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Comprehensive Transportation Study James City County/Williamsburg/York County Comprehensive Transportation Study Appendix A2 Comprehensive Transportation Study James City County/Williamsburg/York County Comprehensive Transportation Study TPOTPO TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION T12-03 March 2012 HAMPTON ROADS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION VOTING MEMBERS Dwight L. Farmer Executive Director/Secretary CHESAPEAKE POQUOSON Alan P. Krasnoff W. Eugene Hunt, Jr. GLOUCESTER COUNTY PORTSMOUTH Christopher A. Hutson Kenneth I. Wright HAMPTON SUFFOLK Molly J. Ward Linda T. Johnson ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY VIRGINIA BEACH Delores Dee-Dee Darden William D. Sessoms, Jr. JAMES CITY COUNTY WILLIAMSBURG Mary K. Jones Clyde A. Haulman NEWPORT NEWS YORK COUNTY McKinley Price Thomas G. Shepperd, Jr. NORFOLK Paul D. Fraim MEMBERS OF THE VIRGINIA SENATE The Honorable John C. Miller The Honorable Yvonne B. Miller MEMBERS OF THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES The Honorable John A. Cosgrove Vacant TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT COMMISSION OF HAMPTON ROADS Philip A. Shucet, President/Chief Executive Officer WILLIAMSBURG AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY Anthony Conyers, Jr., Acting Executive Director VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Dennis W. Heuer, District Administrator – Hampton Roads District VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Thelma Drake, Director VIRGINIA PORT AUTHORITY Jerry A. Bridges, Executive Director HAMPTON ROADS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION NON-VOTING MEMBERS CHESAPEAKE JAMES CITY COUNTY PORTSMOUTH William E. Harrell Robert C. Middaugh Kenneth L. Chandler GLOUCESTER COUNTY NEWPORT NEWS SUFFOLK Brenda G. Garton Neil A. Morgan Selena Cuffee-Glenn HAMPTON NORFOLK VIRGINIA BEACH Mary Bunting Marcus Jones James K. Spore ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY POQUOSON WILLIAMSBURG W. Douglas Caskey J. Randall Wheeler Jackson C. Tuttle YORK COUNTY James O. McReynolds FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION Irene Rico, Division Administrator – Virginia Division FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION Brigid Hynes-Cherin, Regional Administrator, Region 3 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Jeffrey W. Breeden, Airport Planner, Washington Airports District Office VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION Randall P. Burdette, Director PENINSULA AIRPORT COMMISSION Ken Spirito, Executive Director NORFOLK AIRPORT AUTHORITY Wayne E. Shank, Executive Director CHAIR – CITIZEN TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE William W. Harrison, Jr. CHAIR – FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE William Bell, Co-Chair (Nonvoting Board Member) Vacant, Co-Chair (Voting Board Member) MILITARY LIAISONS Mary Jackson, Captain, U.S. Navy Mark S. Ogle, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard Korvin D. Auch, Colonel, Langley Thomas R. Wetherington, Colonel, Langley HRTPO PROJECT STAFF Camelia Ravanbakht, Ph.D. Deputy Executive Director, HRTPO Robert B. Case, P.E. Principal Transportation Engineer Keith Nichols, P.E. Senior Transportation Engineer Stephanie Shealey Transportation Engineer Michael Long General Service Manager Kathlene Grauberger Administrative Assistant II Christopher Vaigneur Reprographics Coordinator COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION STUDY JAMES CITY COUNTY/WILLIAMSBURG/YORK COUNTY PREPARED BY: MARCH 2012 T12-03 Report Documentation TITLE: REPORT DATE: James City County/Williamsburg/York County March 2012 Comprehensive Transportation Study GRANT/SPONSORING AGENCY: FHWA/VDOT/LOCAL FUNDS AUTHORS: Keith M. Nichols, PE ORGANIZATION NAME, ADDRESS, & Stephanie L. Shealey TELEPHONE Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization PROJECT MANAGER: 723 Woodlake Drive Keith M. Nichols, PE Chesapeake, Virginia 23320 757.420.8300 http://www.hrtpo.org ABSTRACT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The purpose of this report is to assist James City This report was prepared by the Hampton Roads County, Williamsburg, and York County officials Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) in with the transportation sections of their cooperation with the U.S. Department of Comprehensive Plans. A Comprehensive Plan is a Transportation (USDOT), the Federal Highway policy document that provides direction for policy Administration (FHWA), the Virginia Department makers to guide growth and development by of Transportation (VDOT), Williamsburg Area providing the long-range vision, goals, and strategies Transit Authority (WATA), James City County, of their communities. Because of the link between York County, and the City of Williamsburg. The these communities, James City County, contents of this report reflect the views of the Williamsburg, and York County officials are HRTPO. The HRTPO staff is responsible for the coordinating the timing of their Comprehensive facts and accuracy of the data presented herein. Plan updates, with all three jurisdictions updating The contents do not necessarily reflect the official their Comprehensive Plans in 2012. views or policies of the FHWA or VDOT. This report does not constitute a standard, specification, This report is broken down into sections for each of or regulation. FHWA or VDOT acceptance of this the following transportation modes - Highway, planning study does not constitute Public Transportation, Intercity Passenger Rail, endorsement/approval of the need for any Bicycle and Pedestrian, and Air Travel. Both the recommended improvements nor does is constitute current and future conditions are examined for each the approval of their location and design or a of these transportation modes. commitment to fund any such improvements. Additional project level environmental impact assessments and/or studies of alternative may be necessary. JamesJames City/Williamsburg/York City/Williamsburg/York Transportation Transportation Study Study Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Current Conditions ............................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Highway ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Roadway Inventory .................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Recent Roadway Improvements ............................................................................................................................................... 4 Traffic Data .................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Roadway Congestion ................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Public Transportation ................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Transit ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Park and Ride ............................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Intercity Passenger Rail ................................................................................................................................................................ 15 Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities ................................................................................................................................................. 16 Air Travel ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport ........................................................................................................... 19 Norfolk and Richmond International Airports ..................................................................................................................... 20 Williamsburg Jamestown Airport .......................................................................................................................................... 20 Future Conditions ............................................................................................................................................................................ 21 Highway ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Programmed Roadway Projects .............................................................................................................................................. 21 Long Range Planning ............................................................................................................................................................... 25 2034 LRTP Projects ................................................................................................................................................................ 25 2034 Traffic Characteristics .................................................................................................................................................
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