commissioner George Manus, Artist Pietro Angel Paladini, Artist EXTRATERRITORIAL LAND USE COMMISSION Robert Peters, FAIA Architect Marion Cottrell, County Planning Commissioner; Chair Willard Schroeder, Artist MAYOR’S OFFICE Chuck Gara, Environmental Planning Commissioner; Vice Chair Michael Wallace, Artist MAYOR JimBaca Elizabeth Begay, EPC Lawrence Rael, Chief Administrative Officer Joe Chavez, EPC Vickie Fisher, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Robert Heiser, EPC TECHNICAL TEAM Theresa Trujeque, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Duane Keating, CPC Manjeet K. Tangri, Planning Department Jon Messier, Planning Department PLANNING DEPARTMENT Rex King, CPC Wendy E. Switzer, Planning Department Robert R. McCabe, AIA, APA, Planning Director Mick McMahan, EPC Susan Noftsker, CPC Gordon Church, CIP/ Public Art Joel C. Wooldridge, FAICP, Mgr., Advance Planning Jane Sprague, CIP/ Public Art Manjeet K. Tangri, AIA, AICP, Project Manager Steve Wentworth, CPC Steve Harris, NMSHTD, District 3 Engineer Mary Piscitelli, Paula Remsey, Editing NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION Orlando Garcia, NMSHTD Joe Lujan, Layout and Graphics Assistance Holm Bursum, III, Chairman, Soccorro Frank Esparza, NMSHTD Jesse Garves, Wendy Switzer, Graphics Assistance Edward T. Begay, Vice- Chairman, Gallup Dennis Valdez, NMSHTD Barbara Romero, AGIS Graphics Peter T. Mocho, Sr., Secretary, Albuquerque Ted Reddinger, Bernalillo County Zoning, Bldg. & Plng Ramona Gabaldon, Layout Assistance Sherry Galloway, Member, Farmington Richard Macpherson, Bernalillo Cty ZB&P Jerry Gurule, Copy Center Technician Albert N. Sanchez, Member, Santa Rosa Olivia Andrades-Sanchez, Environmental Health CITY COUNCIL Sidney G. Strebeck, Member, Portales Diane Scena, CIP/ Parks & Recreation Department Vincent E. Griego, Prseident, District 2 Tom Ellis, Parks & Recreation Department MRGCOG URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING POLICY BOARD Adele Baca - Hundley, Vice-President, District 3 Jerold Widdison, Public Works Department Alan B. Armijo, District 1 Lawrence Rael, CAO, City of Albuquerque Loretta Tollefson, MRGCOG Sam Bregman, District 4 Alan Armijo, Councillor, City of Albuquerque Pat Oliver-Wright, MRGCOG Tim Kline, District 5 Sam Bregman, Councillor, City of Albuquerque Ruth M. Adams, District 6 Adele Baca-Hundley, Councillor, City of Albuquerque DESIGN REVIEW TEAM Mike McEntee, District 7 Ruth Adams, Councillor, City of Albuquerque Sandy Henderson, EPC Commissioner Tim Cummins, District 8 Michael Brasher, Councillor, City of Albuquerque Peg Aguilar, American Soc. of Landscape Architects Michael Brasher, District 9 Ron Brown, Chair, Board Member, AMAFCA Anne Cooper, Chair, Albuquerque Arts Board Mary Lee Martin, Albuquerque Public Schools Garo Z. Antreasian, Artist ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING COMMISSION Barbara J. Seward, Commissioner, Bernalillo County Nick Estes, Esq., Community Representative Joe Chavez, Chair Steve D. Gallegos, Commissioner, Bernalillo County David Kauffman, Professional Engineers Robert Heiser, Vice Chair Ken Sanchez, Commissioner, Bernalillo County Mary Davis, Historian Elizabeth Begay Ron Abousleman, Town Manager, Bernalillo Jim Folkman, Home Builders Assoc. of Central NM Tim Eichenberg Lawrence Vigil, Councillor, Village of Corrales Steve Borbas, AICP, Urban Designer Charles S. Gara Barbara Chavez, Trustee, Village of Los Ranchos de ABQ. Ruth Connery, Neighborhood Coalition Sandy Henderson Hector Gonzales, Board Member Susan Johnson Felicie D. Truscio, Councillor, City of Rio Rancho Mick McMahan Joe Lang, Commissioner, Sandoval County Daniel Sandoval James M. Dorn, SSCAFCA T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S PAGE NO. CONTENTS 2 Executive Summary 10 Section 1 - Context and Influences 16 Section 2 - Design Framework Corridor Design Framework Design Zones Interchange Intensities 28 Section 3 - Design concepts and Recommendations I-25: El Mirador - Corridor Theme I-25: Design Zones and Interchanges I-40 El Pedregal - Corridor Theme I-40 Design Zones and Interchanges Big-I Zone 74 Section 4 - Implementation, Funding and Maintenance Strategy Implementation Funding Maintenance 90 Section 5 - Planning Process Public Participation 96 Appendices Interchange Design Configurations ICE Plan i Elements of Visual quality Highway Corridor Analysis Interchange Analysis Plantings - I-25 El Mirador - I-40 El Pedregal Color Selection and Application Public Input Meeting comments Glossary of Technical and Design Terms Bibliography ii ICE Plan The Interstate Corridor Enhancement Plan (ICEPlan) was made possible by the efforts of many people. Special thanks are due to all who generously volunteered their time by participating in the Public Input Workshop and Public Open House. In addition, we appreciate the support of the New Mexico State Highway and Trans- portation Department, and Neighborhood, Business, and Civic Organizations. We look forward to continued interagency cooperation, and business and community support in implementing the concepts of the ICEPlan. The ICEPlan is a conceptual framework. The Plan includes general concepts for the selected segments of the highway corridors and interchanges. A Physical Master Plan to develop specific designs for all segments of the I-25 and I-40 high- way corridors and interchanges will follow. This Master Plan will also respond to the varied conditions along the highway corridors such as right-of-way width, land uses, and frontage roads. The term “corridor” used throughout this document refers to the area of land within the public right-of-way, including connections of the Interstate highways to the city cross streets where interchanges between the two are built. ICE Plan 1 Executive Summary Albuquerque’s geography makes it unique among large American cities. Travelers experience the city first through our interstate highways, making them “gateways” to the city and New Mexico. The System Interchange (locally known as the “Big-I”) puts Albuquerque at the crossroads of the highway system connecting Canada and Mexico and the east and west coasts. The importance of the interstate highways to Albuquerque’s image cannot be overstated. The urban highways we drive every day can be beautiful as well as functional. This value was strongly stated in a public opinion survey of 250 residents, professionals and businesses at a 1996 public conference entitled “Creating a Visual Image of Albuquerque”. The survey documented concern for the visual appearance of our highways, arterial streets, and strip commercial development. Addressing this concern, the City and the New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department (NMSHTD) prepared the Interstate Corridors Enhancement Plan: A conceptual Framework (ICEPlan) with the Middle Rio Grande Council of Governments (MRGCOG) and Bernalillo County. The NMSHTD’s $1.5 billion, twenty year highway upgrade program for both I-25 and I-40 is an opportunity to improve their visual quality by implementing concepts developed in this Plan. The thirty-eight mile highway sys- tem includes segments of highway to be completely rebuilt, segments that will remain, and segments that will be retrofitted. The City named a team of consultants, consisting of Albuquerque architect Robert Peters, FAIA, land- scape artist Martha Schwartz of Martha Schwartz, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Edith Katz, landscape architect, Santa Fe, to assist in developing design concepts for the interstate corridors. The ICEPlan is a conceptual design framework for the interstate highway corridors through the Albu- querque Metropolitan Area. The Plan boundaries are: I-25, from Isleta Boulevard to Tramway Road, I- 40, from Paseo del Volcan to east of the Carnuel Interchange. 2 ICE Plan I-25 and I-40 Cross Roads ICE Plan 3 Plan Intent The intent of the ICEPlan is to improve the visual quality of the interstate highways and integrate them into the “cityscape” by incorporating aesthetics into engineering design. The Plan provides a framework which includes themes and design zones, and designates varied design importance to each interchange within the I-25 and I-40 highway corridors. Color palettes, planting materials, and siting of public art are also proposed for the two highway corridors. The ICEPlan design concepts and themes were developed with considerable public participation. A one day conference, workshops, an open house, and interagency technical and interdisciplinary design teams provided much of the information that went into developing the ICEPlan, including the following vision statement: Vision Statement “To visually improve the Interstate Highways in the Albuquerque Metropolitan Area and to re-weave the highways into the city’s fabric, using designs that celebrate our multi cultures, integrate the natural and built environment, and provide continuity of design throughout the city.” The vision statement, the design framework, and concepts developed in the Plan are consistent with the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Comprehensive Plan goal to “maintain and improve the natural and de- veloped landscape’s quality.” Plan Framework and The Plan framework and concepts envision the
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