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Two Rivers-Ottauquechee RPC Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting Thursday March 9, 2017

Hartford Town Hall conference rm 2, WRJ, VT, 9:30am – 11:00am

Meeting Summary

Guest: Wayne Davis, VTrans Park and Ride Manager 1. Introductions – Kent Gilman called meeting to order at 9:35am. Group made introductions.

Dee took over as Chair at 9:50am.

2. Approval of January 12 Minutes- Motion by Bob Stacey, 2nd Phil Dechert. All approved.

3. Project Prioritization / Pre-Candidate Bridges / District Leveling – Rita Rita reviewed the draft project prioritization list for FY19. 5 new projects (3 paving and 2 town highway bridges) were added while noting 15 projects are under contract/under construction. Norwich’s town highway BR41 was removed as it was completed by the town. No modifications other than removing Norwich project off the list. Jerry Fredrickson moved to accept the prioritization rankings as presented minus Norwich project. Smith Reed 2nd. All approved. Rita reviewed the pre-candidate town highway bridges. Last year VTrans asked for our top 10 bridges (our top 2 Hartford and Newbury were selected into the Town Highway Bridge

Town Representative Present Town Representative Present Town Representative Present

Barnard Jerry Fredrickson X Hancock - Royalton Rose Hemond

Bethel Bill Hall X Hartford Rich Menge Matt Osborn

Sharon Deb Jones X X

Bradford Nancy Jones Phil Page

X Hartland Bob Stacey X Stockbridge -

Braintree Bob Moyer Newbury Bob Beaulieu Strafford Jon Mackinnon

Bridgewater Norm Martin Norwich Phil Dechert X Thetford Stuart Rogers

Brookfield Dee Montie X Pittsfield George Deblon Topsham Jim Bulger

Chelsea Kent Gilman X Plymouth - Tunbridge Michael Sacca

Corinth Joe Blodgett Pomfret Jonathan Williams Vershire -

Fairlee Smith Reed X Randolph Bill Morgan West Fairlee -

Granville - Rochester Robert Meagher Woodstock Michael Brands

At-Large Members Advance Transit Van Chesnut

VTrans Jackie Cassino

Stagecoach

Laura Perez Aaron Little

VTrans D4 VTrans D7

Chris Bump Shauna Clifford

Vital Communities Bethany Fleishman

Vermont Local Roads Todd Law

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program). This year VTrans is asking for top 8. Rita did not see any changes to the bridges selected from last so she offered the next 8. Rita relayed a recommendation from District 4 Chris Bump on Stockbridge Br35 on Bridge St to be TRORC’s #1 pre-candidate bridge due to deteriorating abutments (residual from Irene) in addition to being an important detour for traffic on VT107 (one of our region’s few east-west corridors). The TAC voted to move Stockbridge as #1 and Sharon BR15 as #2. Nancy Jones motioned to accept this revised ranking. Bill Hall 2nd. All approved. District Leveling – Rita reminded the TAC that this list was already submitted to VTrans due to short turnaround. She did not hear from any towns regarding the ranking levels. Rita did relay concerns from Brookfield Selectboard regarding the upcoming paving project on VT12 from Braintree-Randolph and why Brookfield was not included. They also noted that VT14 although recently addressed in a district leveling job, the underlying foundation and drainage issues remain and will need a major reconstruction in the next 10 years. Rita has forwarded those comments to VTrans. Kent was wondering about the district leveling portion of VT110 in Tunbridge and the adjoining VT110 paving (Royalton-Tunbridge) that is being proposed. Depending on the schedule, if the district leveling will be completed close to the paving job, can they not just combine both segments and save on one project? Rita will forward that comment to VTrans for consideration. Rita asked for a confirmation vote on the submitted segments. Jerry Fredrickson motioned to accept the rankings as presented. Bill Hall 2nd. All approved.

4. Sharon Park and Ride Alternative – Wayne Davis Wayne presented on the Sharon Park and Ride project which evaluated alternatives to look at expanding the current site (possibly moving to new location or expanding existing site). After reviewing 6 sites, there were 3 technically possible. The Sharon Selectboard voted to stick with alternative 1A which is for Vtrans to expand within State ROW. Wayne presented a slightly modified version of 1A which will add 7 spaces to the existing lot. Wayne will attend the next Sharon SB meeting to show the slightly modified version which incorporates an improved driveway for Stagecoach bus to turn around, added lighting and 7 spaces. Wayne found that added lighting increased lot usage by 15%. Jerry Fredrickson moved for TAC to accept the modified 1A option for VTrans to pursue. Bill Hall 2nd. All approved.

5. 2017 Better Roads Application

Rita updated the TAC that the deadline is next Friday March 17. She is working with most of the towns on applications – 24! She’s reminding towns last call if they’re still interested in applying.

6. Other Business Rita reminded that the Royalton Park and Ride project is moving forward and there is an upcoming public information meeting on March 20, 2017 @ 6:30PM at the Royalton Academy Building.

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Rita reported the field season is coming up with traffic counts, culvert and road erosion inventories. If towns are interested in traffic counts, please let Rita know so she can plan staffing capacity accordingly. Wayne reported that Thetford Park and Ride is undergoing an expansion study and will be having another public meeting presenting alternative sites. Wayne also reminded folks that the Municipal Park and Ride program funds were unused last year and encouraged towns to apply this year. Meeting adjourned 11:00 am Next meeting: Thursday May 11, 2017 – 9:30am – 11am Bethel Town Hall, Bethel, VT

FINAL FY 2019 TRORC Project Prioritization -- March 10, 2017 Rita Seto, March 2017

Last

Yr

Rank

TRORC

Rank Town Location Project # VTrans Project Division Description Status as of 2017

Pres

30

20

Saf

30

25

15

Multi

Enrgy

10

5

3

Eco

10

5

3

Soc

Cul

10

5

3

Alt

5

3

Flood

Vul./

Haz Mit/

Misc.

5

3 TOTAL

Avg.

Daily

Traffic

(ADT)

2015

GENERAL

COMMENTS

1 1 Hartford US5/Sykes, Sykes/Ralph Lehman STP 0113(59)S Traffic & Safety install roundabouts FOB --> 2018 20 30 10 10 3 5 78 12,800

2 2 Woodstock Village BR51/RT4 over Kedron Brook BF 020-2(43) Town Highway Bridges alternative scoping D&E --> 2018 20 30 5 10 3 5 73 10,200

3 3 Bethel BR38/VT12 (Gilead Brook) BHF 0241(38) State Highway Bridges bridge replacement D&E --> 2019 30 30 3 5 5 73 3,900

7 4 Killington-Stockbridge VT100 (US4 to VT107) ER STP 022-1(25) Paving Irene roadway design FOB --> 2018 30 30 5 5 70 3,400

8 5 Rochester VT73 (Goshen TL to VT100) ER STP 0162(21) Paving Irene roadway design FOB --> ad. 2/8/17 30 30 5 5 70 960

10 6 Chelsea-Vershire VT113 (from VT110 to 7 miles east) STP 2955(1) Paving resurfacing FOB 30 30 3 5 68 850

11 7 Tunbridge BR35/Bicknell Hill Rd BRO 1444( ) Town Highway Bridges temp bridge construction Candidate 30 25 10 65 100

14 8 Hartford Quechee Interchange NH 2927() Paving resurfacing Candidate 30 30 5 65 5,400

15 9 Hartford US4 (from Quechee hwy to US5) STP 2951() Paving resurfacing Candidate 30 30 5 65 3,800

NR 10 Bethel-Royalton VT107 (Bethel-Royalton, VT12 Bethel) STP 2964(1) Paving resurfacing FOB 30 30 5 65 7,000

NR 11 Groton-Newbury US302 (Groton to Newbury) STP PS19(2) Paving resurfacing FOB 30 30 5 65 5,200

NR 12 Royalton-Tunbridge VT110 (VT14 to Tunbridge) STP 2967(1) Paving resurfacing FOB 30 30 5 65 2,200

16 13 Pittsfield BR126/VT100 BHF 022-1(24) State Highway Bridges bridge rehabilitation FOB --> ad. 11/16 30 25 3 58 3,400

17 14 Braintree BR47/VT12 BF 0241( ) State Highway Bridges bridge rehabilitation Candidate 30 25 3 58 1,300

NR 15 Hartford BR7/VA Cutoff Rd over White River BO 1444(60) Town Highway Bridges scoping alternatives Candidate 20 25 5 5 55 2,000

20 16 Woodstock BR1/Pomfret Rd over Gulf Stream BF 0166( ) Town Highway Bridges scoping alternatives Candidate 20 25 3 5 53 1,600

NR 17 Newbury BR15/Boltonville Rd over Wells River BO 1447(32) Town Highway Bridges scoping alternatives Candidate 20 25 5 50 500

24 18 Randolph Vermont Tech College land HES SHSP(9) Traffic & Safetyscoping/feasibility study for driver

training facilityCandidate 20 25 3 48 2,500

18 NR Thetford BR24/VT113 STP CULV(48) Roadway replace 48" CGMP Candidate 2,000

19 NR Hartford From HL townline east NH SCRP(1) Roadway replace 12 small culverts under US4 D&E 7,900

21 NR Hartland I-91 BR37 IM 091-1(68) Interstate Bridges scoping alternatives D&E 19,200

22 NR Norwich I-91 BR48S IM 091-2( ) Interstate Bridges scoping alternatives Candidate 11,700

NR NR Plymouth BR115/VT100 BF 013-3(13) State Highway Bridges bridge rehabilitation delayed --> 2021 1,200 short structure

NR NR Thetford-Lyme BR33/VT113 over Conn. River TBD State Highway Bridges NH is lead agency FOB --> 2022 2,100 NH lead

NR NR Hartford-Lebanon I-89 bridges over Connecticut River IM A001(154) Interstate Bridges bridge rehabilitation Candidate 38,500 NH lead

new No Rank

Projects from last year's ranking that have moved forward/completed Currently Under Contract / In ConstructionLast

Rank Town Location Project # VTrans Project Division Description

1 NR Strafford BR29/VT132 BF 0177(10) Town Highway Bridges bridge replacement - 7/2017

2 13 Bradford BR1/VT25B BF 0191(29) State Highway Bridges bridge replacement - 6/2017

3 4 Chelsea BR11/VT110 BHF 0169(10) State Highway Bridges bridge rehabilitation - 2017

4 5 Chelsea BR9/VT110 BHF 0169(9) State Highway Bridges bridge rehabilitation - 2017

5 12 Bradford-Ryegate US5N (Fairlee TL to Ryegate TL)/US302 from NH to US5STP 2929(1) Paving resurfacing

6 6 Killington-Woodstock US4 ER NH 020-2(38) Paving Irene roadway design

7 9 Brookfield VT65 (VT12 to VT14) STP 2960(1) Paving/regrading resurfacing

8 NR Bethel-Randolph VT12 north of VT107 STP 2921(1) Paving resurfacing, complete 8/19/16

9 NR Thetford VT113 (TH to NH) STP 2221(1)S Paving resurfacing, complete 10/7/16

10 NR Woodstock BR24/VT106 (Bryant Rd) BRF 0151(21) State Highway Bridge bridge replacement - May 2016

11 NR Hancock VT125 STP 2923(1) Paving resurfacing

12 NR Hartford I-91 off ramp to US5 Traffic & Safety I-91 ramp

13 NR Granville VT100 ER STP 013-4(40) Paving Irene roadway design, complete 10/14/16

14 NR Hancock VT125 ER STP 0174(18) slope remediation Irene roadway design, complete 11/18/16

15 NR Hartford-Lebanon US4 BRF A000(627) Town Highway Bridges NH Lead Agency

16 NR Norwich-Fairlee I-89 NB only IM SURF(48) Paving resurfacing

17 NR Bethel-Brookfield I-89 IM SURF(54) Paving resurfacing

FINAL FY 2019 TRORC Town Highway Bridge Program -- Top 8 Pre-Candidates -- March 10, 2017

Last Yr

TRORC

Rank

This Yr

TRORC

Rank Town Location Description

Pres

30

20

Saf

30

25

15

Multi

Enrgy

10

5

3

Eco

10

5

3

Soc

Cul

10

5

3

Alt

5

3

Flood

Vul./

Haz Mit/

Misc.

5

3 TOTAL

Average

Daily

Traffic

(ADT)

2015

4 1 STOCKBRIDGE BR35 / Bridge St steel thru truss over White River 20 25 5 3 5 58 430

3 2 SHARON BR15 / River Rd steel thru truss over White River 20 25 3 5 3 56 1220

5 3 ROYALTON BR30 / Royalton Hill Rd steel thru truss over White River 20 15 5 3 3 46 500

6 4 CORINTH BR8 / Village Rd concrete T-beam over Tabor Brook 20 15 5 3 3 46 1490

7 5 CHELSEA BR45 / Maple Aveconcrete encased steel beam over 1B White

River20 15 5 3 43 200

8 6 BETHEL BR45 / Peavine Rd old RR thru truss over 3rd Br. White River 20 15 3 5 43 100

9 7 RANDOLPH BR54 / School St concrete T beam over Thayer Brook 20 15 3 5 43 150

10 8 POMFRET BR16 / Pomfret Rd concrete slab over Mill Brook 20 15 3 38 520

Last Yr TRORC Rank - what the project was ranked last year (top 10)

This Yr TRORC Rank - what the project is ranked this year (top 8)

1 Hartford

2 Newbury

BR7/VA Cutoff Rd over White River

BR15/Boltonville Rd over Wells River

Projects moved into Town Highway Bridge Program