Connecting the Katy Multi-Use Path + Mobility Hub
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Connecting the Katy Multi-Use Path + Mobility Hub JACKSON COUNTY + MISSOURI STATE PARKS Cover Letter from Missouri Governor Michael L. Parson 2 Project Description 6 Project Location 22 Project Funding 24 Merit Criteria 26 Project Readiness 30 Appendix A: Benefit Cost Analysis Appendix B: Letters of Support Connecting the Katy Quick Facts Project Type: Multi-Use Path Project Length: 6.85 MI. + 550’ Bridge Urban or Rural: Rural Congressional District(s): MO-4, MO-5 Project Cost: $ 11,441,460 Grant Request: $ 11,049,960 “Where the Tracks Meet the Trail” Missourians are a collaborative bunch. When Pleasant Hill realized that Missouri State Parks would be extending the Katy Trail along the old Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railway from Windsor, Missouri to the Cass County Fairgrounds, the city didn’t hesitate to start building trail connections through their town. Multiple phases of the “MOPAC” trail and the cycle track pictured above were built to connect to the Rock Island Spur of the Katy Trail. These already completed facilities will be critical to Connecting the Katy to the Kansas City Region. Project Description BACKGROUND At 240 miles the Katy Trail is the longest Rails-to- to Kansas City, opening the entire state to the benefits of Trails project in the country, stretching across Missouri this fantastic asset. from Clinton to Saint Louis. For nearly three decades, An economic powerhouse for the State of Missouri, the advocates in Western Missouri have been searching for a Katy Trail sees over 400,000 users per year and generates way to connect this trail to Kansas City, thereby creating over $18 Million in economic activity. One time Rail a statewide trail network connecting communities across towns that have now become Trail towns, and these rural the State. Within the last few years several new projects communities on the Katy see the majority of the economic have brought this dream closer to reality. The completion benefits. A 2012 Economic Impact study found that 67% and opening of Missouri State Parks 47.5 mile Rock of Katy Trail users were non-local, and that users spent on Island Extension of the Katy Trail was a huge, critical step average $45 per day, demonstrating that the Trail funnels in the right direction. Another big development is Jackson people and their money into rural communities. County’s purchase of the Rock Island Rail Corridor and construction of the 14 mile Rock Island Shared Use Path, PROJECT SCOPE set to be completed in late 2019. This project has two major components: the construction of a 6.85-mile bicycle and pedestrian trail, divided into three While critically important to connecting the Katy Trail segments, and the construction of a bicycle and pedestrian to Kansas City, these projects do not complete the bridge. These two components are complimentary in that connection. Two essential pieces of infrastructure remain: without either piece, a gap will remain and the benefits an eight mile trail gap that includes numerous challenging of this proposal will not be realized. In addition to these barriers and an active railroad line requiring a bridge over. two critical components, theis grant requests a modest These missing pieces although relatively incidental in sum for “Mobility Hub” and trailhead infrastructure in cost and scope, have wide ranging negative impacts for downtown Greenwood, Missouri. This key site could be a Kansas City and Rural Western Missouri. 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C TRIB BIG R EEK . PARCEL #3 CULVERT #2 EXTEND 2 - 10’ x 8’ x 25’ PARCEL #4 WALL #1 PARCEL #5 TRANSITION TO ONSTREET BICYCLE FACILITY Overview Map of Segment 1 SEGMENT 1: 2.68 MILES Jackson County, Missouri’s 2016 acquisition of the To save costs, 1.73 miles of this portion of the corridor can Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad ended be a crushed rock surface, as opposed to concrete. Based approximately 600 feet short of Hamblen Road. The on floodplain information and preliminary alignments shared use path currently under construction ends at and profiles, 0.94 miles would need to be concrete to Jefferson Street in south Lee’s Summit. Segment 1 will use prevent the crushed rock surfacing from washing away. the remaining distance of the Rock Island Rail Corridor, Additionally, this alignment requires the replacement and transition onto propety acquired from private property of an existing culvert under Hamblen Road in poor owners. The path will follow the outer edge of private condition, and the extension of a second existing double property to minimize right-of-way needs. An estimated box culvert, which is in good condition. 8.45 acres of right-of-way and temporary construction easements from 4 separate owners will be required for this section. Because these are large, rural tracts adjacent to existing right-of-way and/or in floodplain, the cost of right-of-way is anticipated to be relatively low. Hamblen Road Looking North Toward Segment 1 RANSON RD. RANSON James A. Reed Wildlife Area HAMBLEN RD. HAMBLEN UPRR SPEED TABLE SPEED TABLE BIKE LANES & SIDEWALK 2x 1,370 LF GAMBRELL ST. RANSON RD. RANSON MOBILITY HUB & TRAILHEAD BUFFERED PARCEL #6 BIKE LANES 2x 3,790 LF EXISTING MODOT BRIDGE OVER UPRR & BIG CREEK SPEED TABLE ADJUST 586 L.F. OF GUARDRAIL NEW SIGNAL REPLACE 890 L.F. JERSEY BARRIER M150 / MAIN ST. MH GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY INSTALL PROTECTED SEGMENT 3 CYCLE TRACK & SIDEWALK RESUME OFFSTREET 1,300 L.F. 2 ALLENDALE LAKE RD. LAKE ALLENDALE FACILITIES ND AVE. B I G C R E EK UPRR Overview Map of Segment 2 SEGMENT 2: 1.45 MILES Segment 2 connects the Rock Island Corridor and the Hamblen Rd. and Gambrell Street would use buffered Katy Trail to the heart of Greenwood. In studying multiple bike lanes, which can be accommodated within the routes to Pleasant Hill, there were a number of alternatives existing curb-to-curb width. Both Hamblen and Gambell that circumvented the City of Greenwood entirely. But also have sidewalks on at least one side of the street. without making this connection, a key population and Wayfinding signage would also direct pedestrians and activity center would have been left out of the system. A cyclists through the route and indicate that it is a part burgeoning antique district on Greenwood’s Main Street, of the larger Katy Trail system. Ranson Road would an elementary school, a playground, and a number of use traditional bike lanes and/or sharrows, which are single family homes will all be connected to the Katy Trail. appropriate for its low traffic volumes. New sidewalks would also be constructed along Ranson Road. Because Segment 2 travels through a more urbanized setting, right-of-way acquisition for a separate trail Traffic calming measures would be used throughout facility would be difficult. But because of the relatively the route to ensure safe speeds for intermingled bicycle low traffic volume on residential streets, and the room for and pedestrian traffic. Three speed tables at Hamblen, improvement on Greenwood’s Main Street (i.e. M-150), Gambrell, and Ranson in advance of the route are one on-street facilities are a cost effective way to provide measure to slow traffic. Additionally, the proposed project a bicycle connection. Pedestrians would be served by budget includes chicanes and miniature traffic circles, existing and new sidewalks installed along this route. which are known to slow traffic speeds, improve safety, and create aesthetic value for neighborhoods. View Looking West on Gambrell Street Encroachment and Access Management Issues on M-150 / Main Street Greenwood’s Main Street is M-150 Highway, maintained by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). The right-of-way is 60 feet wide at a minimum and the road is only two lanes, but poor access management and encroachments on the right-of-way lead to less than ideal conditions.