Official Informal Briefing Minutes

Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - 10:30 AM Present: Charlotte J. Nash, Jace Brooks, Lynette Howard, Tommy Hunter, John Heard

1. Transportation

Transportation Grants Update Department of Transportation Director Alan Chapman provided an update on current Federal and State transportation grants for Gwinnett County and an update on grant-funded projects. No Official Action Taken.

Grants Update

June 5, 2018

Grant Types–Surface Transportation

Federal Funding

• Federal Highway Administration Grants

• Infrastructure For Rebuilding America (INFRA)

• Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD)

• Georgia DOT Federal / State matching funds

• Atlanta Regional Commission MPO allocation

State Funding

• Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank (GTIB)

• Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant (LMIG) formula funds

• Transportation Funding Act of 2015

Grant Types–Surface Transportation

Grant Types–Intermodal Funding

Federal and State Funding

• Transit formula funds

• New Start / Small Start transit capital grants

• State transit grants – Go Transit / HB 930

• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and State airport grants

Prior Major Grant Projects

1962

2009

2006

Leveraging

I-85 at SR 316 Interchange

Total grant funding – $190M

Leveraging

Prior Major Grant Projects

US 29 widening (Beaver Ruin to Pleasant Hill) $14.6 million SR 20 widening (Ozora Road to Brand Road) $11 million SR 324 widening over I-85 $11.2 million McGinnis Ferry Road extension $20.4 million Public utility relocations (SR 20, SR 324 & McGinnis) $6.2 million Transit capital improvements $9.4 million ATMS Enhancements $2.6 million

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

Total Federal Aid – $75.4 million (“Shovel Ready” projects)

Prior Major Grant Projects

State Route 20 (Peachtree Industrial

Boulevard to Chattahoochee River)

Total Federal Aid –$80M

Recently Completed/Under Construction Roadway & Pedestrian Safety Projects

SR 141 / Peachtree Industrial Boulevard $1.3 million Ronald Reagan Parkway Resurfacing $2.6 million Buford Drive (South Lee Street to Buford Highway) $1.4 million Evermore North Boulevard (Britt Road to Old US 78) $500,000 Traffic Management Projects (Ronald Reagan Parkway, SR

316, Old Peachtree Road, Five Forks Trickum Road) $3.5 million

Harbins Road Sidewalk (Singleton Road to Dickens Road) $900,000

Buford Highway Sidewalk (Langford Road to Simpson Circle) $700,000

Total Grant Funding – $10.9 million

Planned Major Roadways

• Sugarloaf Parkway Extension Phase II (SR 316 to I-85)

• SR 316 Corridor Improvements (SR 20 to Barrow County Line)

• Scenic Highway Widening (US 78 to Sugarloaf Parkway)

• SR 324 Interchange at I-85

• McGinnis Ferry Road Interchange at I-85

• I-85 Study and Preliminary Engineering (I-285 to I-985)

Sugarloaf Parkway Extension Phase II

SR 316 /University Parkway Corridor Improvements

SR 316 Corridor Improvements

* Transportation Funding Act of 2015

SR 316 at Hi-Hope / Progress

Ctr/Cedars (FY 2022)

SR 316 at Hurricane

Trail / Fence Rd (FY 2022)

SR 316 at US 29

(FY 2023)

SR 316 at Harbins Road Total

Gwinnett County N/A N/A $4M $60M $64M

Georgia DOT $71M $63M $70M N/A $204M *

Total $71M $63M $74M $60M $268M

Scenic Highway Widening (US 78 to Sugarloaf Parkway)

Engineering (FY 2019) – $4.8 million ROW / CST (FY 2024-2030) – $39 million GDOT moving ROW / CST from 2041+ to 2024-2030 in TIP Amendment 5

I-85 Interchanges

McGinnis Ferry Road at I-85 SR 324 at I-85

I-85 Interchanges

Location Federal State Total

SR 324 at I-85 (FY 2019) $16M $4.5M $20.5M

McGinnis Ferry Road at I-85 (FY 2022) $13M $2.6M $15.6M

Total $29M $7.1M $36.1M

Planned Additional Roadway Improvements

Jimmy Carter Boulevard at Buford Highway $5 million

US 78 Parallel Access Road (Hewatt Road to Britt Road) $9.2 million

Buford Drive (Buford Highway to Peachtree Industrial Boulevard) $9.3 million

Pleasant Hill Road (Howell Ferry Road to the Chattahoochee River) $1.5 million

PIB Resurfacing (Rogers Bridge Road to Suwanee Dam Road) $1.8 million

Spalding Drive – applied, pending award decision $2 million

Constitution Blvd improvements – applied, pending award decision $1.5 million

Total Grant Funding Awarded – $26.8 million Additional Grant Funding Requested – $3.5 million

Planned Pedestrian Safety Improvements

Western Gwinnett Bikeway (Rogers Bridge to McGinnis Ferry) $5.2 million

Norcross to Lilburn Multi-use Path $2.8 million

Rogers Bridge over the Chattahoochee River $4 million

Beaver Ruin Road Multi-use Path $2.6 million

Buford Highway sidewalk (South Berkeley Lake to North Berkeley Lake) $1.3 million

Total Grant Funding Awarded – $15.9 million

Planned Traffic Management System Improvements

Peachtree Industrial Boulevard Smart Corridor $2.1 million

ITS Enhancements Phase I $3.7 million

ITS Enhancements Phase II $2 million

Smart Corridor Technology Master Plan $50,000

Total Grant Funding Awarded – $7.8 million Additional Grant Funding Requested – $50,000

Recently Completed / Ongoing Transit Improvement Projects

Sugarloaf Park and Ride Upgrade $2 million

Local Bus Fleet Replacements $13.7 million

Paratransit Van Fleet Replacement $400,000

Express Fleet Midlife Overhaul $3.5 million

Total Grant Funding – $19.6 million

Planned Transit Improvements

Project Amount Awarded

Programmed FY

Indian Trail Road Park and Ride Lot Improvements $1.6 million 2018

Gwinnett Transit Service Enhancement Phase 1 $4 million 2019 – 2021

Gwinnett Transit Service Enhancement Phase 2 $2.6 million 2020 – 2022

Total Recent Grant Awards – $8.2 million

New and Small Starts Project Evaluation Criteria • Project Justification

• Mobility improvements • Environmental benefits • Congestion relief • Cost effectiveness • Economic development • Land use

• Local Financial Commitment • Current conditions • Commitment of funds • Reliability / capacity

Questions?