County of Fairfax, Virginia

UpdateofTransportationPrioritiesPlan

TransportationAdvisoryCommitteeJune20,2017

TomBiesiadny/RayJohnsonFairfaxCountyDepartmentofTransportation

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County of Fairfax, Virginia

Background• 2012- CountywideDialogueonTransportation(CDOT)

• Transportationneeds,potentialrevenuesources• 2013– GeneralAssemblyapprovedstateandregional

transportationfunding(HB2313)• CountywideDialoguecontinued;focusedonprojectsandproject

selection• AllavailablerevenuesconsideredforTransportationPrioritiesPlan

(TPP)• January2014- TPPapprovedbytheBoard• May2014– Projecttimelinescompleted

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County of Fairfax, Virginia

TPP(FY2015toFY2020)• FundingLevel:$1.4BoverSixYears• Includedapproximately220projects• Includereservesforseveralprojectareas

• FairfaxCountyParkway• Transit(IncludingMetro,RichmondHwy,

Route7andothers)• BicycleandPedestrian• RoadwaySpotImprovements

• Reminder:SeverallargeprojectswereonlypartialfundedinTPP

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County of Fairfax, Virginia

ProgressSinceJanuary2014Projects• 72projectsinqueue/32projectscurrentlyinscoping• 95projectsindesign• 13projectsinlandacquisition/utilityrelocation/pre-construction• 22projectscompleted• 10projectsunderconstruction• 8studiescompleted/18underway

• ClevelandRamp• Route7/123Interchange• Route123Superstreets

DoesnotincludeprojectspreviouslyapprovedaspartoftheBoard’s1st – 3rd FourYearPlans.

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County of Fairfax, Virginia

ChangesSinceJanuary2014• I-66InsideandOutsidetheBeltway• Severalprojectsincludedinthereserveshavebeenfurtherdefined

• Transit• RichmondHighwaytransitsolution:BusRapidTransit(BRT)• Metro:continuingdiscussionsregionally• Route7transitsolution:BRT

• FairfaxCountyParkway(FCP):FirstPriority:Route29toRoute123• AdditionalstudyoftheentireFCPunderway

• Manybicycle,pedestrian,andSpotRoadwayImprovements

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County of Fairfax, Virginia

CompPlanAmendmentsSinceJanuary2014• Reston(February2014)

• RestonTransportationFundingPlanAdopted– April2017• ProjectPrioritizationCompleted

• SevenCorners(July2015)• Nextsteps,ProjectPrioritization

andFunding• RichmondHighwayunderway

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County of Fairfax, Virginia

TPPUpdate(FY2018toFY2023)• FinancialAnalysis

• Incorporatingallrevenuesources:• State:SmartScale,RevenueSharing• Federal:NewStarts,CongestionMitigationAirQuality,RegionalSurfaceTransportationProgram,andTransportationAlternativesGrants

• Local:C&I,NVTA30%,GeneralObligationandRevenueBonds,ServiceDistricts

• Regional:NVTA70%• Private:Proffers,In-kindcontributions

• Includes:• TysonsTransportationFundingPlan• RestonTransportationFundingPlan

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County of Fairfax, Virginia

Process• Startedincalendaryear2016• Updatecostestimatesandtimelinesforcurrentprojects• Unfundedprojectinputreceivedfromavarietyofsources(citizens,

board,schools,etc)• PerformBenefitCostAnalysis(BCA)onnewprojects• Removecompletedandcancelledprojects• Over$600Minnewrevenues(FY2021to2023)neededtoensure:

• AllprojectsthatwereintendedtobefullyfundedbetweenFY2015and2020arefullyfundedduetoincreasedcosts,scopechanges,inflation,unexpectedsituations,citizeninput,etc.

• ProjectspartiallyfundedbetweenFY2015&2020receivetheremainderoffunding.

• FundinglevelavailablefornewprojectsinTPPUpdate:$170M

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County of Fairfax, Virginia

ProcessContinued• DoesnotincludeadditionalfundingFairfaxCountymayreceivefrom

the$500MconcessionpaymentassociatedwiththeI-66ExpressLanesproject(OutsidetheBeltway)

• AlsodoesnotincludeinvestmentsassociatedwiththeAtlanticGatewayproject,orprojectsandservicesthatcanbefundedwithtollandtransitfundingassociatedwiththeI-66OutsidetheBeltway,I-66InsidetheBeltway,andI-395ExpressLanesprojects.

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County of Fairfax, Virginia

• CongestionReduction*• EconomicallyDisadvantaged

Populations• ModeBalance• Safety• TravelTimeSavings*• CommunityInput• SchoolandParkAccess

• RegionalConsideration(includedinNVTATransAction2040)

• CountywideBalance• Disabled/ElderlyPopulations• EconomicDevelopment(support

forrevitalizationareasandmajorActivityCenters)

• HealthyCommunitiesInitiative• AirQuality*

RecapofCriteriaforProjectSelection(NotinPriorityOrder)

*IncludedintheCostBenefitAnalysis

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County of Fairfax, Virginia

ReserveFunding(InputRequested)• FundinglevelavailablefornewprojectsinTPPUpdate:$170M.• Recommendusing$100Mfornewprojects,and$70Mforprojectsin

needofadditionalfunding.• Considerationsinallocatingnewfunds:

• Futurefundingplans(Innovation,SevenCorners,RichmondHwy,etc)

• Metro/Transit• AtlanticGateway• FairfaxCountyParkway• Unexpectedcostoverruns• SmallscaleprojectsthatmayarisebetweenFY2021andFY2023

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County of Fairfax, Virginia

PotentialProjects• Listofpotentialprojects

consolidatedfromvarioussources

• Costestimatesdeveloped• BenefitCostAnalysis(BCA)

beingconducted• BicycleandPedestrianBCA

beingpreparedwithseparatemethodology

• Non-BCAFactorsbeingevaluated

• EffortsincludedoutreachtomultipleCountyagencies,thepublic,andvariousassociations.

• Reviewofprojectlistbydistrict(attachment)

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County of Fairfax, Virginia

PublicOutreach(InputRequested)• MeetingwithTAConJune20toreceiveinputonoutreachefforts• Proposedoutreachstrategytoinclude:

• Direct-to-communityoutreachincludingcommunitymeetings(September-October2017)

• Partneragencyoutreach• Onlinesurvey andgeo-targetedsocialmediaadvertising

• Traditionalmediaoutreachandadvertising

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County of Fairfax, Virginia

Schedule(Tentative:InputRequested)• July18:BoardTransportationCommitteeMeeting

• Finalizepotentialprojectlistandoutreachactivities• August:Preparationforpublicoutreach;preparationofmaterials,

etc.• September-October:PublicOutreach• October-November:Staffreviewofinputandpreparationofdraft

recommendations• Mid-November/EarlyDecember:One-on-Onemeetingswith

Supervisors• December12:BoardTransportationCommitteeMeeting

• ReviewofFinalDraftPlanRecommendations• January-February2018:BoardAdoption

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Questions?

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