Facility Plan OR 22 (W) Expressway Management Plan Derry Overcrossing (MP 16.94) to Doaks Ferry Road (MP 22.04) Willamina-Salem Highway No. 30 Polk County, Oregon Oregon Department of Transportation March 2010 Contents Section Page 1. Background.................................................................................................................1-1 1.1 Plan Purpose......................................................................................................1-1 1.2 Plan Context ......................................................................................................1-2 1.3 Plan Process.......................................................................................................1-6 1.4 Transportation Context......................................................................................1-7 1.5 Document Structure ........................................................................................1-10 2. Transportation Problem Statement and Facility Plan Goals.................................2-1 2.1 Transportation Problem Statement....................................................................2-1 2.2 Facility Plan Goals ............................................................................................2-1 3 Existing Policy, Plans, and Standards .......................................................................3-1 3.1 Purpose and Organization .................................................................................3-1 3.2 State and Federal Plans and Policies.................................................................3-1 3.3 Regional Plans...................................................................................................3-8 3.4 Local Plans ......................................................................................................3-14 3.5 Conclusions.....................................................................................................3-15 4 Condition and Deficiency Assessment.......................................................................4-1 4.1 Conditions Evaluation Approach ......................................................................4-1 4.2 Existing Conditions Summary ..........................................................................4-3 4.3 Future Conditions Summary .............................................................................4-5 4.4 Deficiency Assessment Summary.....................................................................4-7 4.5 Validated Transportation Problem Statement ...................................................4-8 5 Alternatives Identified ................................................................................................5-1 5.1 Alternatives Identification Approach................................................................5-1 5.2 Pre-Screening Study Area Constraints..............................................................5-2 5.3 Alternatives Identified and Dismissed After Preliminary Evaluation.............5-14 6 Alternatives Evaluation ..............................................................................................6-1 6.1 Evaluation Criteria ............................................................................................6-1 6.2 Evaluation Results.............................................................................................6-2 6.3 Stakeholder Comments ...................................................................................6-14 7 Recommendations .......................................................................................................7-1 7.1 Decision Process ...............................................................................................7-1 7.2 Recommendations .............................................................................................7-1 7.3 Access Management Plan .................................................................................7-8 8 Next Steps.....................................................................................................................8-1 8.1 Adoption and Implementation...........................................................................8-1 8.2 OHP Compliance ..............................................................................................8-3 iii Appendix List A PMT Meetings Summaries B Policy Elements of the OHP C Mobility and Spacing Standards and Access Management D Crash and Operational Data (Existing and Future Conditions) E Lane Inventory and Geometry F Evaluation Criteria G Project 22 Report (W&H Pacific, 2005) H Alternatives Diagrams I Alternative Evaluation Summary for Intersections and Benefit/Cost Analysis J OR 22/51 Build Alternatives Future Operations Analysis K Stakeholder Meetings and Open House Summaries L AMP Compliance with OAR 734-051-0155 (5) M Polk County Adoption Ordinance N SKATS Endorsement Tables 7-1 Summary of Preferred Alternative....................................................................... 7-3 7-2 Medium-Term OR 22 (W) Access Management................................................. 7-9 Figures 1-1 Project Vicinity and Study Area .......................................................................... 1-3 1-2 ODOT’s Project Development Process ............................................................... 1-5 1-3 Facility Plan Process............................................................................................ 1-8 5-1 Zoning Map.......................................................................................................... 5-3 5-2 Land Uses and Environmental Constraints.......................................................... 5-5 6-1 Greenwood Road Grade Separation w/ OR 22 Access (GWR-4a)…………….. 6-5 6-2 Frontage/Backage Road Alternatives (West)……………………………………6-7 6-3 Doaks Ferry Road Relocated Access (DFR-2) and F/B Road Alts. (East)……...6-9 7-1 Access Locations (West) and Proposed Actions ............................................... 7-13 7-2 Access Locations (East) and Proposed Actions................................................. 7-15 OR 22 (W) Expressway Management Plan (MP 16.94-22.04) CHAPTER 1 Background 1.1 Plan Purpose This report documents the results of the transportation facility planning process conducted by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) for the western segment of OR 22 east from the Derry Overcrossing (MP 16.94) to Doaks Ferry Road (MP 22.04). OR 22 is State Highway No. 30, the Willamina-Salem Highway. The vicinity of the study area is shown in Figure 1-1. For purposes of identifying solutions, the section of highway and future land use between Doaks Ferry Road and College Drive (MP 23.67) were considered. The intersection of OR 22 and OR 51 (MP 20.37) was also included in the expressway planning process. Facility plans, such as this expressway management plan (EMP), can serve a variety of purposes. In some cases, a facility plan is developed to address an outstanding planning issue or narrow the alternatives that are then advanced into the environmental documentation process required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In other cases, a facility plan process may either constitute the first phase of the formal NEPA process or the development process for a non-NEPA project. The purpose of the OR 22 (W) Expressway Management Plan (Derry Overcrossing to Doaks Ferry Road) was to assess traffic and safety problems within the study area and identify potential solutions to these problems. This effort was a technical exercise to evaluate and screen alternatives prior to conducting project development. The operational feasibility of alternative solutions to identified problems through the year 2030 was the focus of this effort, which was started in 2000 then halted in 2004 prior to completion due to lack of funding by ODOT. The conclusions in this document have provided direction to the project development process by defining the key features of the alternatives that have been identified for construction at problem locations along the OR 22 study area, including the intersection with OR 51 (Independence Highway No. 193) and local interest road intersections. This report also provides a basis for ODOT to work with Polk County to amend its Comprehensive Plan, Transportation Systems Plan (TSP), and Zoning Ordinance as well as the Regional Transportation System Plan (RTSP) of the metropolitan planning organization, SKATS (Salem Keizer Area Transportation Study). These amendments will acknowledge the project development decisions that have been made and the short-, medium-, and long-term facility management approach (including Polk County land use decisions) that will be implemented to help protect the function of these improvements through the 20-year planning horizon. The construction projects recommended by this facility plan are expected to be included in the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) after adoption by the Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC) and when funding for full development and construction of such projects has been secured. 1-1 OR 22 (W) Expressway Management Plan (MP 16.94-22.04) 1.2 Plan Context This EMP is ODOT's first step in the project development process. Where this plan fits within the ODOT's hierarchy of planning, programming, and project development processes is shown in Figure 1-2. At the top is the Oregon Transportation Plan (OTP), which includes plans for specific modes, such as highway, rail, and aviation. Facility