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Concord Pike (Us 202) Corridor Master Plan Community Visioning Workshop PRESENTATION FOR THE CONCORD PIKE (US 202) CORRIDOR MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY VISIONING WORKSHOP November 14, 2018 Project Introduction Study Area Characteristics • Diverse stakeholders: businesses, residents, institutions • Major employment area • Shopping centers and in-line retail - what is long-term viability? • Churches, schools, YMCA, civic assets • Hotels and single-use pad sites • Through/ commuter traffic and local traffic • Freight and truck traffic • Bordering residential neighborhoods Goals & Objectives • Create an attractive and cohesive master plan • Integrate land use and transportation • Identify multi-modal improvements • Diversify mode share • Organize vehicular traffic • Make corridor more pedestrian & bike friendly Goals & Objectives • Build upon Market Assessment » PLACEMAKING: Create a Vision » DEMAND: Multi-family housing » BALANCE: High quality Mixed-use • Improve access management & connectivity • Consider TDM and TID strategies • Integrate streetscape, wayfinding, & branding • Protect existing neighborhoods • Develop implementation strategies Project Team Design Collective, Inc. Experience URBAN & DOWNTOWN CORRIDORS TRANSIT-ORIENTED MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT REVITALIZATION DEVELOPMENT Downtown Frederick, MD Route 9, DE Purple Line, MD Maple Lawn, MD Port of Port Royal, SC Clarksville Pike, MD College Park Transit District, MD Glen Lennox, NC East Liberty, PA Belair Road, Baltimore MD Largo, MD State Center, Baltimore MD Downtown Elkton TOD Plan, MD Harford Road, Baltimore MD Elkton, MD Downtown Columbia, MD Baltimore CBD, MD NC 73 Corridor, Davidson NC Perryville, MD Towson Row, MD Park South Albany, NY Purple Line, MD Abington, PA Frederick, MD Downtown Westminster, MD Route 1, College Park MD UMCP East Campus, MD Mid Pike, MD Downtown Providence, RI Broad Creek, Norfolk VA State Center, Baltimore MD Innovation Quarters, NC City of College Park, MD West Side, Baltimore MD Largo, MD Design Collective, Inc. Expertise INTEGRATED DESIGN SERVICES » Planners » Urban Designers » Architects » Landscape Architects DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE BEFORE » Housing & Mixed-Use » Infill Development » Retail / Commercial Property Redevelopment BEFORE Toole Design Group National Expertise Toole Design Group National Expertise PRIMARY/LEAD AUTHOR • AASHTO Bike Guide • AASHTO Pedestrian Guide • FHWA Mitigating Multi-modal Conflict Points • FHWA Incorporating Multi-modal Facilities into Resurfacing Projects • FHWA Flexibility in Roadway Design • FHWA Pedestrian Facility Maintenance Guide • FHWA How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan • FHWA Pedestrian Safety Guide for Transit Agencies Project Schedule Schedule Project Approach 123456789101112 TASK 1: BACKGROUND TASK 2: COMMUNITY VISIONING PW TASK 3: DEFINE ASSUMPTIONS & POTENTIAL SCENARIOS FOR ANALYSIS PW TASK 4: MODEL SCENARIOS & COMPARE RESULTS PW TASK 5: FINALIZE PREFERRED WE ARE ALTERNATIVE & FINAL HERE PW Community Workshop Agenda DOORS OPEN + SIGN-IN: 6:00PM-6:15PM Presentation: 6:15pm-7:00pm Table Discussions: 7:00pm-7:45pm Reporting Out and Next Steps: 7:45pm-8:30pm Community Workshop Goals By the end of this evening, the team expects to understand constraints and opportunities, outline goals and objectives, and begin to identify a broad vision for the area. Existing Conditions + Analysis Market Analysis Overview PREPARED BY W-ZHA - JANUARY 2017 Projected program for the next 10 years based on market demand analysis. Ultimate program to be determined by current market forces. • RESIDENTIAL: 500 to 875 Units • Multi-Family Rental: 400 to 700 Units • Multi-Family For Sale: 100 to 175 Units • RETAIL: No Net New Projected • OFFICE: 70,000 to 100,000 sf • MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT: Opportunity Areas - Astra Zeneca site and adjacent to Wilmington University’s future campus site PENNSYLVANIA DELAWARE BEAVER VALLEY RD Brandywine Town Center Overview + History Wilmington NAAMANS RD University Concord Mall Widener University Delaware Law School Brandywine Creek State Park • Constructed as a private toll road in the early Wilmington University, Brandywine 1800’s and completed as a state highway in the SILVERSIDE RD early 1920’s SHIPLEY RD FLORENCE AVE • Study area boundary encompasses a 6-mile MT LEBANON RD FOULK RD WHITBY DR RT 202 stretch from City of Wilmington to Delaware/ Brandywine Creek Brandywine High School SHARPLEY RD Pennsylvania State Line ALDERS DR • Predominantly a 6-lane arterial DuPont WILSON RD ROCKLAND RDCountry Club SHIPLEY RD • Major commuter route that is heavily Astra Zeneca MURPHY RD commercialized with a mix of retail, restaurants, I-95 residential areas, office, and recreational and Nemours/ Independence Alfred I Mall DuPont institutional uses WELDIN RD Hospital for Bringhurst Children Woods Rock State Park POWDER MILL RD Manor Golf Club Alapocas Run State Park I-95 KEY BUILDINGS COUNTY PARKS / OPEN SPACE NEW CASTLEWILMINGTON STUDY AREA BOUNDARY CITY OF 1962: Overhead signage installed along Concord Pike (US 202) 1957: The RT 202 Corridor is widened and repaved 1966: The RT 202 Corridor is divided around Talleyville PENNSYLVANIA DELAWARE BEAVER VALLEY RD Brandywine Town Center Figure Ground Wilmington NAAMANS RD University Concord Mall Widener University Delaware Law School Brandywine Creek State Park • Larger commercial and institutional parcels Wilmington University, Brandywine directly front Concord Pike (US 202) SILVERSIDE RD SHIPLEY RD • Suburban, residential development is FLORENCE AVE primarily east of Concord Pike (US 202); few MT LEBANON RD FOULK RD WHITBY DR RT 202 neighborhoods exist along the west side of Brandywine Creek Brandywine High School SHARPLEY RD Concord Pike (US 202) ALDERS DR • Large, undeveloped land areas consisting of DuPont WILSON RD ROCKLAND RDCountry Club parks and golf courses existing on the west of SHIPLEY RD Astra Zeneca MURPHY RD Concord Pike (US 202) I-95 Nemours/ Independence Alfred I Mall DuPont WELDIN RD Hospital for Bringhurst Children Woods Rock State Park POWDER MILL RD Manor Golf Club Alapocas Run State Park I-95 KEY COUNTY BUILDINGS NEW CASTLEWILMINGTON STUDY AREA BOUNDARY CITY OF PENNSYLVANIA DELAWARE BEAVER VALLEY RD Brandywine Town Center Land Use Wilmington NAAMANS RD University Concord Mall Widener University Delaware Law School Brandywine Creek State Park • Retail, office, and institutional uses are along Wilmington University, Brandywine Concord Pike (US 202) SILVERSIDE RD SHIPLEY RD • Residential development is primarily east FLORENCE AVE of Concord Pike (US 202) with a few MT LEBANON RD FOULK RD WHITBY DR RT 202 neighborhoods to the west Brandywine Creek Brandywine High School SHARPLEY RD • Large, undeveloped land areas consisting of ALDERS DR parks, agriculture, and various recreational DuPont WILSON RD ROCKLAND RDCountry Club amenities are along the west side and at the SHIPLEY RD Astra Zeneca MURPHY RD south end of the study area I-95 Nemours/ Independence Alfred I Mall DuPont WELDIN RD Hospital for Bringhurst Children Woods Rock State Park POWDER MILL RD Manor Golf Club Alapocas KEY Run State Park RETAIL I-95 INSTITUTIONAL MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONAL COUNTY PARKS/ OPEN SPACES NEW CASTLEWILMINGTON STUDY AREA BOUNDARY CITY OF PENNSYLVANIA DELAWARE BEAVER VALLEY RD Brandywine Town Center Street Network Wilmington NAAMANS RD University Concord Mall Widener University Delaware Law School Brandywine Creek State Park • Interstate 95 bisects the southern end of the Wilmington University, Brandywine study area boundary SILVERSIDE RD SHIPLEY RD • Concord Pike (US 202) is a US highway that FLORENCE AVE runs north and south between Wilmington and MT LEBANON RD FOULK RD WHITBY DR RT 202 the Delaware-Pennsylvania state lines Brandywine Creek Brandywine High School SHARPLEY RD • Beaver Valley Road, Naamans Road, Powder ALDERS DR Mill Road and Murphy Road are state highways DuPont WILSON RD ROCKLAND RDCountry Club that run east and west connecting Concord SHIPLEY RD Astra Zeneca MURPHY RD Pike (US 202) to surrounding neighborhoods I-95 • Mt. Lebanon Road and Silverside Road are two Nemours/ Independence Alfred I Mall DuPont major collector roads at the heart of the study WELDIN RD Hospital for Bringhurst Children Woods Rock State Park area that run east and west POWDER MILL RD Manor Golf Club Alapocas Run State Park I-95 KEY INTERSTATE 95 CONCORD PIKE - US 202 LOCAL CONNECTOR COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD STREET NEW CASTLEWILMINGTON STUDY AREA BOUNDARY CITY OF PENNSYLVANIA DELAWARE BEAVER VALLEY RD Brandywine Town Center Concord Pike Wilmington NAAMANS RD University Concord Mall Characteristics Widener University Delaware Law School Brandywine Creek State Park SEGMENT 1 - NAAMANS RD TO Wilmington University, Brandywine SILVERSIDE RD SILVERSIDE RD SHIPLEY RD • Extensive open space and park land along FLORENCE AVE western side MT LEBANON RD FOULK RD WHITBY DR RT 202 Brandywine Creek Brandywine • Large retail and institutional parcels on both High School SHARPLEY RD sides of Concord Pike ALDERS DR • Reduced curb cuts due to larger surface DuPont WILSON RD ROCKLAND RDCountry Club SHIPLEY RD parking lots; 500’-1,000’ spacing on average Astra Zeneca MURPHY RD I-95 Nemours/ Independence Alfred I Mall DuPont WELDIN RD Hospital for Bringhurst Children Woods Rock State Park POWDER MILL RD Manor Golf Club Alapocas Run State Park I-95 KEY INTERSTATEINTERSTATE 9595 CONCORD PIKE - US 202202 LOCALL OCAL CONNECTORCONNECTOR COUNTY NNEIGHBORHOODEIGHBORHOOD SSTREETTREET NEW CASTLEWILMINGTON STUDY AAREAREA BOUBOUNDARYNDARY CITY OF PENNSYLVANIA DELAWARE BEAVER VALLEY RD Brandywine Town Center Concord Pike
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