I-85 Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study Public Involvement Summary Phase 1 Report PI# 0016164: I-85 from I-285 to I-985 Prepared for Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and Gwinnett County Department of Transportation (GCDOT) Prepared by Arcadis U.S., Inc. Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. July 14, 2020 I-85 Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study Table of Contents Project Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 1 Public Involvement Approach ....................................................................................................... 2 Engagement Tools .................................................................................................................... 2 Public Involvement Phases ....................................................................................................... 2 Phase 1 Overview ......................................................................................................................... 4 Public Information Open House Sessions ................................................................................. 4 Community Events .................................................................................................................... 4 Online Survey ............................................................................................................................ 5 Project-specific Emails .............................................................................................................. 5 Feedback Requested .................................................................................................................... 6 Draft Vision and Goals .............................................................................................................. 6 Map Ideas .................................................................................................................................. 6 Rank Interests ........................................................................................................................... 6 Explore Strategies ..................................................................................................................... 7 Additional Information ................................................................................................................ 8 Phase 1 Public Involvement Results ............................................................................................. 9 Public Information Open House Sessions ................................................................................. 9 Draft Vision and Goals ........................................................................................................... 9 Map Ideas .............................................................................................................................. 9 Rank Interests ........................................................................................................................ 9 Explore Strategies ............................................................................................................... 10 Community Events .................................................................................................................. 17 Map Ideas ............................................................................................................................ 17 Rank Interests ...................................................................................................................... 18 Explore Strategies ............................................................................................................... 19 Online Survey ......................................................................................................................... 25 Map Ideas ............................................................................................................................ 26 Rank Interests ...................................................................................................................... 33 Explore Strategies ............................................................................................................... 33 Open-ended comments ...................................................................................................... 37 Additional Information .......................................................................................................... 40 Project-specific Emails ............................................................................................................ 43 Phase 1 Public Involvement Summary ....................................................................................... 44 Overall Feedback .................................................................................................................... 44 Map Ideas ............................................................................................................................ 44 Rank Interests ...................................................................................................................... 45 I-85 Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study i Explore Strategies ............................................................................................................... 45 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................. 50 Next Steps ............................................................................................................................... 51 Table of Figures Figure 1: I-85 Corridor Study Schedule ........................................................................................ 1 Figure 2: Relationship of Type of Engagement and Relative Anticipated Audience Size ............. 3 Figure 3: All PIOH Sessions Rank Interests Results (Weighted) ................................................ 10 Figure 4: All PIOH Sessions Explore Strategies Results (Weighted) ......................................... 11 Figure 5: All PIOH Sessions Explore Strategies Ranking Results (Weighted) ........................... 11 Figure 6: All PIOH Sessions Explore Strategies Results (Weighted) - Capacity ........................ 12 Figure 7: All PIOH Sessions Explore Strategies Results (Weighted) – Operations/Safety ......... 13 Figure 8: All PIOH Sessions Explore Strategies Results (Weighted) – Trucks/Freight ............... 13 Figure 9: All PIOH Sessions Explore Strategies Results (Weighted) – Transit and Multimodal . 14 Figure 10: All PIOH Sessions Explore Strategies Results (Weighted) – Policy .......................... 14 Figure 11: All PIOH Sessions Explore Strategies Results per Category (Weighted) .................. 15 Figure 12: All Community Events Rank Interests Results (Weighted) ........................................ 18 Figure 13: All Community Events Explore Strategies Results (Weighted) .................................. 19 Figure 14: All Community Events Explore Strategies Ranking Results (Weighted) ................... 19 Figure 15: All Community Events Explore Strategies Results (Weighted) - Capacity................. 21 Figure 16: All Community Events Explore Strategies Results (Weighted) – Operations/Safety . 21 Figure 17: All Community Events Explore Strategies Results (Weighted) – Trucks/Freight ....... 22 Figure 18: All Community Events Explore Strategies Results (Weighted) – Transit and Multimodal ................................................................................................................................... 22 Figure 19: All Community Events Explore Strategies Results (Weighted) – Policy .................... 23 Figure 20: All Community Events Explore Strategies Results per Category (Weighted) ............ 23 Figure 21: MetroQuest Online Survey Engagement ................................................................... 26 Figure 22: MetroQuest Online Survey Hot Spots - All Comments .............................................. 27 Figure 23: MetroQuest Online Survey Hot Spots - Safety Comments ........................................ 28 Figure 24: MetroQuest Online Survey Hot Spots - Congestion Comments ................................ 29 Figure 25: MetroQuest Online Survey Hot Spots - Freight Comments ....................................... 30 Figure 26: MetroQuest Online Survey Hot Spots - Multimodal Comments ................................. 31 Figure 27: MetroQuest Online Survey Hot Spots - Other Comments ......................................... 32 Figure 28: MetroQuest Online Survey Rank Interests Results (Weighted) ................................. 33 Figure 29: MetroQuest Online Survey Explore Strategies Results (Weighted) .......................... 33 Figure 30: MetroQuest Online Survey Explore Strategies Ranking Results (Weighted) ............ 34 Figure 31: MetroQuest Online Survey Explore Strategies Results (Weighted) - Capacity ......... 34 I-85 Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study ii Figure 32: MetroQuest Online Survey Explore Strategies Results (Weighted) – Operations/Safety ....................................................................................................................... 35 Figure 33: MetroQuest Online Survey Explore Strategies Results (Weighted) – Truck/Freight . 35 Figure 34: MetroQuest Online Survey Explore Strategies Results (Weighted) – Transit