NCDOT Division 10 Update

Brett D. Canipe, PE Deputy Division Engineer

ASHE- September 20th, 2018 Division 10 Update 9/19/18

Today’s Roadmap

1. Direction of the Department

2. Division Stats

3. Division Organizational Structure

4. State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)

5. Major Active Construction Projects. I-85 Widening, Monroe

Expressway, I-77 Managed

6. Future Projects

7. Hurricane Florence

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Division 10 Update 9/19/18

NCDOT’s Paradigm Shift

• BUISNESS MODEL – Organizational Restructure; Central Units and Divisions – Responsive Customer Service – Accelerated Project Delivery !! – Alternate Funding; Build NC Bond Act of 2018, a new financing tool to help expedite critical projects. Signed into law June 20, 2018. $300 mil/year for 10 years.

“Transportation is the backbone of our state’s economic competitiveness and our quality of life. Build NC is a tool that will allow us to continue strong project delivery.” –Transportation Secretary MG (Ret) Jim Trogdon, PE.

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NC Department of Transportation 4 4 6 Cabarrus E Stanly m p Mecklenburg l o y Union e e Anson s

11085 Miles / 2728 and Culverts

Transportation Division 10 Update 9/19/18 Division 10 Org Structure

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Current Workload

• Maintenance-Operations: 11 independent work units, manages a $30 - $40 mil annual operating budget, $38 mil resurfacing budget, and a $7- $8 mil replacement program. $90 mil STIP funding Interstate Maintenance

• Construction Program: 4 Resident Engineer Offices. 83 projects under construction with 10 active local projects. 3 High Profile projects: I-77 Managed Lanes, Interstate 85, and the Monroe Expressway. Upcoming I-485 Design Build-Managed Lanes (I-5507) lets Sept 19 2018 with construction anticipated to start summer 2019.

• Project Development Team: 70% of STI projects, 40% of the budget. Currently managing planning and design for 63 STI projects, 57 DDC projects, 46 bridge replacements, and providing oversight for 62 local projects.

6 Transportation Division 10 Update 9/19/18 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) STIP identifies funding and scheduling of projects in NCDOT’s capital program (55% of DOT Budget)

10 Year Program (currently 2018-2027) • 1st Five Years is “Delivery STIP” – committed projects • 2nd Five Years is “Developmental STIP” – projects in early scoping and environmental development stage

Updated every 2 years

Current STIP contains over $25 Billion of projects • Highway, non-highway, bridges, safety, Interstate Maintenance, CMAQ 7 Division 10 Update 9/19/18 How STI Works

40% of Funds 30% of Funds 30% of Funds Estimated $20B in Funds for SFY 2018-2027 Statewide Mobility

Focus  Address Regional Impact Significant Congestion and Bottlenecks Focus  Improve • Selection based on Division Needs Connectivity within 100% Data Regions • Projects Programmed Focus  Address Local • Selection based on prior to Local Input Needs 70% Data & 30% Local Ranking Input • Selection based on 50% Data & 50% Local Input • Funding based on • Funding based on equal population within share for each Division (14) Region (7) = ~$42M / yr 8 Division 10 Update 9/19/18 regions & divisions

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Three major highway projects

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I-3802A

Construction began: Spring 2015 Estimated cost: $297.14 million Completion: December 2020 (I-85 final pattern December 2018)

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Project Highlights • Design-Build contract • Widen I-85 to eight lanes between NC 73 (Exit 55) to north of Moose Rd (Exit 63+) • Rebuild three interchanges • Improve Winecoff School Rd • Improve Kannapolis Hwy • Project continues into Division 9 as I-3802B

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Dale Earnhardt Blvd (Exit 60): Future

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US 29/601 (Exit 58): Future

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R-3329 / R-2559

Construction began: May 2015 Estimated cost: $800 million Substantial completion: Late 2018

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Project Highlights

• Design-Build contract • 20-mile-long tolled Expressway • 8 interchanges • 21 box culverts • 37 bridges • All-electronic, Open Tolling

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Eastern Terminus

Source: Monroe Bypass Constructors

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Western Terminus July 2018

Source: Monroe Bypass Constructors

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I-3311C / I-4750AA / I-5405

Construction began: November 2015 Estimated cost: $647 million* Substantial completion: Late 2018

*Estimated cost does not include additions to the project made by the MPO with bonus allocation funds.

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Project Highlights

• Public-private partnership • 26 Mile Project • Construct four express lanes from uptown Charlotte (Exit 11) to Cornelius (Exit 28) and two express lanes from Cornelius (Exit 28) to Mooresville (Exit 36) • Construct four direct connectors (Hambright Rd, I-85, Lakeview Rd, I-277)

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Express Lanes: Separate lanes in an existing highway corridor in which drivers can choose to pay a variable toll for a more reliable trip

Also called HOT Lanes, Managed Lanes or Toll Lanes

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Upcoming Construction Projects

• U-5806; Concord Mills Blvd/Concord Mills Entrance- Concord Mills Flyover $7.5 mil construction, under contract • I-5714/U-5114 I-77/Gilead to DDI and US-21/Gilead Rd improvements ( Left) $ 23.3 mil Oct 2018 • R-2530B; Widening of NC-24/27 from NC-740 to the Pee Dee River $ 60 mil. March 2019 • I-5715; Upgrade NC-73/I-77 Interchange to Split Diamond FY 2020 • U-4714A&B John improvements from Trade Street in Matthews to Wesley Chapel-Stouts Rd in Indian Trail. $128m FY 2021

• I-5507 I-485 DB Express Lanes. Opened Bids 9/18/18. Blythe Construction/WSP $346 mil (Engineers Estimate of $350 mil). Construction to start June 2019

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Division 10 Update 9/19/18 Hurricane Florence Response

• 44 Bridges overtopped or damaged • Currently 47 closed (44 in Anson County) • Had over 180 roads closed earlier this week • Deploying 4 additional NCDOT Crews to Anson County this week. • Assessing all routes in Cabarrus, Stanley, Union, and Anson Counties for Damage. • Will draft contracts for repairs not completed by NCDOT

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THANK YOU

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