Projects Update For Ward 7

Monday, November 17, 2014 Public Outreach for Ward 7 Projects Update Meeng • Public noce posted to DDOT website, AWI website, and on DDOT’s Twier and Facebook pages • DDOT Communicaons Office distributed the Public Noce to the DDOT email distribuon list three mes • DDOT nofied the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Engagement to inform residents • DDOT nofied Councilmember Yvee Alexander’s Office • DDOT nofied Ward 7 ANC Commissioners to inform residents • DDOT posted flyers in the public libraries in Ward 7 o Anacosa Neighborhood Library (NL), Francis A. Gregory NL, Capitol View NL, Dorothy Height NL, Deanwood NL

2 Public Outreach for Ward 7 Projects Update Meeng (con’t) • DDOT nofied relevant (and sll acve) Ward 7 Community Groups listed on the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Engagement website

ü Randle Highland Civics Associaon ü Penn-Branch Cizens/Civic Associaon ü Fairlawn Cizens Associaon ü Central Northeast Civic Associaon ü Deanwood Cizens Associaon ü Dupont Park Civic Associaon ü Fort Dupont Civic Associaon ü River Terrace Community Organizaon ü Hillcrest Community Civic Associaon ü Fairfax Village I-VII Community Assoc. ü Eastland Gardens Civic Associaon ü Burrville Civic Associaon ü Capitol View Civic Associaon ü Fort Davis Civic Associaon ü Far Northeast/Southeast Council ü Hillbrook Civic Associaon ü Benning Ridge Civic Associaon ü Park Naylor Community Associaon ü 6th District Cizens Advisory Council ü Neighbors of Burns Street Organizaon ü Northeast Boundary Civic Associaon ü Parkside Civic Associaon ü Kingsman Park Civic Associaon ü Lincoln Heights/Richardson Dwelling New Communies Meeng 3 Agenda 6:30 p.m. Call to Order and Welcome – Delmar Lytle, Facilitator 6:35 p.m. Opening Remarks – Mahew Brown, Director 6:40 p.m. Engineering Remarks – Muhammed Khalid, Interim Chief Engineer 6:45 p.m. Administrave Remarks – Delmar Lytle 7:25 p.m. Group 3: 6:50 p.m. Group 1: • Minnesota Avenue NE Phase I • Project Development Process Overview • Six Bridges Over Was Branch • moveDC • 49th Street NE Traffic Calming Project • Benning Rd Transportaon Improvements • Sheriff Road NE Safety Improvements • DC Power Line Undergrounding (PLUG) 7:40 p.m. Group 4: 7:05 p.m. Group 2: • Traffic Improvements • 11th Street Bridge • Traffic Light Synchronizaon • South Capitol Street Corridor • Asset Management • Parkside Pedestrian Bridge • Green Infrastructure/Low Impact Dev • Kenilworth Aquac Gardens Segment • Urban Forestry Anacosa Riverwalk Trail • Street Light Upgrades • Other Projects 8:00 p.m. Quesons and Comments 8:25 p.m. Next Steps 8:30 p.m. Adjourn 4 Projects Update For Ward 7

Group 1 Transportaon Project Development Process

Planning

Naonal Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Final Design

Right-of-Way

Construcon

6 moveDC is… Statewide Vision Plan – Mandated by FHWA, similar to what MDOT, VDOT, and other state DOTs produce Local Transportaon Plan – like what major cies produce, New York, San Francisco, London, Vancouver Blueprint to support future growth – District’s last long-range plan was in 1997 even as travel has changed radically

7 moveDC Engagement from Day 1! Goals: • Sustainability and Health ü Achieve 75% of District trips by non-auto modes • Citywide Accessibility and Mobility • Neighborhood Accessibility and Connecvity • Safety and Security ü Achieve zero fatalies and serious injuries on transportaon network • Public Space ü Reinforce Washington DC’s historic landscapes and quality of public space • Preservaon ü Achieve a state of good repair for all District infrastructure • Funding and Financing ü Invest to achieve outcomes within planning horizon 8

moveDC Status: • Final document was released October 21 • Two Year Acon Plan released ü 36 recommendaons ü Improvements to all modes ü Metrics to assess performance • Quarterly and Annual reporng

9 Benning Road Transportaon Improvements

The purpose of this project is the reconstrucon of Benning Road and bridge(s) to provide safety and mul-modal improvements Goals: • Improve condion of roadway and bridge(s) • Provide addional transit opons • Enhance mul-modal safety • Improve mul-modal transportaon access • Support land use Schedule:

NEPA – Naonal Environmental Policy Act FHWA lead federal agency, with DDOT as joint lead FTA, NPS, NCPC invited as cooperang agencies

10 Benning Road Transportaon Improvements PROJECT AREA

• 2 mile corridor including roadway , bridges, and 2 Metrorail staons • Adjacent to H Street/Benning streetcar line • Benning Road is primarily 3-lanes in each direcon from 15th Street NE to Minnesota Avenue • Benning Road is primarily 2-lanes in each direcon from Minnesota Avenue to the Benning Road Metro Staon 11 Benning Road Transportaon Improvements STREETCAR ALIGNMENTS Today Oklahoma to Minnesota Avenue Metrorail

Oklahoma to Benning Road Metrorail Oklahoma to Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road Metrorail

12 Benning Road Transportaon Improvements

Public Involvement: • Public Meeng 1, Scoping Meeng April 22, 2014, 6:30-8:00 PM Department of Employment Services Building(DOES) 4058 Minnesota Ave NE Washington, DC 20019

• Public Meeng 2, Alternaves Development Meeng May 28, 2014, 6:00-7:30 PM Department of Employment Services Building(DOES) 4058 Minnesota Ave NE Washington, DC 20019

• Public Meeng 3, Public Hearing Will be scheduled

13 DC Power Line Undergrounding (DC PLUG) – Goals: • Ward 7Underground poorly performing primary electrical feeders • Improve District’s power system’s reliability and resilience Status: • Approved to begin in November 2014 • Design on Feeder 14261 (Ward 7) and Feeder 00308 (Ward 3) set to begin November 2014 Schedule: Project Milestones Date/Time of Year Plan Approval November 2014 Start Design November 2014 End Design Feb/Mar 2015 Begin Construcon Spring 2015 End Construcon Winter 2015 Projects Update For Ward 7

Group 2 11th Street Bridges Replacement Project Goals: • Improve mobility by providing separate freeway and local traffic connecons to both direcons 295, the SE/SW Freeway and local streets • Provide a shared use path for pedestrians and bicyclists • Replace the exisng funconally deficient and structurally obsolete bridges • Provide an addional alternate evacuaon Schedule: route from our Naon’s Capital Project Milestones • Include new trail connecons, improved Date/Time of Year drainage and other environmental All Freeway and Ramp Lanes August 2014 investments Opened Status: Final Configuraon of 11th Street October 2014 • Phase II (Project Compleon) is on-going, Southeast Blvd to Barney Circle Winter 2014/2015 scheduled for compleon in mid-2015 Phase II Compleon Fall 2015 Parkside Pedestrian Bridge

Goals: • Further connect neighborhoods on each side of DC 295 • Provide new access to Minnesota Avenue Metro Staon • Make bridge safe, well-lit and

disabilies-accessible

Status: • Adversing for construcon

Schedule: Project Milestones Date/Time of Year Adverse for Construcon Winter 2014/2015

Receive Bids from Contractors Spring 2015 Issue Noce to Proceed Spring 2015

17 South Capitol Street Corridor Project Goals: • Replace Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge • Transform the corridor into a grand urban boulevard • Increase safety and community accessibility • Improve mul-modal transportaon opons • Support economic development Status: • Procurement stage for Phase 1 construcon Schedule: Project Milestones Date/Time of Year Nofy Short-Listed Contactor Teams January 31, 2014 Issue Request for Proposals Winter 2014/2015 Receive Technical Proposals Spring 2015 Select Design-Build Team Fall 2015 Issue Noce to Proceed Fall 2015 Final Compleon End of 2019 Kenilworth Aquac Gardens Segment Anacosa Riverwalk Trail Goals: • Beer connect 16 communies, the river and recreaonal sites • Increase transit staon accessibility • Make bicycle commung more aracve • Provide missing link between Benning Road and Bladensburg Waterfront Park in larger 60-mile regional trail network

Status: Schedule: • Construcon ongoing Project Milestones Date/Time of Year Begin Construcon Spring 2014

Complete Construcon and Open Spring 2016

19 Projects Update For Ward 7

Group 3 Revitalizaon of Minnesota Avenue NE – Phase I (A Street to Benning Road) Goals: • Increase mul-modal safety in the corridor for residents and businesses • Enhancements to Minnesota Avenue include: ü Streetscape work with new roadway and sidewalks ü Traffic signal upgrades Status: ü New streetlights • Solicitaon Phase ü New storm drain inlets • The project is projected to take 18 ü New landscaping with LID features months to complete aer and a tree canopy construcon start ü Ulity upgrades Schedule: ü ADA upgrades and pavement Project Milestones Date/Time of Year markings Design Complete July 2014 • Traffic signals will be added to intersecon Contract Award April 2015 of Minnesota Avenue and Blaine Street 21 Six Bridges over Was Branch (48th Place) Goals: • New bridge deck overlay • Substructure concrete repair • Repair stone work and sidewalk • New railing

Status: • Construcon ongoing (95% complete)

Schedule: Project Milestones Date/Time of Year Construcon Started May 2014

Construcon Ends January 2015

22 Six Bridges over Was Branch (55th Street) Goals: • New bridge deck overlay • Substructure concrete repair • Repair stone work and sidewalk • New railing installaon

Status: • Construcon ongoing (95% complete) • Railing installaon remains to be completed

Schedule: Project Milestones Date/Time of Year Construcon Started May 2014

Construcon Ends January 2015

23 Six Bridges over Was Branch (Gault Place) Goals: • Superstructure replacement • Bridge railing replacement • Concrete repair

Status: • Construcon ongoing (90% complete)

Schedule: Project Milestones Date/Time of Year Construcon Started May 2014

Construcon Ends January 2015

24 Six Bridges over Was Branch (58th Street) Goals: • Superstructure replacement • Sidewalk improvements (widening per ADA requirements) • Rail improvements

Status: • Construcon ongoing (70% complete)

Schedule: Project Milestones Date/Time of Year Construcon Started May 2014

Construcon Ends January 2015

25 Six Bridges over Was Branch (Division Avenue) Goals: • Superstructure replacement • Concrete and stone work repair • Installaon of new railing

Status: • Construcon ongoing (25% complete)

Schedule: Project Milestones Date/Time of Year Construcon Started May 2014

Construcon Ends January 2015

26 Six Bridges over Was Branch (44th Street) Goals: • Superstructure replacement (bridge deck and girders) • Concrete and stone work repair

Status: • Construcon ongoing (25% complete)

Schedule: Project Milestones Date/Time of Year Construcon Started May 2014

Construcon Ends January 2015

27 49th Street, NE Traffic Calming Project Goals: • Implementaon of the NE Livability Study • Calm traffic along 49th Street • Low impact traffic measures • ADA compliant ramps Schedule: Status: Project Milestones Date/Time of Year • Construcon ongoing Construcon Started October 2014 (20% complete) Construcon Ends February 2015

28 Sheriff Road, NE Safety Improvements (43rd Place to 52nd Street) Goals: • Safety improvements • Improve mul-modal transportaon • Ensure safe passage for all users of the street network • Traffic calming • Resurfacing

Status: • Construcon ongoing (30% complete)

Schedule: Project Milestones Date/Time of Year Construcon Started October 2014

Construcon Ends January 2015

29 Projects Update For Ward 7

Group 4 Traffic Improvements

• Signal Opmizaon • Road Safety Audits • Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) • Traffic Calming Applicaon

31 Pennsylvania Avenue & 27th Street Redesign Network-wide Traffic Light Synchronizaon Wards 6, 7, and 8 Goals: Opmize 203 traffic signals to… • Reduce traffic congeson/vehicular emissions • Improve bus running mes • Opmize pedestrian crossing mes Status: • Completed April 2014 - Results show benefit of $77 for every dollar spent • Vehicles ü 13% network-wide travel me savings over all peaks ü 34% reducon in delays at traffic signals ü 23% reducon in stops at traffic signals • Transit Operaons ü Percentage of late buses reduced from 17% to 10% ü On-me arrivals improved from 74% to 78% ü Increase in ‘ahead-of-schedule’ arrivals • Pedestrians ü Pedestrian clearances meet Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Device STDs Asset Management Projects FY-14 Completed Locaons Sidewalk Repairs : • 30th Street SE (Eric to Gainesville Street) • East Capitol Street SE (40th Street to • Highview Terrace SE (Denver to 34th Stoddert Place/ADA) Street) • Barnes Street NE (Hayes Street to Grant • Jay Street NE (55th Street to Nannie Place) Helen Burroughs Avenue) • Quarles Street NE (49th Street to • Kenilworth Terrace NE (Cassell Place to Eastern Avenue) Hayes Street) • 49th Street NE (Quarles to Nash Street) • Kenilworth Terrace NE (Jay Street to • Barnes Street NE (Cassell to Grant Deane Avenue) Place) • 25th Street SE (at Southern Avenue/ADA) • Dix Street NE (60th Street to Eastern • Hayes Street NE (Parkside Place to Barnes Avenue) Street/ADA) • 37th Street SE (Alabama Avenue to • Parkside Place (Burnham to Cassell Place/ Suitland Road) ADA) • Benning Road NE (at 34th Street) • Parkside Place (Cassell Place to Hayes Street/ADA) 34

Asset Management Projects FY-14 Completed Locaons Street Paving (Local) (8.72 Lane Miles): • 38th Street SE (Carpenter Street to • Emerson Street NW (Iowa Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue) 16th Street) • Adrian Street SE (Texas Avenue to • Greenvale Street NW (Western Avenue Hildreth Street) to Chestnut Street) • G Street SE (Ridge Road to Alabama • 33rd Street SE (Ely Place to F Street) Avenue) • Buernut Street NW (4th Street to Blair • Hildreth Street SE (Adrian to Burns Road) Street) • S Street SE (Texas Avenue to 38th Street) • Texas Avenue SE (Pennsylvania Avenue to S Street) • Carpenter Street SE (Texas Avenue to 38th Street) • Kenilworth Avenue NE (Deane Avenue to Hayes Street)

35 Asset Management Projects FY-14 Completed Locaons Street Paving (Federal) (10.52 Lane Miles): Alley Repair: • H Street NW (North Capitol to First • 2200 32nd Place SE Street) • 1209 47th Place NE • 13th Street NW (Logan Circle to K Street) • 4445 Benning Road NE • Eastern Avenue NE (Bunker Hill Road to • 4916 Blaine Street NE Monroe Street) • 732 Ridge Road SE • 15th Street SE (A Street to Potomac Avenue) • M Street SE (South Capitol to 1st Street) Slurry Seal (4.51 Lane Miles): • 55th Street NE (East Capitol to Dix Street) • D Street NE (19th Street to Oklahoma Avenue) • Jay Street NE (49th Street to Division Avenue) • 55th Street SE (East Capitol Street to Central Avenue) 36 Asset Management Projects NOT A COMPLETE LIST! FY-15 Proposed Locaons Sll Finalizing the FY-15 Work Plan Street Paving (Local and Federal) : Sidewalk Repair: • Dix Street NE (Minnesota Avenue from • 35th Street NE (Ames to Blaine Street) 40th Street, Clay Place) • Blaine Street NE (49th Street to • Southern Avenue SE (Pennsylvania Sycamore Road) Avenue to Belt Road, Fort DuPont • Edson Place NE (42nd to 44th Street) Street) • Jay Street NE (43rd Pl to 44th Street) Alley Repair: • Jay Street NE (45th Pl to 46th Street) • 1004 Chaplin Street SE • Just Street NE (Jay to 52nd Street) • 1035 49th Street NE • Meade Street NE (50th to 51st Street) • 1501 Olive Street NE • Ord Street NE (44th Street to 45th Pl) • 1542 25th Street SE • S Street SE (18th to 19th Street) • 2050 Fort Davis Street SE Slurry Seal: • 3000 V Place SE • 53rd Street NE (East Capitol to Dix • 4717 Foote Street NE Street) • 5900 Foote Street NE • 55th Street NE (Dix Street to Eastern • 640 Croissant Place SE Avenue)

37 Green Infrastructure (GI) & Low Impact Development (LID)

Watersheds • Reduce Stormwater Runoff from streets, Potomac River Rock Creek Anacostia River sidewalks, and alleys using green infrastructure • District Stormwater Regulaons (2013) require retenon of 1.2 inches of runoff • Retrofit projects – Green Alleys & sites Separated Sewer Area Combined Sewer Area citywide (primarily Separated Sewer Area) • DDOT Green Infrastructure Standards • ddot.dc.gov/GreenInfrastructure

38 Green Infrastructure (GI) Pracces Permeable Bioretenon Pavement

Before: P SE St open

Reducing Impervious Tree Aer: P St SE closed Surface Space Design

P St NE & North Capitol

Before Aer 39 Green Infrastructure (GI) & Low Impact Development (LID) Ward 7 Projects

Project Site Design Construcon Status Start Fitch Place NE (Ward 7) Complete Spring 2015 Fort Dupont St & Q St SE 90% Summer 2015 (Ward 7) complete Fitch Place @ Alger Park Upland LID Start Spring 2016 Division Ave NE 2015

Fort Dupont Street & Q St SE Alger Park Upland LID: 31st Street & W St SE Landscaped Medians/Green Spaces/Tree Services Ward Based Goals: • Support and enhance storm water capture rates from the Districts streets as mandated by EPA in the MS 4 permit • Tree Boxes shall be maintained by the abung owner as per the DCMR 24 • Street Trees are maintained by the UFA ISA cerfied arborist and services should be requested through the Mayor Call Center at 311 • Landscape/green spaces enhance the neighborhood and provide traffic calming Schedule: Status: Trash Weekly except winter months • Ongoing and seasonally based Weeding Monthly from April to October Mulching As needed Pruning As needed Planng As needed 41 Ward 7 Tree Planng Goals: • Support and enhance community livability • Sasfy federally-mandated stormwater management consent decree (MS4 Permit) • Deliver environmental services ü Cleaner air - Cleaner water • To calm traffic • To beaufy neighborhoods! Status: • This fall and spring UFA will install over 350 trees in Ward 7 • DDOT’s planng season will start in October and will connue through April The link to all our planng sites can be found on the DDOT web site under - urban forestry - DDOT Tree Services Schedule - first map in the middle of the screen Web Site is hp://ddot.dc.gov/node/500202 42 Branch Avenue, SE Streetlight Upgrade

Goals: • Upgrade exisng streetlight system between Randle Circle to Pennsylvania Avenue. • Provide beer uniformity of light meeng engineering standards • Enhance safety and security • Install more efficient LED fixtures (reduces power cost).

Status: Construcon was completed in July 2014 Recent Streetlight Upgrade in Ward 7 Goals: • Upgrade exisng streetlight system • Provide beer uniformity of light meeng engineering standards • Enhance safety and security • Install more efficient LED fixtures (reduces power cost)

Locaon No. of Lights Exisng Light New Light Compleon Upgraded Date Alley Behind 3 none 75W LED 10/01/2014 5221 Clay St 1000 Block of 5 250W HPS 110W LED 10/06/2014 49th Place NE 3300 Block of 5 250W HPS 110W LED 10/02/2014 Croffut Place SE 3700 Block of 9 100W HPS 60W LED 10/07/2014 Carpenter Street SE East Capitol Streetlight Design from 40th Street to 53rd Street

Goals: • Upgrade exisng streetlight system • Provide beer uniformity of light meeng West East engineering standards Limit Limit • Enhance safety and security • Install more efficient LED fixtures (reduces power cost).

Status: Design Underway.

Schedule:

Design compleon January 2015 Expected construcon start May 2015 Expected construcon end December 2015 Other Projects with Ward 7 Impacts

• Pennsylvania Avenue-Potomac Avenue Pedestrian Safety Study • Barney Circle and Southeast Boulevard

46 Upcoming Projects Update Meengs

• Ward 2 (December 8, 2014) – New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1313 New York Avenue, NW • Ward 6 (January 26, 2015) – Tyler Elementary School, 1001 G Street, SE • Ward 3 (February 17, 2015) • Ward 5 (March 9, 2015) • Ward 4 (March 30, 2015)

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47 Agenda 6:30 p.m. Call to Order and Welcome – Delmar Lytle, Facilitator 6:35 p.m. Opening Remarks – Mahew Brown, Director 6:40 p.m. Engineering Remarks – Muhammed Khalid, Interim Chief Engineer 6:45 p.m. Administrave Remarks – Delmar Lytle 7:25 p.m. Group 3: 6:50 p.m. Group 1: • Minnesota Avenue NE Phase I • Project Development Process Overview • Six Bridges Over Was Branch • moveDC • 49th Street NE Traffic Calming Project • Benning Rd Transportaon Improvements • Sheriff Road NE Safety Improvements • DC Power Line Undergrounding (PLUG) 7:40 p.m. Group 4: 7:05 p.m. Group 2: • Traffic Improvements • 11th Street Bridge • Traffic Light Synchronizaon • South Capitol Street Corridor • Asset Management • Parkside Pedestrian Bridge • Green Infrastructure/Low Impact Dev • Kenilworth Aquac Gardens Segment • Urban Forestry Anacosa Riverwalk Trail • Street Light Upgrades • Other Projects 8:00 p.m. Quesons and Comments 8:25 p.m. Next Steps 8:30 p.m. Adjourn 48 Thank you! Quesons and Comments?

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