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Home My WebLink AboutCEDS 072017 BackupUS 27 MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR Legend Q SISfEmerging SI&F-merging i I SIS Space pod ..... SI51�merging Major Highwa+ Urbanized Are 0 90 20 as Bn Miles Future Corridors ��' # 'r LA vVL a s INCLE HERNANDOtWinter ' ORLANDO Haven ILC C`s x OFRANGI- (CSX Rwy) NEW PORT RIC►•EY 160 MFLWURNE f PASCO O Q c� HILE-S 'ROUGH PA ALfB w CLEARWATER r. '�n� D J ai Port of t. p� Pierce PIN 9 INDIAN VPOLK t RIVER VERO SEA ST. PEfERSWRG - Marcy MANATEE >UKEECHCFIEE - - PIERCE BRADS TON HA VE Indiantown % —I HIGH DS T F SAPo444T ► STUART C c ATIr`• Port of TA SOTO �r •. -- � HARLOrrE sr ` Luke Palm Beach Sebring PUNTA t OMk G Okeechobee WEST PALM BEACH Northwood +FT MYERS )T - L�F IaFNr]R Palm Beach Airport # Ft. Lauderdale Airport LEGEND GROVARCFF 4q �- Class I Railroad Interstate MAPLES Port Class II Railroad US Highway Class III Railroad State Route COLLIER Everglades Railroads: ""tl 99 _ AGR Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway j AN AN Railway South Bay y Iris A�t7NR4E pApE BAYL Bay Line Railroad CSXT CSX Transportation f FCEN Florida Central Railroad PortMiami FAdID Florida Midland Railroad 1 FNOR Florida Northern Railroad FEC Florida East Coast Railway Miami Airport FWCR Florida west Coast Railway t GFRR Georgia & Florida Railnet •'`•40'r. NS Norfolk Southern Railway ` • ' SGLR Seminole Gulf Railway ' SCXF South Central Florida Express N`Y� 1 SFRC South Florida Rail Corridor 20 0 20 ao Miles F KEY WEST ;.' s ' 5 S.-outhe** F-I r a: .-q s,:ain FDOT Studies to Date 2004 US 27 Action Plan 2008 US 27 Multimodal Corridor Needs Assessment 2010 US 27 Rail Corridor Study Feasibility Assessment 2012 Interregional Transportation Infrastructure Needs Study 2012-2013 US 27 Multimodal Planning And Conceptual Engineering (PACE) Study 2013 US 27 Transportation Alternatives Study US 27 Multimodal PACE Study Goal Investigate Feasibility of Developing a Multimoda Corridor Primary Study Objectives Feasibility of Potential Rail By -Pass Identify Conceptual Engineeringfi Highway Corridor with-8-nil WthoG Iternatives for US 27 L, "Rail Preliminary Environmental Evaluation Plan for US 27 based on Travel Demand and SIS Standards U.S. 27 PACE Planning and Conceptual Engineering •1991/1. 0 123 23 37.5 SO t 1n - 9 miles Mil -a SEGMENTS l �� END PROJECT..NLT7� �= j AEG WENT 4 Legend • SIS Peeemper Te+minale 0315 Seaport. --U S. Sua�r pau -•SIS Hail -- lmlUaF Rall AAeme Wee N-&p— R..k 2 SIS Head. c j CFI oL "I h i,ia-i' r polt .. ma's-nL ;h �� + *a �. BEGIN PROJECT 6* SEGMENT 2 I►nTir , : era ` vRr S-ALT 3A J al �I I S-ALT 3B rA see ` Port of Miami Miami International Airport MARTIN 10"110, Indiantown Port of Palm Beach Conclusions US 27 must be widened to accommodate future ILC traffic; Potential rail demand estimated at 15 to 22 trains per day; No engineering or environmental fatal flaws identified for widening US 27 & adding rail; Adding a railroad determined to be physically feasible. Project Conclusions and Costs Highway Only Alternative 321 Mainline lane miles of highway widening & resurfacing 11 new or widened bridges 15 intersection improvements 2 interchanges & 3 u-turn improvements Construction Cost: $600.1 M ROW Cost: $42.5M Design & CEI Cost: $120.OM Total Cost: $762.7M Multimodal Alternative 386 Mainline lane miles of highway widening & reconstruction 23 new or widened bridges 20 intersection improvements 2 interchanges & 3 u-turn improvements 75 track -miles of rail 10 rail bridges Construction Cost: $965.6M ROW Cost: $87.4M Design & CEI Cost: $193.1 M Total Cost: $1.25B ($487M more) Benefits of Moving Forward Reducing freight traffic through the population centers of the coast between Ft. Pierce and Miami (80% freight diversion from FEC) Freeing up capacity on the FEC for commuter passenger trains Diverting truck traffic from 1-95, Turnpike, and U.S. 27 Supporting economic development and job creation for the distressed communities along the south and east and west sides of Lake Okeechobee Providing transportation capacity to support further port growth Current Activities February 28, 2017 meeting at Port of Palm Beach with: FEC Railway Port of Palm Beach Staff of US Congressman Brian Mast Palm Beach MPO Martin County TCRPC Staff April 21, 2017 Presentation to Treasure Coast June 12, 2017 meeting at. S_ FEC Railway Port Everglades FDOT Browa rd M PO Miami -Dade TPO Regional Planning Council TCRPC, SFRPC and CFRPit"Staff T7 Congressional Stafffor Deutch, Mast, and Wilson Senatorial Staff for Rubio Additional stakeholder identification and regional meeti.Dj See king.t�q;�ish working group to co_nlfi� ' mooring' f FOR MORE INFORMATION: THOMAS J. LANAHAN DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL (TCRPC) (772) p25 1-4060 TLANAHAN a@TCRPC.ORG