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Local Concerns Meeting
Public Meeting:
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Overview of funding
requirements
Proposed Schedule
Project Area/Potential
Issues to be Addressed
Public Comment
June 30,
November
2011 1, 2012
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What is Safe Routes to School?
“A movement to encourage and enable elementary school children to
safely walk and ride bicycles to school is catching on in the Granite
State, and the NH Department of Transportation (NHDOT)
encourages more communities to get involved. Safe Routes to School
(SRTS) helps communities by reimbursing them for the costs of
bringing new balance to our transportation system……….
SRTS is designed for children from kindergarten through eighth grade,
including those with disabilities, who live within approximately two
miles of school.”
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SRTS Application (2009)
“Round 4” Award
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SRTS Project Need
Neighborhood Map – 1-mile radius
The “Pedestrian Shed”
includes several dense
neighborhoods:
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Washington
Silver Street North
Silver Street South
Rutland/Cataract
Route 9
Route 155
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SRTS Project Development
Neighborhood Access Routes
Travel Routes help
identify most effective
improvements:
• Sidewalk Locations
• Crosswalks
• Traffic Calming
• Other treatments
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Pedestrian Improvements (City)
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Proposal Sketch
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Project Overview
The Design Process:
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Engineering Study
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Local Concerns Meeting
Purpose and Need Statement
Existing Conditions
Alternative Analysis/Proposed Layout
Cost Estimate
Public Presentation of Preferred Alternative
Preliminary Design
Final Design/Final Cost Estimate
Contract Documents
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Clifford Street
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Clifford Street
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Woodman
Park Drive
Design
Overview
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Woodman Park Drive
Connect to
Existing Sidewalk
High volume of pedestrians
with no connecting sidewalk
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Rutland Street (at Silver Street)
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Rutland Street (at Silver Street)
Extend (possibly replace)
sidewalk to complete
connection to Silver Street
Conflicts with utilities/
vegetation
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Parker St & Rutland St (at Fisher St)
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Project
Overview
Parker
St & Rutland
St (at Fisher St)
Currently, Large
number of walkers
from the south have
to cross Parker Street
Rutland Street Crossing
•High Volume of Peds
•Vehicle shortcut
route/speeders
•Mid-block Crossing
SRTS Goal: Sidewalks
on both sides streets
closest to the school
Flashing Beacon
Curb Extension
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Rapid Rectangular Flashing Beacon (RRFB)
RRFB:
• Dramatically Improves Driver Yield Rates
(18% to 81%)
• Relative Low Cost
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Project
Overview
Curb
Extensions
(“Bump Outs”)
Curb Extensions:
• Effective at Traffic Calming
• Shorter Crossing
• Improved Pedestrian Visibility
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Next Steps
►Review input from tonight’s meeting
►Prepare Preliminary Plans
►Utility Coordination
►Prepare Engineering Study/Estimate
►Follow-up Public Information Meeting
►NHDOT/City Approval for Final Design
►Prepare Final Plans/Contract Documents
►Construction (Summer 2013)
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Project History & Timeline
►Environmental Document (by City)…………….
August 11, 2011
►City RFQ for Design Services…………………….
June 12, 2012
►Consultant Contract Initiated …………………………………
September 25, 2012
►Survey Work Complete………………..…………
October 5, 2012
►Initial Public/Local Concerns Meeting…………………………….
November 1, 2012
►Preliminary Design Phase………………….……
Winter/Spring 2013
►2nd Public Information Meeting………………………….
Spring 2013
►NTP to Final Design………………………………….
Spring 2013
►Planned Construction…………………………….
Summer 2013
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Questions and Discussion