Welcome
Working Advisory Group
March 20, 2012
Today’s Agenda
1. Selected Alternative
2. Casey Project Design Schedule
3. 25% Design Phase
• Key Elements
• Schedule
4. Continued Community Participation
Process
The Alternative Selected
For Design
…. At Grade – Removal of overpass –
Reconnect neighborhoods and open space
Welcome to the
Casey Arborway Project
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
Key Issues
• Construction Management
– Logistics, traffic management, protection of
neighborhoods, commuters, business and transit
• Strategies to protect neighborhoods from cut
through traffic
• 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
Design – Key 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
• Upper busway/Washington Street
• Shea Square and Morton Street
• Construction staging and traffic management
• Sustainable design
D
D
Public Meeting
&
We Are
Here
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D
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F
D
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D
J
Advertise
D
O
Submit PS&E Design
D
S
2013
J
A
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O
PS&E Design Public Meeting
W
A
Receive All Comments
J
Submit 75% Design
J
75% Design Public Meeting
M
25% Design Public Hearing
Receive All Comments
A
2012
MEPA Site Meeting
Submit 25% Design
M
25% Design Begins
File ENF
Casey Arborway Project
esign dvisory roup – DRAFT Design Schedule
Meeting Topics
DAG 1 - Design: (Shea Circle & Asticou Rd/Washington St)
DAG 2 - Design Charrette: (SWCP, MBTA Plaza & Franklin Park)
DAG 3 - Design: Traffic (roadway cross sections & operations)
DAG 4 - Construction and Traffic Management
DAG 5-7 - Agenda to be determined
W
= WAG Meeting
D
= DAG Meeting
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
Proposed DAG Meetings
25% Design Phase
MOBILITY
Integration of all modes to achieve safe and accessible
network – balancing of needs.
Corridor Wide (N/S & E/W) and subarea focus: New
Washington, upper busway/Washington St, and Morton St/
Shea Circle
• Signalization
• Roadway design
• Intersection design and operations
• Use of adjacent spaces for multi-modal access
• Peak/non-peak design concepts
Mobility Focus Areas
Proposed DAG Meetings
25% Design Phase
LIVABILITY
Corridor Wide Issues:
• Open space, landscaping, sustainability, architecture
and urban design
Charrette in Spring: (Series of Break Out Groups)
• Franklin Park Entrance, SW Corridor Park, MBTA Plaza
Regroup in Summer:
• Results and Designs
Livability Focus Areas
Proposed DAG Meetings
25% Design Phase
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
• Demolition and construction phases
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Traffic (maintain access/minimize cut through traffic)
Address business needs
Pedestrian and bicycle
Transit Operations
Available space for construction
Laydown area(s)
Traffic Management Plans (TMPs)
Preliminary construction schedule
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Casey Arborway Project
esign dvisory roup
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