SAULT STE. MARIE TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2018-2038 January 4, 2018 Submitted to Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Membership Board of Directors Prepared by: Transportation Department Staff Wendy A. Hoffman Ryan D. Sawyers For further information about this project contact: Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Tribal Transportation Department 523 Ashmun Street Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 906.635.6050 LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................................. 2 LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................................................................. 3 PURPOSE AND SCOPE ........................................................................................................................................ 5 ORGANIZAITON OF STUDY ................................................................................................................................. 6 TRIBAL AND REGIONAL CONTEXT ...................................................................................................................... 6 LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN SUMMARY ........................................................................................... 7 PART ONE-EXISTING CONDITIONS ..................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 BACKGROUND DATA AND EXISTING CONDITIONS ........................................................................................ 8 1.2 HARBORS AND DOCKS .................................................................................................................................................. 23 1.3 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING .................................................................................. 25 1.4 NON MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION ............................................................................................................. 26 2.1 SIGNAGE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27 2.1 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) ................................................................................................. 28 1.5 REGIONAL TRIBAL TRANSIT PROGRAM ......................................................................................................... 29 1.9 SAFETY .......................................................................................................................................................................... 31 1.1 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ....................................................................................................... 35 1.6 FERRIES ......................................................................................................................................................................... 37 1.7 FREIGHT ........................................................................................................................................................................ 38 1.8 MARINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM ......................................................................................................................................... 40 1.9 PORTS – INTERNATIONAL AND MICHIGAN .................................................................................................... 40 1.10 AIRPORTS .................................................................................................................................................................. 43 PART TWO - LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN ........................................................................................... 44 2.1 MISSION, VISSION, & GOALS ................................................................................................................................ 44 2.2 LRTP IMPLEMENTATION, UPDATING, AMENDING, REVIEW AND APPROVAL ................................. 45 2.3 UPDATING THE LONG RANGE PLAN ................................................................................................................. 45 2.4 PUBLIC INVOLVMENT............................................................................................................................................ 45 2.5 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICIAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL .................................................................... 45 2.6 INVENTORY AND EXISTING TRIBAL ROADWAY SYSTEM ......................................................................... 45 2.7 PRELIMINARY PROJECT PLANNING ................................................................................................................. 46 2.8 TRIBAL TRANSIT GRANT ............................................................................................................................................. 47 2.9 CONSTRUCTION & CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION ...................................................................................... 47 2.10 DESIGN STANDARDS .............................................................................................................................................. 49 2.11 SMART GROWTH AND COMPLETE STREETS ................................................................................................. 49 2.12 GRANTS OF EASEMENTS AND RIGHT-OF-WAY ............................................................................................. 50 2.13 ART, CREATIVE PLACEMAKING, CULTURAL TOURISM & PRESERVATION (PUBLIC ACT 247) ........ 50 2.14 TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................... 50 2.15 INFASTRUCTURE PLANNING, DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................... 50 2.16 PROJECT PRIORITIZATION ................................................................................................................................. 52 2.17 PRIORITIZATION PROCESS ................................................................................................................................. 54 2.18 NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION RANKING MATRIX AND PROCESS .......................................... 56 2.19 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN (TIP) ......................................................................................... 58 2.20 2018-2022 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN (TIP) PROJECTS ............................................................... 59 2.21 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ......................................................................................................................................... 90 2.21.1 PUBLIC INPUT ...................................................................................................................................................... 91 2.22 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICIAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL .................................................................... 93 2.23 CAPITAL PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ...................................................................................................... 93 2.24 OFFICIAL INVENTORY ........................................................................................................................................... 93 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................................................... 0 Page 1 of 105 LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Great Lakes Region, USA ................................................................................................................... 6 Figure 2 Tribal Seven County Service Area ..................................................................................................... 6 Figure 3 TRIBAL SEVEN COUNTY SERVICE AREA ............................................................................................. 9 Figure 4 POPULATION DENSITY BY CENSUS BLOCK ........................................................................................ 9 Figure 5 MEMBERSHP PER CENSUS BLOCK .................................................................................................. 10 Figure 6 ALGER COUNTY - MEMBER PER CENSUS BLOCK ............................................................................ 10 Figure 7 ALGER COUNTY POPULATION DENSITY BY CENSUS BLOCK ............................................................ 11 Figure 8 Chippewa County - Native Americans by Census Block ................................................................. 11 Figure 9 Chippewa County - Population Density by Census Block ............................................................... 12 Figure 10 Delta County - Native Americans by Census Block ....................................................................... 12 Figure 11 Delta County - Population Density by Census Block ..................................................................... 13 Figure 12 Luce County - Native Americans by Census Block ........................................................................ 13 Figure 13 Luce County - Population by Census Block ................................................................................... 14 Figure 14 Mackinac County - 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