Public Meeting
IH 35
FROM: Denton County Line
TO: Red River
May 28, 2009
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Project Development Process
Plan
We Are Here
Design
Construct
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Planning
Authorization
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Prepare route studies & design layouts.
Perform environmental impact studies.
Conduct public meetings and hearings.
Complete the necessary right of way
determination including drafting the right
of way map.
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Design
Authorization
• Prepare the construction plans.
• Acquire the necessary right of way.
• The amount of projects in development is
constrained to seven years of anticipated
funding.
• No design or construction funding is
currently available or authorized.
• Upon planning phase completion, funds
may be solicited.
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Construction
Authorization
• Complete the construction plans.
• Perform the utility adjustments.
• Award contract for construction.
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IH 35 Project Development
Current scope of work:
• Prepare route studies - design
layouts.
• Prepare environmental assessment.
• Conduct public meetings.
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Initially Suggested Alternatives
Design prepared for Year 2030 traffic
• Alternative I – Six-lane (three lanes in each direction) barrier
separated roadway with two-lane one-way frontage roads;
follows existing IH 35 alignment where possible
• Alternative II – Same as Alternative I with the addition of a
grassy median for possibility of future inside fourth lane in
each direction
• Alternative III – Six-lane (three lanes in each direction with a
grassy median and room for future expansion) roadway
without frontage roads on a new alignment
• Multiple alignment alternatives around Valley View
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Mobility Needs
Design accommodates Year 2030 Traffic:
• 2005 Existing Traffic – 42,000 ADT
• 2030 Forecast Traffic – 80,000+ ADT
ADT – Average Daily Traffic
Both Directions
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Existing Freeway
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Proposed Freeway
Alternative I
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Proposed Freeway
Alternative II
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Proposed Freeway
Alternative III
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Preferred Alternative
Alternative II
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Preferred Alternative II
Selection Considerations
• Public Comment and Preference
• Refined based on design
considerations
• Analyzed in Value Engineering Study
• Determined traffic required four lanes
in each direction
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Preferred Alternative
Typical Section
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Preferred Alternative
Typical Section in Constrained Areas
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Environmental
• We are looking at the project
constraints and building a base for
use in the future environmental
assessment.
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BNSF Railroad Alternative Alignment
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Project Website
• www.dot.state.tx.us/project_
information/projects/wichita
_falls/i35_cooke_county
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IH 35
Study Team
TxDOT – Wichita Falls District
Federal Highway Administration
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.
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Thank You
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