I-295/I-76/RT. 42 INTERCHANGE

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1 Agency Coordination Meeting #4 I-295/I-76/RT. 42 INTERCHANGE History of Studies and Findings March 26, 2003

2 PRESENTATION OVERVIEW! 1985 NJDOT Begins Design of Route 42 Widening! 1987 Preliminary Alternative Report! 1990 Final Alternatives Report! Review of Impacts/Alternative Studies! 1996 Draft Summary Report! 1997 I-295/Route I 42 Missing Moves Study! 1997 Buchart Horn Interchange Study! 1998 Revision to Buchart Horn Interchange Study! 1999 Transportation Investment Study! 1999 Missing Moves Concept Development! 2000 Present Dewberry EIS! 2001 Missing Moves Feasibility Assessment

3 PROJECT LOCATION GLOUCESTER CITY 76 MOUNT EPHRAIM 295 BELLMAWR 295! 42

4 1987 PRELIMINARY ALTERNATIVES REPORT

5 Original Study Boundries Preliminary Alternatives Report November,1987

6 ALTERNATIVE 1 I-295 DIRECT WITH LOOP RAMPS Study Area Preliminary Alternatives Report November, 1987

7 ALTERNATIVE 2 I-295 DIRECT WITH FLYOVER RAMPS Preliminary Alternatives Report November, 1987

8 November, 1987 ALTERNATIVE 3 I-295 INDIRECT WITH EXPANDED RAMPS Preliminary Alternatives Report

9 November, 1987 ALTERNATIVE 4 I-295 INDIRECT WITH TIGHT RAMPS Preliminary Alternatives Report

10 ALTERNATIVE 5 I-295 INDIRECT WITH TIGHT ALIGNMENT Preliminary Alternatives Report November, 1987

11 November, 1987 ALTERNATIVE 6 I-295 MAINLINE ON RAMP Preliminary Alternatives Report

12 November, 1987 ALTERNATIVE 7 I-295 MAINLINE ON RAMP, MODIFIED Preliminary Alternatives Report

13 November, 1987 ALTERNATIVE 8 COLLECTOR- DISTRIBUTOR Preliminary Alternatives Report

14 November, 1987 ALTERNATIVE 9 DIRECTIONAL INTERCHANGE Preliminary Alternatives Report

15 November, 1987 ALTERNATIVE 10 DIRECTIONAL INTERCHANGE, MODIFIED Preliminary Alternatives Report

16 ALTERNATIVE 11 Preliminary Alternatives Report November, 1987

17 1987 PRELIMINARY ALTERNATIVES REPORT! Report Evaluated 11 Alternatives for: " Impacts ( Community, ROW, Wetlands, Etc.) " Operational Safety Improvements " Weaving Sections! Recommendations: " Alternatives 2,3,5,9,10 Move Forward (2&10 Combined for Further Study) " Alternatives 1,4,6,7,8,11 Eliminated

18 FINAL ALTERNATIVES REPORT OCTOBER, 1990

19 ALTERNATIVE 5 Final Alternatives Report October, 1990

20 ALTERNATIVE 9 Final Alternatives Report October, 1990

21 ALTERNATIVE 10 Final Alternatives Report October 1990

22 ALTERNATIVE 12 Final Alternatives Report 1990

23 1990 FINAL ALTERNATIVES REPORT! Report Evaluated Four Alternatives for: " Impacts (Wetlands, ROW, Community, Etc.) " Construction Costs " Geometry " Operational Safety! Recommendations: " Alternative 10 Moved Forward " Alternatives 5,9,12 Eliminated

24 ALTERNATIVE 10 # Moderate Constructability # 79 Homes Displaced # Industrial Displacements # Wetlands Impacts

25 Alternate # 10 Missing Moves I-295/I-76/Rt.42 Interchange

26 I-295/ROUTE 42 MISSING MOVES STUDY JULY, 1997

27 ALTERNATIVE B-1 I-295/Route 42 Missing Moves Study July, 1997

28 ALTERNATIVE B-2 I-295/Route 42 Missing Moves Study July, 1997

29 ALTERNATIVE B-3 I-295/Route 42 Missing Moves Study July, 1997

30 July, 1997 ALTERNATIVE B-4 I-295/Route 42 Missing Moves Study

31 July, 1997 ALTERNATIVE B-5 I-295/Route 42 Missing Moves Study

32 July, 1997 ALTERNATIVE B-6 I-295/Route 42 Missing Moves Study

33 1997 I-295/ROUTE 42 MISSING MOVES STUDY! Alternatives Evaluated for: " Level of Service " Impacts (Environmental, ROW, Community, Etc.)! Recommendations: " Advance Alternative B-5B $ Mets all Project Goals $ Does not Utilize Local Roadways $ Supported by Community $ Mets Design Standards " Alternatives B-1,BB 1,B-2,B-3,B-4,B-66 Eliminated

34 Alternate # 10 Missing Moves I-295/I-76/Rt.42 Interchange

35 Study Progress ! Preliminary Environmental (Land Fill) and Fatal Flaw Analysis Performed on Missing Moves Project! Preliminary Constructability and Fatal Flaw Analysis Work Performed on Interchange Project All Additional Studies Showed Both Projects Are Constructible & Viable

36 1999 I-295/I-76/RT. 42 TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT STUDY # Independent Regional Study Performed by MPO # TIS Committee # Municipalities # Regional Organizations # Other Governmental Organizations # State Legislatures # Regulatory Agencies Army Corps of Engineers Federal Highway Administration Federal Transit Administration Regions II & III New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office US Environmental Protection Agency Regions II & III

37 1999 I-295/I-76/RT. 42 TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT STUDY # Transportation Agencies Delaware River Port Authority New Jersey Department of Transportation New Jersey Transit New Jersey Turnpike Authority Port Authority Transit Corporation South Jersey Transportation Authority

38 1999 I-295/I-76/RT. 42 TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT STUDY # Transportation Improvement Strategies Evaluated No Build HOV Lanes Van Pool & ITS Express Buss and Park & Ride Rail Transit Turnpike Widening New Turnpike Widening Partial Build (Missing Moves) Full Build (Interchange Only)

39 1999 I-295/I-76/RT. 42 TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT STUDY # Conclusions Evaluate Other Highway Strategies They Help, But Do Not Fix Congestion / Safety Needs Full Build (Interchange) and Partial Build (Missing Moves) can be advances Simultaneously Missing Moves Can Be Advanced First, Interchange Requires an EIS

40 PROJECT TIMELINE Final Alternatives Report Missing Moves Interchange Preliminary Alternatives Report Review of Reports & Impacts Draft Summary Report Buchart Horn Interchange Study Transportation Investment Study (TIS) Revision to 1997 B-H Study Transportation Investment Study NJDOT Begins Design of Rt. 42 Widening I-295/Route 42 Missing Moves Study Missing Moves Concept Development Report Missing Moves Feasibility Assessment

41 FHWA CRITERIA FOR INDEPENDENT UTILITY! Project Must Connect Logical Termini! Project Must Be Useable and Be a Reasonable Expenditure! No Restrictions of Alternatives for Other Foreseeable Transportation Improvements BOTH PROJECTS MEET ABOVE CRITERIA!!

42 CURRENT COURSE OF ACTION! Advance Two Separate Projects (Missing Moves and Interchange)! Address Secondary and Cumulative Impacts in I-295/II 295/I- 76/Rt.42 Interchange Reconstruction EIS

43 DISCUSSION