2012 ACEA MEETING
ORANGE BEACH
Brad Lindsey, P.E.
Assistant State County Transportation Engineer – Pre Construction
Alabama Department of Transportation
QUICK TOPICS
HRRR PROGRAM UPDATE
INITIATING DOCUMENTS
CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS
HYDRAULIC REVIEWS
GENERAL COMMENTS
HRRR Program Update
2011
PROJECT APPLICATIONS
REGULAR HRRR SITES
(10% LOCAL MATCH BEING REQUIRED)
NINE (9) COUNTIES SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS
17 SITES
APPROX: $1,491,743.64
HRRR Program Update
2011
PROJECT APPROVALS
(REGULAR HRRR PROJECTS)
TWELVE (12) SITES WERE APPROVED
ONE (1) SITE PENDING
TOTAL APPROVED: $1,080,427.83
HRRR Program Update
2011
PROJECT APPLICATIONS
SIGN UPGRADE PROJECTS
($40,000.00 MAXIMUM)
EIGHTEEN (18) COUNTIES SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS
$475,089.61
ALL PROJECTS WERE APPROVED
HRRR Program Update
2011
IMPORTANT DATES
June 1, 2012:
Deadline for Final Plans to be submitted to the
Division County Transportation Engineer’s office.
For HRRR Projects requiring a CE, deadline extension for plans will be
considered on a project by project basis.
INITIATING DOCUMENTS
Brief Topics
Resolutions
Accident Data
Traffic Request Forms
INITIATING DOCUMENTS
Resolutions
Descriptions of projects should read from West to East or
South to North in order to match stationing of project.
Maps should match the description on resolution.
INITIATING DOCUMENTS
Accident Data
Due to numerous requests for Accident Data, Multimodal is
generating data from CARE.
Class A injury = INCAPACITING INJURY
Class B injury = NON-INCAPACITING INJURY
INITIATING DOCUMENTS
Traffic Request Forms
New traffic request forms have been sent out.
Noted difference:
• Less internal approval signatures
• Eliminated question for road classification status
INITIATING DOCUMENTS
Traffic Request Forms
For County supplied traffic counts the following information
needs to be included:
• Count data showing vehicle class and totals
• Map showing location of counts
• Completed Traffic Request Form(s) (as shown next)
CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION
(CE)
Scope of Work
The CE should match the Scope of Work as submitted by the Division.
pavement widths
guardrail requirements
recommended safety improvements, etc…
Bridge and/or Culvert information
The CE should match the information in ABIMS
structure length
structure width
sufficiency rating
design load (H10, H15, etc….)
IF INFORMATION IS WRONG IN ABIMS GOOD TIME TO UPDATE!
CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION
(CE)
Accident Data
If the project has an accident(s) containing a Class “A” injury
and/or a Fatality then they need to be indentified (type and
location) separately by one of the following:
Separate Paragraph
Using a spreadsheet or table
Shown on a map
CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION
(CE)
Accident Data
Separate Paragraph
There were two (2) accidents that resulted in Class A injuries.
One Class A injury was located at Node 7904. The cause of
this accident was “FAIL TO YLD ROW”. The other Class A
injury was located on Link 1099 between Node 7909 and
Node 7910. The cause of this accident was “DRV NOT IN
CNTRL”. The accidents do not show the primary cause as
road related.
CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION
(CE)
Signature Sheet
In order to process the CE’s after corrections
(through email for example) the signature
sheet should be signed in BLUE ink and look
like the following example:
HYDRAULIC REVIEWS
To expedite the hydraulic review process the
following is required by this office on the
Plan/Profile sheet:
Plan View
• In-place and proposed horizontal alignment (show geometric data)
• Location of the downstream floodplain cross-section (including
distances, angles, stationing, etc. as related to the roadway alignment)
• Stationing of streambed upstream and downstream cross-section
(including common station where streambed & floodplain cross)
HYDRAULIC REVIEWS
To expedite the hydraulic review process the
following is required by this office on the
Plan/Profile sheet:
Profile View
• In-place and proposed vertical alignment (show geometric data
including length of curve and k values)
• Profile alignment under in-place bridge
• Natural floodplain cross-section taken downstream of proposed
structure (ninety (90) degrees to the floodplain, that is 90 degrees to
the channel at a location representing it’s natural state)
• Streambed profile 500 ft upstream and 500 ft downstream (for drainage
area less than twenty (20) square miles)
HYDRAULIC REVIEWS
To expedite the hydraulic review process the
following is required by this office on the
Plan/Profile sheet:
General Comments
• Use graphic scales both horizontal and vertical
• Provide Design Speed
• Provide Utility Owners
• Streambed and/or floodplain cross-section can be shown in separate
individual profiles if needed.
GENERAL COMMENTS
1. Boarder sheets are no longer required.
2. Plans to Construction Bureau twelve (12) weeks prior to
letting date.
3. Plans to Office Engineer eight (8) weeks prior to letting
date.
QUESTIONS ?
(334) 242-6728
lindseyb@dot.state.al.us