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- 15 landscape and aesthetics corridor plan I-15 FROM PRIMM TO MESQUITE CORRIDOR PLAN DESIGN WORKSHOP MacKay & Somps JW Zunino & Assoc. CH2MHill Jones & Jones August 3, 2005 1-15 corridor plan Endorsement MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR OF NEVADA MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR KENNY C. GUINN NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION JEFFREY FONTAINE, P.E. On June 30, 2002, the Nevada Department of Transportation adopted It is NDOT's responsibility to ensure that landscaping and aesthetics as policy, "Pattern and Palette of Place: A Landscape and Aesthetics are an important consideration in building and retrofitting our high- Master Plan for the Nevada State Highway System". Now, the second way system. This Landscape and Aesthetics Corridor Plan for I-15 in phase of planning is complete. This I-15 Landscape and Aesthetics Northern Nevada helps realize our vision for the future appearance of Corridor Plan represents a major step forward for the Landscape and our highways. The plan will provide the guidance for our own design Aesthetics program created by the Master Plan. It is significant teams as well as help Nevada's citizens play an important role in the because it involves local public agencies and citizens in the planning context-sensitive solutions for today's transportation needs. process so that Nevada's highways truly represent the State and its Together, we will ensure our highways reflect Nevada's distinctive people. The Corridor Plan will be the primary management tool used heritage, landscape, and culture. to guide funding allocations, promotes appropriate aesthetic design, and provides for the incorporation of highway elements that unique- ly express Nevada's landscape, communities, and cities, as well as its people. The State considers this Corridor Plan to be a major accom- plishment for the future of Nevada highways. i 1-15 corridor plan Endorsement ENDORSEMENT This Corridor Plan has been reviewed by the following groups and agencies: City of Boulder City City of Henderson City of Las Vegas City of Mesquite City of North Las Vegas Clark County Comprehensive Planning Steering Committee Clark County Department of Air Quality Management Clark County Department of Public Works Clark County Neighborhood and Town Services Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce The Nature Conservancy Nevada Department of Transportation, District 1 Office Nevada Division of Forestry Nevada Division of State Parks, Las Vegas Region Nevada Division of Wildlife, Southern Region North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada Sierra Club, Southern Nevada Group Southern Nevada Homebuilders Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition Southern Nevada Water Authority University of Nevada, Las Vegas University of Nevada, Reno U.S. Bureau of Land Management U.S. Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration ii 1-15 corridor plan Acknowledgements ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STATE TRANSPORTATION BOARD James R. Souba, P.E. - Former Assistant Chief Roadway Design Engineer Chairman Kenny C. Guinn Governor Rand Pollard, P.E. - Assistant Chief Roadway Design Engineer Kathy Augustine Controller Ron Blakemore - Supervising Landscape Architect Caesar Caviglia Member Lucy Joyce-Mendive - Senior Landscape Architect Tom Gust Member Susan Luescher - Assistant Landscape Architect Lorraine Hunt Lt. Governor Brian Sandoval Attorney General UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND Jim Thornton Member PLANNING RESEARCH OFFICE Mark Elison Hoversten - Professor, FASLA, AICP STTAC (Statewide Transportation Technical Advisory Committee) Susan Jones - Research Associate, ASLA Jim Bell Larry Friedman Elizabeth Scott - Research Associate, ASLA Randy Bellard Debra Goodwin Brian Pugh - Research Assistant, ASLA Kristine Bunnell Mella Harmon Daryl Capurro Sig Jaunarajs CONSULTANT TEAM Bill Cadwallader Charlie Kajkowski DESIGN WORKSHOP Kent Cooper Neil Krutz Richard W. Shaw - Principal, FASLA Daryl Crawford Jim Lawrence Steve Noll - Principal, ASLA Carl Dahlen Bruce Mackey Stephanie Grigsby - Associate Joe Damiani Marty Manning Kristofer Johnson - Landscape Planner Jerry Duke Rod Savini Sara Muir-Owen - Planner Keyth Durham Ron Skunes Laura Miller - Landscape Designer Jon Ekstrand Gary Stockoff Eric Roverud - Landscape Designer John Flansberg Steve Weaver Lisa McGuire - Graphic Designer David Fraser Jenny Welsh Nino Pero - Website Designer Kelan Smith - Environmental Graphics TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE Dori Johnson - Project Assistant Sue Baker Jim Mallery Cindy Beauchamp Ron Marlow JW ZUNINO Doug Bennett Mary Martini Jack Zunino - Principal, FASLA Thomas Brady Richard Milewski Cecilia Schafler - Landscape Architect, ASLA Lisa Calderwood Eduardo Miranda Geoffrey Schafler - Landscape Coordinator, ASLA Denis Cederburg Sherie Moore Mike Duran Jim Moore CH2MHILL Cheri Edelman Johanna Murphy Cindy Potter - P.E. Civil Engineer, Principal Jane Feldman Greg Novak Dean Mottram - P.E. Civil Engineer Jill Flores Jan Prida Dan Andersen - Public Facilitator Greg Graham Chuck Richter Cameron Harper Kurt Sawyer MACKAY AND SOMPS (PLACES, INC.) Ed James Roddy Shepard Barbara Santner - Landscape Architect and Planner, ASLA, AICP Terry Johnson Dennis Slinn Tom Guyer - Landscape Architect, ASLA John James Greg Toth Louise Kehmeier - Landscape Architect Charles Kajkowski Hannah Visser Margie Klein Sue Wainscott JONES AND JONES Rob LeVrant Jon Wardlaw James Sipes - Landscape Architect and Digital Database Development, ASLA Rudy Malfabon Ana Wharton Corey Parker - Associate Denna Woodbury iii iv 1-15 corridor plan Summary I-15 CORRIDOR PLAN SUMMARY and growth, water availability, land the beginning of the chapter is a the theme and design objectives of the AND USER’S GUIDE ownership, and natural resources is dis- description of softscape and hardscape segment is provided giving the reader cussed. A detailed analysis of the ter- types. These represent increasing lev- a sense of the design aesthetic that is This plan illustrates a detailed vision rain surrounding the I-15 corridor, els of visual enhancement, amenity, appropriate and desired within the for the landscape and aesthetics of the including viewsheds to significant nat- cost, and maintenance, and have been segment. Maps and sections of the I-15 corridor. This vision synthesizes ural features and environmental fea- prescribed across the entire I-15 corri- individual Landscape Design Segments historic, current, and future conditions tures, is also presented. This informa- dor. Additional items included in the provide further detail regarding the How to Use the Corridor Plan for a into a comprehensive guide to improve tion is then synthesized in a series of Elements of Landscape and Aesthetics location of specific projects and where Segment of I-15: the visual appearance of I-15 from the Opportunities and Constraints maps are a roadside signage program, vary- the varying levels of softscape types California stateline at Primm to the that specifically identify project oppor- ing degrees of enhanced road services, and hardscape treatments are to be Arizona border at Mesquite. tunities along three distinct segments a native wildflower program, and an achieved. • Refer to the section beginning on page of the corridor. These chapters should effort to minimize the visual impacts 3.1 to determine the softscape and The first chapter of this report pro- be read carefully so design decisions of outdoor advertising and billboards. Design guidelines are included in the hardscape type and treatment. vides an introduction to the NDOT will be made with a solid analytical fifth chapter to articulate qualitative Landscape and Aesthetics program, the basis rooted in the physical and histor- Detailed analysis and further under- design for all aspects of the corridor. public participation process that has ical nature of the area. standing of the I-15 corridor resulted in These apply at all levels of engineering • Refer to the section beginning on page influenced the program, and the mech- the creation of three distinct, yet con- and facility planning and design. The 4.1 to determine the Landscape Design anism by which the design of the corri- The third chapter, Elements of sistent, Landscape Design Segments: final chapter describes funding and Segment and design theme. dor will be managed. The second chap- Landscape and Aesthetics, is critical to Gateway to Nevada’s Excitement, project priorities for each segment of ter sets the foundation for many of the understanding the types of enhance- Dynamic Desert Metropolis, and the I-15 corridor. design and project decisions discussed ments and traveler amenities that will Mojave High Desert. These segments • Refer to the section beginning on page later in the report. In this chapter, be provided through the NDOT are examined individually in the fourth 4.3 for design objectives and intended information regarding demographics Landscape and Aesthetics program. At chapter of this report. A description of future context. • Refer to the section beginning on page 4.7 for design interpretation. • Refer to the section beginning on page 5.1 for specific design guidelines. • Refer to the section beginning on page 6.1 for project priorities and a descrip- tion of funding and costs. This Corridor Plan is a management tool that will direct decisions made on Nevada’s Interstate Highway system with the goal of considering landscape and aesthetics as an integrated part of all design undertaken by NDOT and the community partners within the state. v 1-15 corridor plan Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION . 1.0 NDOT HIGHWAY LANDSCAPE AND AESTHETICS - THE VISION . 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE CORRIDOR PLAN . 1.1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS . 1.2 CORRIDOR DESIGN MANAGEMENT . 1.3 OVERVIEW OF CORRIDOR PLAN . 1.4 2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION . 2.0 PRESENT & FUTURE COMMUNITY GROWTH . 2.1 ANTICIPATED URBAN CHANGES . 2.1 LAND OWNERSHIP . 2.1 WATER RESOURCE AVAILABILITY . 2.2 COMMUNITY SETTLEMENT PATTERNS . 2.2 TRAVEL AND TOURISM PATTERNS . 2.2 NATURAL RESOURCES . 2.3 VIEWSHEDS AND DISTANCE ZONES . ..