Second Knolls Development REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY
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Second Knolls Development REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY Final Report Task Assignment MPD 011D-13 Prepared for: Prepared by: March 2014 Final Report Contents Executive Summary .................................................................................................................... 1 Transportation System ................................................................................................................... 1 Development Case Studies ............................................................................................................ 1 Funding ........................................................................................................................................ 2 Next Steps .................................................................................................................................... 2 1.0 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Geographic Setting ............................................................................................................ 3 2.0 Planning Context............................................................................................................. 8 2.1 Public Outreach .................................................................................................................. 8 2.2 Previous Plans and Studies ................................................................................................. 8 2.3 Population and Employment Projections ............................................................................ 12 3.0 Existing and Future Transportation Conditions ............................................................ 13 3.1 Road Network .................................................................................................................. 13 3.2 Traffic Operations ............................................................................................................ 14 3.3 Traffic Safety .................................................................................................................... 16 3.4 Public Transportation ........................................................................................................ 22 3.5 Airports ............................................................................................................................ 23 3.6 Goods Movement ............................................................................................................. 23 3.7 Non-Motorized Transportation .......................................................................................... 24 3.8 Future Conditions ............................................................................................................. 24 3.9 Summary ......................................................................................................................... 25 4.0 Development Case Studies ........................................................................................... 26 4.1 Industrial Clusters ............................................................................................................. 26 4.2 Inland Ports ...................................................................................................................... 28 4.3 Transload Facility ............................................................................................................. 30 4.4 Forest Products ................................................................................................................. 32 4.5 Other Case Studies .......................................................................................................... 34 4.6 Summary ......................................................................................................................... 36 4.7 Conclusions ...................................................................................................................... 39 5.0 Improvement Plan ........................................................................................................ 40 5.1 Summary ......................................................................................................................... 44 6.0 Funding Opportunities .................................................................................................. 45 6.1 Federal Funding Sources .................................................................................................. 45 i Final Report 6.2 State Funding Sources ...................................................................................................... 46 6.3 Local Funding Sources ...................................................................................................... 47 6.4 Transit Funding Assistance ................................................................................................ 48 6.5 Public-Private Partnerships ................................................................................................ 48 6.6 Other Funding Opportunities ............................................................................................ 49 6.7 Summary ......................................................................................................................... 56 Appendices Appendix A ...................................................................................... Level of Service Thresholds Appendix B .......................................................................................................... Case Studies Appendix C ....................................................................... Public Involvement Summary Reports Appendix D ..................................................................................... Tier II Grant Opportunities Figures Figure 1 Second Knolls Development Regional Study Area ....................................................... 4 Figure 2 Total Vehicle Crashes by Crash Type and Severity ..................................................... 17 Figure 3 Vehicle Crash Locations, Volumes of Crashes, and Crash Types ................................ 18 Figure 4 Vehicle Crashes by Type of Crash ............................................................................. 19 Figure 5 Future Transportation Network Concepts ................................................................. 41 Figure 6 Second Knolls Road Cross Sections ........................................................................... 42 Tables Table 1 Study Area Land Cover ................................................................................................ 5 Table 2 Employment Estimates ................................................................................................. 6 Table 3 Navajo County Population Projections ....................................................................... 11 Table 4 Study Area Population and Employment Projections, 2010-2035 ............................... 12 Table 5 Existing and Future State Highway Traffic Conditions ................................................. 14 Table 6 Fatal Crash Characteristics ........................................................................................ 20 Table 7 Vehicle Crashes by Type, Severity, and Location ......................................................... 21 Table 8 Five-Year Crash Rates ............................................................................................... 22 Table 9 Key Attributes of Economic Development Efforts ......................................................... 37 Table 10 Key Attributes of Locating Inland Port Facilities ........................................................ 38 ii Final Report Table 11 Key Attributes for Transload Facilities ....................................................................... 38 Table 12 Key Attributes for Forest Products Development ....................................................... 39 Table 13 Title VI and Environmental Justice Populations ......................................................... 44 Table 14 Tier I Transportation Planning Funding Opportunities .............................................. 50 Table 15 Tier I Community Planning Funding Opportunities ................................................... 52 Table 16 Tier I Economic Development Funding Opportunities ............................................... 53 iii Final Report Executive Summary The purpose of the Second Knolls Development Regional Study is to identify transportation infrastructure investments that may help leverage the economic potential of the study area and foster future land development. This document describes the study area’s existing and future transportation conditions and presents transportation framework recommendations based on planning by Aztec Land & Cattle Company, the Town of Snowflake and Taylor, and Navajo County. It presents findings from case studies on inland ports and rural industrial developments and discusses possible funding sources and strategies for infrastructure investment. Transportation System The existing and future transportation system analysis showed that ample capacity remains on the current state highway system to accommodate background traffic growth through 2035. Furthermore, there would be sufficient remaining capacity on both SR 77 and SR 277 in 2035 to support initial development within the Second Knolls study area without needing to add new lanes to the road.