DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E., Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Loop 1604 Managed Lanes Project
SUMMARY:
The Transportation & Capital Improvements Department (TCI) will provide a briefing on the Loop 1604 Managed Lanes Project recommended for inclusion in the TxDOT Unified Transportation Plan (UTP) by the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (AAMPO) Transportation Policy Board (TPB).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On January 23, 2017, the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (AAMPO) Transportation Policy Board (TPB) voted to recommend to the Texas Transportation Commission (TTC) that the Unified Transportation Plan (UTP) be updated to include Loop 1604 Managed Lanes Project. The UTP is the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) short-range 10 year program. The AAMPO list adds 12 projects totaling $1.591billion to the UTP, including $882 million for the Loop 1604 Managed Lanes Project. This project will be managed by the Alamo Regional Mobility Authority (ARMA). Prior to this meeting, on January 9, 2017 the Executive Committee of the MPO Policy Board voted to recommend the proposed UTP changes to the full MPO Policy Board with the provision that a letter be approved requesting the ARMA consider the elimination of tolls for high occupancy vehicles (two passengers and up) in addition to buses. The MPO at its January 23 meeting approved this recommendation.
ISSUE:
In 2015 the Alamo Regional Mobility Authority (ARMA) estimated Loop 1604 daily traffic at 144,300, which is 60% over vehicular capacity. Without traffic improvements by 2045, ARMA estimates daily traffic of 242,400, 168% over vehicular capacity.
The MPO has recommended the inclusion of the Loop 1604 Managed Lanes Project in the Unified Transportation Plan (UTP) list which will be considered by the Texas Transportation Commission (TTC) in early March. This project scope includes expandi...
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