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Home My WebLink AboutCEDS 072017 BackupUs 27 MULTIMODAL CORRIDOr TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL CEDS COMMITTEE JUly 2017 Future Corridors Southeast Florida Ports and Rail Sebring South Bay PortMiami Iris Port Everglades Northwood Port of Palm Beach Indiantown Marcy Port of Ft. Pierce Miami Airport Ft. Lauderdale Airport Palm Beach Airport Winter Haven ILC (CSX Rwy) 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 Multimodal US 27 Corridor Primary Study Objectives Feasibility of Potential Rail By-Pass Identify Conceptual Engineering Alternatives for US 27 Highway Corridor with and without Rail Preliminary Environmental Evaluation Plan for US 27 based on Travel Demand and SIS Standards 72-Mile Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) Corridor Everglades Agricultural Area Rural Area of Critical Economic Concern (RACEC) Four Lane Divided Highway 100’ to 481’ Right of Way Speed Limit: 30 mph –65 mph Connects to Turnpike, I-75, SR 80 1 Interchange, 8 Signalized Intersections, 26 Unsignalized Intersections, Multiple Driveways 2010 Level of Service was B 7,100 AADT -33,000 AADT; 20% -42% Trucks US 27 Corridor Multimodal Alternative Add lanes same as “Highway Only” Alternative Reconstruct and shift highway within ROW Construct single mainline track with five 2-mile siding tracks within ROW 1 FEC Connection on South Side of US 27 2 CSX Connections Along Krome Avenue S-ALT 1 FEC Connection,Most Direct Route, Least Cost, Least Environmental Impact, Least Cost,Right-of- Way Is Needed Southern Connection Options To Homestead To Ft. Lauderdale Miami International Airport 5 Potential Connections to existing tracks for South Central Florida Express or Florida East Coast Railway N-ALT-2A Lowest Environmental Impacts, Least Cost, Most Direct Connection Avoiding South Bay Northern Connection Options To Fort PierceTo Sebring & Orlando Indiantown To Sebring & Orlando Okeelanta Mill 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: $600.1M ROW Cost: $42.5M Design & CEI Cost: $120.0M 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: $193.1M Total Cost: $1.25B ($487M more) 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. 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 I-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 Benefits of Moving Forward 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 Regional Planning Council June 12, 2017 meeting at SFRPC with: FEC Railway Port Everglades FDOT Broward MPO Miami-Dade TPO TCRPC, SFRPC and CFRPC Staff Congressional Staff for Deutch, Mast, and Wilson Senatorial Staff for Rubio Additional stakeholder identification and regional meetings Seeking to establish working group to continue exploring the concept Current Activities THOMAS J. LANAHAN DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL (TCRPC) (772) 221-4060 TLANAHAN@TCRPC.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION: