Rochelle Rd. Dallas Love Field Airport UNIVERSITY Lemmon Ave. PARK Cedar Springs Rd. Program Guide .evA ellivneerG .evA Grauwyler Rd. HIGHLAND smarbA .dR 356 Harry HinesMaple Blvd. Ave. PARK The Southern Gateway /Dallas Horseshoe Public Meeting Pioneer Dr. Dallas NorthTollway W. Mockingbird Ln. Thursday, March 27, 2014, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 356 Irving Blvd. Hilton Garden Inn Shady Grove Rd. 800 N. Main Street, Duncanville, Texas 75116 Trinity River Canada Inwood Rd. IRVING Canada .dR notpmaH .dR Belt Line Rd. Singleton Blvd. MacArthur Blvd. WELCOME! Thank you for attending today’s public meeting. .evA yelkceB .evA The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) • Sign in welcomes you. Colorado Blvd. BNSF Railroad • Review handouts GRAND PRAIRIE 8th St.Corinth St. Union Pacific Railroad Davis St. Davis St. • Visit each station Today’s public meeting is about the Southern Gateway .dR dnaleromtseW .dR • Ask questions Project and the Dallas Horseshoe Project. The purpose FARM 1382 DART • Share your thoughts DART Zang Blvd. of the projects is to enhance the regional and national ROAD Mountain yelkceB .evA Creek Illinois Ave. Walton Walker Blvd. Illinois Ave. Illinois Ave. Union Pacific Railroad Lake • Provide comments transportation system by increasing capacity, reducing .tS kloP .tS traffic congestion, improving mobility, safety and SPUR 303 Kiest improving system linkages. The Southern Gateway Project Ledbetter Dr. Written comments must be postmarked by is located within the cities of Cedar Hill, Dallas, DeSoto, SPUR ellivnacnuD .dR 408 llerkcoC lliH .dR DART Park & Ride Ledbetter Dr. Duncanville, and Lancaster in Dallas County. The Dallas T-RAMP Monday , April 7, 2014. Mountain Mountain Creek Pkwy. Creek Dallas kloP .tS Executive Rd. Lancaster Horseshoe Project is located within the city of Dallas in Airport 67 Dallas County. Simpson Stuart Rd. Camp Wisdom Camp Wisdom Union Pacific Railroad Pacific Union Mail: TxDOT - Dallas District The purpose of the public meeting is to present project Wheatland Rd. Re: The Southern Gateway Project .dR kralC .dR Langdon information and updates regarding the Southern Cedardale Rd. Ashley Haire, P.E. - Project Manager S .tS niaM .tS S Joe Pool notsuoH loohcS .dR Gateway Project and the Dallas Horseshoe Project and to Lake Danieldale Rd. Danieldale Rd. Dallas Ave. Dallas 4777 E. Highway 80 FARM gather input from the public. These corridors are being 1382 Mesquite, TX 75150-6643 ROAD .tS kloP .tS Wintergreen Rd. Lancaster-Hutchins Rd. Wintergreen Rd. LEGEND N considered together at the meeting because they constitute a comprehensive approach to providing continuous high- DESOTO THE SOUTHERN BNSF Railroad GATEWAY PROJECT FARM Pleasant Run Rd. Pleasant Run 1382 DALLAS HORSESHOE occupancy vehicle (HOV) and managed lanes along I-35E. .dR dnaleromtseW .dR PROJECT CEDAR HILL ROAD .dR lliH llerkcoC lliH .dR DALLAS HORSESHOE .dR notpmaH .dR Belt Line Rd. IH 35E HOV FARM FUTURE PROJECT BY OTHERS Belt Line Rd. 1382 .dR kralC .dR ROAD HIGHWAYS No formal presentation will be given. d. ellivnacnuD .dR Main St. MAJOR ROADS CITY STREETS Parkerville Rd. DART RAIL Kingswood KCK Way BNSF RAILROAD STATION GUIDE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Bear Creek Rd. GLENN COUNTY LIMITS Station 1 – Location Map/Timeline Station 5 – Noise Walls March 27, 2014 ebanon Rd. HEIGHTS Joe Wilson Rd. Joe DALLAS COUNTY Mt L Station 2 – The Southern Gateway Aesthetics Station 6 – Dallas Horseshoe Location Map Station 3 – The Southern Gateway Environmental Constraints Station 7 – Dallas Horseshoe 2012 Approved Schematic The Southern Gateway /Dallas Horseshoe Projects Station 4 – The Southern Gateway Draft Schematic Concepts Station 8 – Comments Project Location Map All of the materials presented here tonight will be available for review on the project websites. Please visit: www.thesoutherngateway.org; www.keepitmovingdallas.com; www.dallashorseshoe.com TSG_032714 The Facts The Facts The Southern Gateway Project The Dallas Horseshoe Project I-35E/US 67 I-30/I-35E Why is it needed? What is the Southern In recent years, population growth in Dallas and many What is the Dallas Horseshoe Project? What are managed lanes? Gateway Project? of the southern suburban cities has greatly increased The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Tolled managed lanes are one component of several transportation demand. By 2035, the population of Dallas Horseshoe Project is a design-build construction project current major projects that also have free general purpose The Southern Gateway, a project of the Texas Department County is projected to double from 1970 levels. This that will improve traffic flow along Interstates 30 and 35E lanes and free frontage roads. On tolled managed lanes, of Transportation (TxDOT), develops long-term project meets the transportation needs for the I-35E/US through downtown Dallas, the Mixmaster and the city’s dynamic pricing provides a strategy to manage congestion. transportation and operational improvements in the 67 corridors in southern Dallas County. central business district. The Horseshoe Project has been The tolls will adjust based upon the average speed or area. The project is designed to enhance the regional and What are managed lanes? given the highest priority by TxDOT, and once completed, number of drivers who want to use the tolled lanes. national transportation system by increasing capacity, motorists will experience improved safety, increased Typically during non-peak driving times, the average tolls reducing traffic congestion, improving mobility, improving Tolled managed lanes are one component of several current will be less than during rush hour. The goal of dynamic major projects that also have free general purpose lanes capacity and greater mobility. design deficiencies and improving system linkages. The pricing is to provide a higher level of service by ensuring Southern Gateway project is located within the cities of and free frontage roads. On tolled managed lanes, dynamic pricing provides a strategy to manage congestion. The tolls those drivers a predictable, higher-speed commute. Cedar Hill, Dallas, DeSoto, Duncanville, and Lancaster in Why is it needed? Vehicles with two or more occupants will receive a 50 Dallas County. will adjust based upon the average speed or number of drivers who want to use the tolled lanes. Typically during Ranked as two of the most congested roadways in Texas, percent discount on the tolls during the peak periods. non-peak driving times, the average tolls will be less than I-30 and I-35E carry over 460,000 vehicles per day. What will the improvements include? during rush hour. The goal of dynamic pricing is to Coupled with outdated roadway geometry, this only adds Ultimate Proposed Improvements provide a higher level of service by ensuring those drivers to the increased traffic congestion and the further decline How can the public get involved? of bridges and roadways. The ultimate Southern Gateway project will improve traffic a predictable, higher-speed commute. Vehicles with two or We understand that any proposed solution to the region’s operations, safety and mobility of the corridor. Through more occupants will receive a 50 percent discount on the transportation needs must address issues and concerns a previous study, the ultimate improvements received tolls during the peak periods. What will the improvements include? from many stakeholders. Our process is driven by schematic and environmental approval through a FONSI How can the public get involved? Under the current design-build project, improvements continuous outreach to engage the community throughout in 2006 as a High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) facility. Based We understand that any proposed solution to the region’s and upgrades include new bridges along the eastbound development of the project. This public meeting is being on current roadway design standards, implementation of transportation needs must address issues and concerns and westbound lanes of I-30; new roadway pavement held to provide project information and gather input from bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and the conversion of from many stakeholders. Our process is driven by from N. Beckley Avenue to Sylvan along I-30 and all those interested. the HOV to a tolled managed lane, TxDOT is proposing continuous outreach to engage the community throughout E. Colorado Boulevard to East 8th Street along I-35E; a re-evaluation of the previous approved document. As development of the project. This public meeting is being and various new lanes and pavement throughout the depicted in the 2006 approved schematic, the current Project Websites: held to provide project information and gather input from downtown Mixmaster. The existing one lane reversible proposed corridor configuration is as follows: all those interested in the projects. Written comments can • www.keepitmovingdallas.com high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane on I-35E will be • www.dallashorseshoe.com be submitted via the following: Ultimate Proposed Improvements reconstructed as a two lane reversible HOV for ultimate conversion to a managed lane facility. Main Lanes Managed Lane I-20 to US 67 6 1 reversible Mail: Ashley Haire, P.E. What are HOV lanes? I-35E US 67 to Colorado 10 2 reversible Project Manager These are the existing high-occupancy vehicle lanes in the Blvd. TxDOT Dallas District DFW Region in which motorists can travel for free as long FM 1382 to I-20 6 1 reversible US 67 4777 E. Highway 80 as there are two or more occupants in the vehicle. These I-20 to I-35E 6 2 reversible Mesquite, TX 75150-6643 lanes were established out of a need to comply with clean air requirements by moving more people in fewer cars and Stage I Proposed Improvements thereby reducing emissions. In addition, the study team will develop a Stage I Project Websites: preliminary design that will focus on the implementation • www.thesoutherngateway.org of a managed lane along the center median throughout • www.keepitmovingdallas.com the corridor. The Stage I improvements will not provide full reconstruction compared to the ultimate proposed improvements. Generally, the managed lane implementation will leverage the existing infrastructure to the extent feasible.