Potential Toll Road Through Spalding County

8/7/2019 Potential Toll Road Through Spalding County

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/potential-toll-road-through-spalding-county 1/26

PROPOSSEDPROPOSSED

WESTERNWESTERN

COMMERCIALCOMMERCIAL

CONNECTORCONNECTOR



CHALLENGES TO LOCAL ECONOMIESPoor MobilityPoor ConnectivityCongestion



Currently Programmed Projects are too little, too late.

Insufficient Funding at State and Federal LevelEnvironmental Reviews Delay or Eliminate ProjectsState and Federal Oversight Delays Projects and Inflates Project CostsFocus has been on commuters and not on freight movement or through traffic



Atlanta traffic commute not nation’s worst , but close (AJC)Atlanta Traffic: Overturned Semi Causes Congestion (AJC)Atlanta’s road system strikes again (AJC)Atlanta’s interstate highways consistently make the national rankings for worst bottlenecks (AJC)Atlanta’s I‐285 6th most congested U.S. road (NHWA)

Lack of Alternative Routes Create Bottlenecks (NHWA)

ATLANTA TRAFFICATLANTA TRAFFIC



Accidents are bad for Business

For each minute it takes to clear an accident it creates 7 minutes of delay

Over 145,000 accidents per year in metro AtlantaOver 14,000 accidents per year involving Semi‐TrucksOver 650 fatalities per year in metro Atlanta



FREIGHT MOVEMENT IN TONNAGE



Atlanta Atlanta – – AmericaAmerica ’’s Bottlenecks Bottleneck

ORIGIN -DESTINATION



Atlanta Metropolitan Area projected toadd 1 million people by 2015

Construction on Panama Canal to be

complete in 2014 allowing larger shipsaccess to Georgia’s Ports

Port of Savannah projected to doublecargo capacity by 2025

Fort Benning 80,000 acre expansion willcontinue through 2017

West Point Kia plant continues to

increase production and expand lines

GeorgiaGeorgia ’’s Economic s Economic OutlookOutlook



KEYS TO SUCCESS

RELIABILITY

SUSTAINABILITYALTERNATIVES



Involved Jurisdictions





4‐lane RoadwayLimited Access

80 mph Design SpeedToll Road

Approximately 113 MilesEstimated Cost $2 Billion







Travel Distance (miles) Travel Time (min) Travel Time Savings

Route Existing WCC Existing WCC Minutes Percent TT

I‐75 to I‐85 77 45 81 40 41 51%

I‐75 to I‐20 80 79 86 70 16 19%

I‐75 to I‐75 93 113 112 100 12 11%

I‐75 to I‐85 From High Falls exit to Newnan

I‐75 to I‐20 From High Falls exit to Villa Rica

I‐75 to I‐75 From High Falls exit to Cartersville

TRAVEL TIME BENEFITSTRAVEL TIME BENEFITS(without an accident)(without an accident)



Existing Proposed

Cartersville to Villa Rica 89 min. 30 min.Villa Rica to Newnan 76 min. 30 min.

Newnan to High Falls 81 min. 40 min.Cartersville to High Falls 112 min. 100 min.

Travel TimesTravel Timesto/from Atlanta Marketsto/from Atlanta Markets



Provide Reliable Travel Times

Enhance Economic Development Opportunities

Provide for Alternative Routes

Relieve Congestion

Meet Regional and State Freight Mobility Goals

Enhance Regional Mobility and Connectivity



Increased mobility betweenIncreased mobility between

Georgia ports and markets in:Georgia ports and markets in:

Birmingham, AL

Chattanooga, TN

Chicago, IL

Cincinnati, OH

Dallas, TX

Fort Worth, TX

Huntsville, AL

Indianapolis, INJackson, MS

Kansas City, MO

Knoxville, TN

Little Rock, AR

Louisville, KY

Madison, WI

Memphis, TN

Montgomery, AL

Nashville, TN

Oklahoma City, OK

Shreveport, LA

St. Louis, MO

Tulsa, OK

Wichita, KS



First Project of its kind in Georgia and one of the first in theNation

A local government initiative to solve a regional transportation problem

This multi ‐ jurisdictional transportation coalition will provide a model for other communities to follow

Project demonstrates innovative leadership, out of the box

thinking, and a commitment to the future



A Northwest Atlanta By-pass Project was recommended to the

Georgia General Assembly in a briefing given in December 2008 entitled

Investing in Tomorrow's Transportation Today (IT3 Scenario Results and

Implications)

This study focused on the need for new capacity for freight

movement around Atlanta and the State. 43% of truck traffic entering

Atlanta is not bound for Atlanta



Multiple financial institutions have reviewed the project and given verbal support. They recommended moving ahead

with a Toll and Revenue study (T & R). They have expressed a strong desire to be a partner in the project.

Conceptual T & R study currently being conducted.



No legislation is required to build project

A Joint Development Authority will be created by the County’s

and City’s involved

The County’s and City’s will then contract with the Joint

Development Authority to administer the project

The Joint Development Authority will enter into contracts for

the construction, operation, and maintenance of the toll road



The Counties can contract for the operation and maintenance of theroad for up to 50 years. At the expiration of the O & M contract the

ownership of the road remains with the jurisdictions.



Meetings with Proposed Partners ‐ Complete

Creation of Joint Development Authority – Within next 90 days

Project Design ‐ 2011 ‐2014 (Concept is complete)

Environmental Permitting ‐ 2011 ‐2013

Right‐of

‐Way

Acquisition

‐2014

‐2015

Construction ‐ Begin 2016

Road Open to Traffic in 2019



This project is Economic Development

Will support Georgia’s economic growth and competitiveness

Will enhance growth opportunity in freight and logistics

Will greatly increase mobility and access to the Interstate System throughout the region

Will optimize throughput of people and goods, thus improving air quality



The Alternative

To sit back hoping that someday, some way,someone will make things right is to go onfeeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you

last - but eat you he will. Ronald Reagan

Documents

Potential Toll Road Through Spalding County