CASEY ARBORWAY PROJECT
Welcome
Public Meeting
March 29, 2012
Today’s Agenda
1. Selected Alternative
2. Casey Project Design Schedule
3. 25% Design Phase
• Key Design Elements
• Schedule
4. Continued Community Participation
Process
The Alternative Selected
For Design
…. At Grade ….
Welcome to the
Casey Arborway Project
The Basis for Decision
• Extensive Community
Involvement (5 public meetings
and 12 working group meetings in 9
months)
• Removing visual barriers to
connect neighborhoods
• Restoring the Emerald
Necklace and connecting
open space areas
The Basis for Decision
• Advanced bike and pedestrian connections
(north/south and east/west)
• Improved bus operations in and around the area
• Measures of Evaluation
• Cost Estimates – design, construction and lifecycle
The Public Agency Process
The Partnership Continues
– MassDOT – highway & transit
– DCR – owner of surface roadway and
signals
– City of Boston – owner of adjacent
roadways, parks and maintains signals
The Community Partnership: WAGDAG
Next Phase: Design
• Maintain guiding principles, goals and
objectives
• Integral to developing designs and
addressing operational issues
• Continue to balance mobility needs with
livability opportunities
• Continue to challenge the design team to
incorporate new ideas based on local
concerns
Community Concerns
• Construction Management
– Logistics, traffic
management, protection of
neighborhoods, commuters,
business and transit
• Strategies to protect
neighborhoods from cut
through traffic
Community Concerns - Continued
• MBTA bus trips travel
time – during and post
construction
• Coordination with small
businesses before and
during demolition and
construction
• Arborway Yard and the
ABP program
Casey Arborway Project
Design & Construction Schedule
Accelerated Bridge Program Opportunity
Project Schedule
25% Design Submission
by September 2012
75% Design Submission
by March 2013
Final Design July 2013
Construction Completion
Advertise October 2013
October 2016
PLANNING
STUDY
2011
25% DESIGN
2012
TO FINAL DESIGN
2013
DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION
2014
2015
Community Involvement Throughout Project
Select
Alternative
25% To Final Design Review
Construction Staging & Traffic Management
Planning and Phasing
Construction Management Meetings
2016
Design Phase
For the
Casey Arborway Project
Key Elements & Schedule
Design Process
• Planning Stage - COMPLETED
• 25% Design – Identifies design parameters:
– Horizontal and vertical alignments
– Signal phasing
– Urban design and landscaping
– File the environmental notification form (ENF)
• 75% Design – Includes additional design detail
(plans/specifications) based on 25% review
• Plans, Specifications and Estimates (PSE) – Finalizes
all construction-related documents
Key Design Elements
• Open space and landscaping
• Signalization details and roadway
configuration
• Pedestrian and bicycle connections
• Parking & pick-up/drop-off (including
school buses)
• Non-peak design variations
Key Design Elements - Continued
• Upper busway/Washington Street
• Shea Square and Morton Street
• Construction staging and traffic
management
• Sustainable design
Casey Arborway Project – 2012-2013
Community Participation – DRAFT Design Schedule
2012
25% Design
Begins
File
ENF*
Submit Receive All
25% Design Comments
MAR APR MAY JUN
WAG
DAG
DAG
DAG
JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
DAG
PUB
MTG
WAG = Working Advisory Group
25%
DESIGN
PUBLIC
HEARING
MEPA
SITE
MTG
MEPA = Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act
DAG = Design Advisory Group
2013
Submit
PS&E**
Design
Submit Receive All
75% Design Comments
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
DAG
DAG
75%
DESIGN
PUBLIC
MEETING
*ENF=Environmental Notification Form
DAG
Advertise
JUL AUG SEP OCT
PS&E**
DESIGN
PUBLIC
MEETING
**PS&E=Plans, Specifications, and Estimates
Continued Community Participation
Process For 25% Design
WAGDAG
Design Advisory Group
Technical Focus
Proposed DAG Meetings
25% Design Phase - Meeting Topics
• Construction Management
• Logistics and plans
• Traffic plans and management for all modes,
• Cut through traffic, business access
• Livability
• Urban Design – gateways
• Landscaping and open space
• Mobility
• Roadway and intersection design, signalization, medians
and non-peak hour designs
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Casey Arborway Project – 2012
Community Participation - DRAFT Schedule
25% Design
Begins
Submit 25% Receive All
Design for 25% Design
Comments
Review
File ENF
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
WAG1
DAG
DAG 1
DAG 2
DAG 3
DAG4
Public
Meeting
AUG
MEPA
Site
Meeting
Meeting Topics
DAG1 Design: (Shea Circle & Asticou Rd/Washington St)
DAG2 Design Charrette: (SWCP, MBTA Plaza & Franklin Park)
DAG3 Design: Traffic (roadway cross sections & operations)
DAG4 Construction and Traffic Management
SEP
OCT
25%
Design
Public
Hearing
Casey Arborway Project
Discussion