HRTPO Transportation Programming Subcommittee Meeting – November 17, 2017

AGENDA ITEM #7: ROUTE 60 RELOCATED (UPC 13496) PROJECT RE-SCOPING – JAMES CITY COUNTY

In the attached letter, James City County requests that UPC 13496 be re-scoped as follows:

• From: Route 60 Relocated – A project to construct a four-lane divided highway to realign the existing Route 60 from the Route 60/Fort Eustis Boulevard interchange in Newport News through a preserved corridor in Oakland Industrial Park and through the Greenmount Industrial Park to the existing intersection of Route 60 and Greenmount Parkway.

o Distance: Approximately 2.57 miles o Cost estimate: $99 million

• To: Greenmount Parkway Extension – A project to construct a two-lane extension

of the existing Greenmount Parkway. o Distance: Approximately 0.30 mile o Cost estimate: $3 million

The County’s letter states that UPC 13496 currently has an available funding balance of $1,324,664. In order to fully fund the re-scoped project, the County requests to transfer a total of $1,675,336 in surplus RSTP funds from two County projects to the re-scoped project. The County’s letter further states that the portion of the original project from the end of the Greenmount Parkway Extension to the Route 60/Fort Eustis Boulevard interchange will be pursued in the future with new applications for separate, stand-alone projects.

Mr. Paul Holt, James City County Director of Community Development and Planning,

will brief the TPS on this item. Attachment 7 RECOMMENDED ACTION:

TPS to determine whether to recommend approval of the re-scoping of the project and the transfer of RSTP funds.

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October 31, 2017

Dr. Camelia RavanbakhtHampton Roads Transportation Planning OrganizationThe Regional Building723 Woodlake DriveChesapeake, Virginia 23320

RE: Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment Request for UPC13496,Route 60 Relocated

Dear Dr. Ravanbakht:

As you know, James City County desires to ultimately construct the Route 60 Relocated project (UPC 13496).Currently, this project has a total estimated cost of $99 million (YOE).

To date, this project has had $3.0 million in funding allocated to it and $1,765,336 has been expended on preliminaryengineering activities. A SmartScale application (Round 1) was submitted to fund the balance of this project, butultimately, this request for funding was not successful. The adjoining Skiffes Creek Connector (shown on the attachedmaps) was successful however in receiving both RSTP and SmartScale funds in FY2023.

Because full project funding has not yet been identified, the Route 60 Relocated project was listed as an unfundedprioritized project and not included in the fiscally-constrained 2040 LRTP (Project No. 2040-82).

In order to make some progress, put existing resources to use, and to advance the advertisement date for construction,James City County has been working with VDOT to re-scope this project.

Further, James City County has been informed by VDOT and FHWA that resolution to re-scoping the Route 60Relocated project must be linalized prior to the NEPA process for the adjoining Skiffes Creek Connector project (i.e.,FHWA and VDOT have joined these two projects together for environmental impact purposes).

James City County therefore respectively requests a TIP amendment for the above referenced project as follows:

Project Description Update. In the current TIP, the Route 60 Relocated Project is anticipated to be a +1-2.57 milelong, 4-lane road project that includes the construction of a significant bridge structure over Skiffes Creek. As notedabove, there is no funding available to construct this large of a project.

James City County and VDOT propose to scale the project back to be a 0.3 mile long, 2-lane roadway. The proposedroad (to be called “Greenmount Parkway Extension”) would be constructed along the same ultimate alignment as thefull Route 60 Relocated project (see attached maps).

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October 31, 2017Dr. Camelia RavanbakhtPage 2

RE: Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment Request for UPC13496Route 60 Relocated

The remainder of the roadway and the future bridge structure would be dropped off of this project. It isenvisioned that funding for these future portions of Route 60 Relocated would be pursued in the futurewith new applications and would be separate, stand-alone projects.

The proposed scaled-back segment, while not providing through connectivity to the City of NewportNews, would provide new access to currently landlocked portions of land within James City County. Thisland — known as the Greenmount Industrial Park — is afready zoned for Industrial uses. The proposedscaled-back segment will allow for new industrial development and the alignment will still provideconnectivity to the adjoining Skiffes Creek Connector.

The revised estimate for the proposed scaled-back segment is $3.0 million.(PE $461,000; RW $83,000; CN $2,500,000).

As noted above, re-scoping this project would allow VDOT to advance the advertisement forconstruction. The timeline for this project is as follows:

Current ProposedStart End Start End

PE 1/1/1994 7/9/2020 PE 1/1/1994 6/30/2018RW 7/9/2020 2/16/2021 RW 7/1/2018 12/31/2018CN 2/16/2021 2/16/2024 CN 1/1/2019 12/31/2019

RSTP Transfer. UPC 13496 has an available balance of $1,324,664. To fully fund the proposed scaled-back segment, James City County respectfully requests the following transfers:

UPC Description Fund Fiscal Amount UPC DescriptionType Year -

100200 Skiffes Creek RSTP 2019 $1,544,066* 13496 GreenmountConnector Parkway

Extension98811 Longhill Road RSTP 2013 $131,270 13496

Corridor Study

98811 Longhill Road $128,730 Reserve Account

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Corridor Study

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* In the currently adopted Six-Year Improvement Program, the Skiffes Creek Connector Project(UPC100200) has excess RSTP funds in the amount of $1,544,066 because an equivalent amount ofSmartScale funds were awarded. The Longhill Road Corridor Study is a completed project.

Transfer From Tra iisler To

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October 25, 2017Dr. Camelia RavanbakhtPage 3

RE: Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)Amendment Request for UPC13496Route 60 Relocated

Current cost estimates, allocations, obligations, expenditures, and funds available for transferassociated with the affected projects have been confirmed by VDOT and/or coordinated with DRPT.

Should you have any questions, please contact me at 757-253-6685.

SinC

Paul D. Holt, ifi, AICP, CNU.-A, CFMDirector of Community Development and Planning

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