Trans-Texas Corridor-35 Update TTC-35 Regional Briefing July 13, 2006 North Central Texas Council of Governments Transportation Department
Trans-Texas Corridor-35 Is there a need? 6 Lanes 12 Lanes 20 Lanes I.H. 35 Total Lane Needs by 2020 16 Lanes 16 Lanes 8 Lanes 10 Lanes 14 Lanes 12 Lanes Right-of-way is not available to meet the demands of future growth. 16 Lanes 4 Lanes 16 Lanes 12 Lanes Source: TxDOT 2003 Study
Trans-Texas Corridor-35 TxDOT Website
Trans-Texas Corridor-35 Clay Jack Palo Pinto Erath Montague Wise Parker Hood Somervell Cooke Denton Tarrant Johnson Hill Grayson Fannin Collin Hunt Rockwall Dallas Kaufman Ellis Navarro Rains Van Zandt Henderson Text Lamar Delta Hopkins Wood Smith Cherokee Cherokee Trans-Texas Corridor-35 Legend Regional Recommended Alignment TxDOT TTC-35 Recommended and Reasonable Preferred Corridor Alternatives TxDOT TTC-35 Potential Connection Zones Opportunities to Shift Draft TxDOT TTC-35 Recommended Alignments Highways Texas Counties MPA Boundary Comanche Hamilton Bosque Mclennan Limestone Freestone Anderson Regional recommended alignment saves approximately 60 miles and $1.9 billion. Mills Coryell Falls Leon Houston Lampasas Burnet Williamson Bell Milam Robertson Brazos Madison Grimes Walker ±
Trans-Texas Corridor-35: Expanded Tier I Corridor Clay Jack Montague Wise Cooke Denton Grayson Collin Fannin Hunt Lamar Delta Hopkins Legend Regional Recommended Corridor Recommended Tier I Corridor TxDOT TTC-35 Potential Connection Zones Palo Pinto Parker Tarrant Dallas Rockwall Kaufman Rains Van Zandt Wood Smith Highways Texas Counties MPA Boundary Hood Johnson Ellis Erath Somervell Henderson Navarro Hill Comanche Bosque Anderson Hamilton Freestone Mclennan Limestone Mills Lampasas Coryell Falls Leon Houston Map information available at: http://www.nctcog.org/trans/goods/ttc/index.asp Burnet Williamson Bell Milam Robertson Brazos Madison Grimes Walker
Trans-Texas Corridor-35 Tier 1 Draft EIS Public Hearings Total of 54 Public Hearings Statewide in various locations, July 10 August 10, 2006 July 11 - Denton July 12 - Cleburne July 13 - McKinney July 17 - Fort Worth July 18 - Mesquite July 27 - Dallas Federal Highway Administration Comment Period Deadline: August 21 TxDOT website www.keeptexasmoving.com
Public Involvement Federal Requirement: The Concurrency Process Metropolitan Planning Organization Regional Transportation Council Approval Concept Development Policy Dialogue Data Exchange Technical Analysis Consensus Building Texas Department of Transportation Texas Transportation Commission Approval Public Involvement Proceed to Implementation
Trans-Texas Corridor-35 Regional Transportation Council Priorities for TTC-35 1. Meet concurrency requirement for State/Regional planning. 2. Meet Purpose and Need of Tier I Study. 3. Support sustainable development while protecting right-of-way today. 4. Separate modes in urban areas. 5. Stage construct roadways, truck facilities, and freight rail bypasses. 6. Route from center of region first. 7. Use the TTC-35 initiative to pay for improvements in the region.
Trans-Texas Corridor-35 Regional Truck Traffic Destinations Of trucks that enter or exit the region 94% make a stop within the region 6% pass through region Source: NCTCOG external track traffic survey
Mobility 2025: The Metropolitan Transportation Plan, Amended April 2005 Goods Movement Freight Transportation Facilities Foreign Trade Zone Industry Park Major Airport Parcel Delivery Hub Pipeline Terminal Rail Yard / Intermodal Facility 1 Truck Stop Freight Oriented Development North Central Texas Council of Governments Transportation
Clay Montague Trans-Texas Corridor-35 Truck Mode Cooke Grayson Fannin Lamar Legend TTC-35 Features Delta Near Term TTC-35 Truck Corridor Study Zone Jack Wise Denton Collin Near Term Truck Urban Connector Alignment Hunt Hopkins Long Term TTC-35 Truck Corridor Study Zone Rockwall Rains Other Features Highways - Mobility 2025 Update Palo Pinto Parker Tarrant Dallas Airports Lakes Kaufman Van Zandt Hood Johnson Ellis Erath Somervell Henderson Navarro Hamilton Bosque Hill Freestone Anderson ± Mclennan Limestone
Potential TTC-35 Funding Partnership Can the Loop 9 alignment accommodate part of TTC? 6-Lane Parkway - 400 ROW 4/6 -Lane Parkway - 350 ROW
Trans-Texas Corridor Modal Need: Rail Rail Volumes - 2025 Legend Denton Collin H Rail Freight Rail Volume (trains per day) 0 1-12 13-25 26-38 Rockwall 39-50 51-75 ker Tarrant Dallas 76-125 Tower 55 MPA Boundary Counties Kaufman Tower 55 Signal Occupancy 4320 4204 72 hours Johnson Ellis Minutes Occupied 2880 1440 1509 48 hours 24 hours Tower 55 Site: Tower 55 is the at-grade intersection between Burlington Northern Santa Fe s main north-south rail line and Union Pacific s main east-west line. 0 Current 2025 Transportation Department North Central Texas Council of Governments
Clay Montague Tower 55 Rail Reliever Study Bypass Option Cooke Grayson Fannin Lamar Delta Legend TTC-35 Features Near-Term TTC-35 Freight Rail Corridor Study Zone for Bypass Trains Jack Wise Denton Collin Hunt Hopkins Long-Term TTC-35 Freight Rail Corridor Study Zone for Bypass Trains Rockwall Rains Other Features Rail Airports Palo Pinto Parker Tarrant Dallas Lakes Kaufman Van Zandt Current freight rail lines continue to serve local freight rail needs in the future. Hood Johnson Ellis Erath Somervell Henderson Navarro Bosque Hill Anderson Hamilton Freestone McLennan Limestone
Trans-Texas Corridor Modal Need: Auto Legend 2025 Unmet Urban Needs* Corridor Capacity Need Most Severe Wise Denton Collin! Hunt Severe Major Roadway Facilities Rockwall Existing and Planned Outer Ring Controlled Access Facilities Planned** Parker Tarrant Dallas Proposed*** Kaufman Hood Somervell Johnson Ellis Navarro * Long-term corridor need identified in the Texas Metropolitan Mobility Plan ** Planned in Mobility 2025: 2004 Update ***Identified in the Mobility Plan as a corridor for further consideration
Clay Montague Trans-Texas Corridor-35 Auto Mode Cooke Grayson Fannin Lamar Delta Legend TTC-35 Features Near-Term TTC-35 Automobile Corridor Study Zone Near-Term Automobile Urban Connector Alignment Jack Wise Denton Collin Hunt Hopkins Long-Term TTC-35 Automobile Corridor Study Zone Other Features Highways - Mobility 2025 update Rockwall Rains Airports Palo Pinto Texas Lakes Parker Tarrant Dallas Kaufman Van Zandt Hood Johnson Ellis Erath Somervell Henderson Navarro Hill Anderson Bosque Hamilton Freestone Mclennan Limestone 10
Trans-Texas Corridor-35 Passenger Rail Mode Clay Montague Cooke Grayson Fannin Lamar Legend Long Term Inter-City Rail Features Delta Current Amtrak - Future High Performance Routes TTC-35 Passenger Rail Alignment Jack Wise Denton Collin Hunt Hopkins TTC-35 Passenger Rail Corridor Study Zone Intercity Passenger Rail Urban Connectors Palo Pinto Parker Tarrant Dallas Rockwall Rains Other Features Rail Airports Lakes Kaufman Van Zandt Hood Johnson Ellis Erath Somervell Henderson Navarro Hamilton Bosque Hill Freestone Anderson ± Mclennan Limestone
4000 3000 Trans-Texas Corridor-35 Intercity Passenger Rail Key Issue Airspace Capacity 3,600 2000 2,100 1000 0 DFWIA 918 680 Dallas Love Field Average Number of Daily Flights Total Daily Capacity
Regional Goal: Staged Construction of TTC-35 Trans - Texas Corridor - 35 Regional Transportation Council Endorsed Near-term Facilities Near-term TTC-35 Intercity Multimodal Route Study Zone Near-term TTC-35 Freight Rail Corridor Study Zone for Bypass Trains Near-term Automobile Urban Connector Alignment Near-term Truck Urban Connector Alignments MPA Boundary
Trans-Texas Corridor-35 Current NCTCOG Requests to TxDOT 1. Feedback on RTC proposal 2. Review of TTC-35 model parameters and alignment 3. Review details of Tier 1 Purpose and Need Statement 4. Seek MPO concurrence with Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement prior to Texas Transportation Commission approval
NCTCOG TTC-35 Efforts 1. Partners in Mobility Presentation to the Texas Transportation Commission 2. Presentation to TTC-35 Citizens Advisory Committee 3. Analysis of toll versus pass-through toll options for TTC-35 truck facilities 4. Initiate $2.0 Million Tower 55 study 5. TransCAD Model testing of TXDOT and RTC Alignments 6. Review major corridor studies for TTC-35 compliance 7. Support local adoption of RTC position 8. Present Purpose and Need compliance to TxDOT
Trans-Texas Corridor-35 Clay Jack Palo Pinto Erath Montague Wise Parker Hood Somervell Cooke Denton Tarrant Johnson Hill Grayson Fannin Collin Hunt Rockwall Dallas Kaufman Ellis Navarro Rains Van Zandt Henderson Text Lamar Delta Hopkins Wood Smith Cherokee Cherokee Trans-Texas Corridor-35 Legend Regional Recommended Alignment TxDOT TTC-35 Recommended and Reasonable Preferred Corridor Alternatives TxDOT TTC-35 Potential Connection Zones Opportunities to Shift Draft TxDOT TTC-35 Recommended Alignments Highways Texas Counties MPA Boundary Comanche Hamilton Bosque Mclennan Limestone Freestone Anderson Regional recommended alignment saves approximately 60 miles and $1.9 billion. Mills Coryell Falls Leon Houston Lampasas Burnet Williamson Bell Milam Robertson Brazos Madison Grimes Walker ±
Trans-Texas Corridor-35: Expanded Tier I Corridor Clay Jack Montague Wise Cooke Denton Grayson Collin Fannin Hunt Lamar Delta Hopkins Legend Regional Recommended Corridor Recommended Tier I Corridor TxDOT TTC-35 Potential Connection Zones Palo Pinto Parker Tarrant Dallas Rockwall Kaufman Rains Van Zandt Wood Smith Highways Texas Counties MPA Boundary Hood Johnson Ellis Erath Somervell Henderson Navarro Hill Comanche Bosque Anderson Hamilton Freestone Mclennan Limestone Mills Lampasas Coryell Falls Leon Houston Map information available at: http://www.nctcog.org/trans/goods/ttc/index.asp Burnet Williamson Bell Milam Robertson Brazos Madison Grimes Walker
Trans-Texas Corridor-35 For more information: Mike Sims, AICP msims@nctcog.org (817) 695-9226 or Greg Royster, P.E. groyster@nctcog.org (817) 695-9285 www.nctcog.org/trans/goods