Detroit Lakes May 9, 2012

Background/Context • Challenging and uncertain times for the

transportation community … • Aging system • Flat (declining?) revenue projections • Regional & local priorities • Stakeholders want more information/opportunities to

be involved in MnDOT’s decision-making

How do we move forward? Maximize impact of available revenues Seize opportunities Seek new approaches Be Nimble Partner, Collaborate, Innovate

What is CIMS? A corridor-based initiative that brings MnDOT together with its partners to exchange information and discuss opportunities for collaborative and

sustainable investment.

• A new forum for information exchanges and coordination

• An opportunity to collaborate around lower cost, high benefit strategies

CIMS Approach

CIMS Objectives • Given the funding reality, advance cost

effective strategies to regional & local priorities

• Greater transparency and collaboration in MnDOT’s investment planning & programming

• Partnerships that leverage public resources to achieve multiple purposes

Quality of Life • Market research: 11 factors affect QOL

including Transportation

Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3 Factor 4 Education Health Local services/

amenities Spirituality, faith &

serenity Environment Family/friends Recreation Employment Safety/security

Housing Transportation

Minnesota GO A Collaborative Vision for Transportation

Minnesota’s multimodal transportation system maximizes the health of people, the environment and our economy.

Minnesota GO: Guiding Principles

• Leverage public investments

• Ensure accessibility • Build to a maintainable

scale • Ensure regional

connections

• Integrate safety • Emphasize reliable and

predictable options • Strategically fix the

system • Use partnerships

Draft Policy Objectives: • Accountability, Transparency and Communication • Transportation in Context • Critical Connections • Asset Management • Traveler Safety

System Funding & Condition 10-year Statewide Total ($ Millions) Preservation $4,969 69% Safety $605 8% Mobility $594 8% Community/Econ Dev. $232 3% Prog. Del. $820 11% $7,220 100%

Policy Area Measure Target 2006 Actual

2010 Actual

2014 Projected

2020 Projected

Pavement Preservation

% of PAs in Good Condition > 70% 68.9% 70.2% 62% 58%

% of PAs in Poor Condition < 2% 2.3% 3.7% 8% 12%

% of NPAs in Good Condition >65% 61.1% 59.8% 49% 46%

% of NPAs in Poor Condition < 3% 5.2% 6.8% 16% 24%

**Investment totals and performance projections

based on the 2011 – 2014 STIP and MnDOT’s planned

investments in ’15-’20**

What would it take to mitigate the highest risks in unmet needs in the next 20yrs?

$4.5 B Reduce miles of poor pavement from 17% to 5-9% $3.1 B Implement Metro’s Lower Cost Congestion Mgmt.

Strategy $1.2 B Bridge, safety, IRCs, regional and community priorities

$8.8 billion = 50% Funding increase

(24.5 cent gas tax increase equivalent)

Debt Service

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Debt Service

Debt Limit

Lower cost, high benefit strategies

… getting the most out of the investments we are able to make

Example: Risk Based Safety Strategies

• Highway where a periodic passing lane is added to a two-lane highway - may take different forms

• Four-foot wide buffer area with rumble strips • 12-foot wide buffer area provides recovery space and turn

lanes

Four foot buffer

Twelve foot buffer

Example: Super Two

Example 2+1

• Continuous three-lane cross section with alternating passing lanes

• Reducing risk: example prevents direct crossing and left turns from a side road

Example Reduced Conflict Intersections

• Mahnomen, Clay, Becker, Wilkin, Otter Tail, Traverse, Grant, Douglas, Big Stone, Stevens, Pope, & Swift Counties

• Population 242,153 (2010)

• 1,606 centerline miles of trunk highway

• Growing City infrastructure needs, multimodal requests, mobility visions, flooding issues, and declining pavement condition

Policy Area Measure Target 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Safety Fatalities 36 45 34 40 39

Bridge Preservation

PAs - % in Good or Satisfactory Condition > 84% 94.4% 92.9% 86.8% 86.8% 84.4%

PAs - % in Poor Condition < 2% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% 2.7% 2.7%

Pavement Preservation

% of PAs in Good Condition > 70% 76.8% 74.8% 76.4% 73.7% 81.2%

% of PAs in Poor Condition < 2% 1.1% 2.7% 3.1% 4.3% 2.9%

% of NPAs in Good Condition >65% 64.3% 58.5% 56.3% 51.3% 53.3%

% of NPAs in Poor Condition < 3% 2.7% 3.8% 3.0% 7.0% 6.6%

Mobility Average corridor travel speed

>55 or >60 mph

The IRCs in District 4 are I-94, US 10, and MN 34. All are currently performing above or within 2 mph of their corridor speed targets.

STIP 2011-14 (in millions)

Planned Investments 2015-20 (in millions)

Policy Area Measure Target 2014 Projected 2020 Projected

Safety Fatalities

Bridge Preservation

PAs - % in Good or Satisfactory Condition > 84% 89%

PAs - % in Poor Condition < 2% 3%

Pavement Preservation

% of PAs in Good Condition > 70% 65% 51%

% of PAs in Poor Condition < 2% 6% 11%

% of NPAs in Good Condition >65% 46% 43%

% of NPAs in Poor Condition < 3% 16% 26%

Mobility Average corridor travel speed

>55 or >60 mph

Travel speed on I-94, US 10 and MN 34 is projected to remain at or above target through 2020.

• In recent years, District 4 has built a number of projects requiring a large commitment of funds:

• In anticipation for those larger projects, several medium overlays were completed

• As a result the of several larger projects and the 10 to 20 year life of the medium overlays, many roadways in D4 are due for repair

1. TH 10 Bridge, Main Avenue Moorhead 2. TH 336 Expansion 2 lane to 4 lane, Moorhead 3. TH 10 Reconstruction, Detroit Lakes 4. TH 29 Expansion Urban 3 lane to 5 lane, Alexandria 5. TH 10 Interchange, TH 10/TH 32 Hawley

Impact on driver behavior

• 94% of drivers say they drive differently when seeing/confronting a poor road condition

• Driving on roads in poor condition causes them to drive

defensively, slowing down or swerving to avoid cracks that make for an uncomfortable ride or that could damage their vehicles

Preservation Needs 2015-2021

Pavement Preservation • Roads in poor condition are more costly to

repair • Roads in poor condition require more frequent

Maintenance

• Use a system management approach to achieve the best overall network.

• Balance investments approach between our principal and non principal roadways.

• Our current plan is to have future funding split 50/50.

• However we have set higher performance target standards for our IRC high volume roads (Hwy 10, I-94).

• Four – year (2012 – 2015), $398 million program to improve more than 700 miles of roads statewide

• Intended to limit, but not stop, future growth in the percentage of the system in “poor” condition

• Better Roads in D4 = $27 million 103 miles TH 29 Benson to Starbuck $5.6M 22 miles TH 59 Steven County Line to Morris $4.3M 15 miles TH 28 Glenwood to Pope Co. Line $4.1M 15 miles MN 78 Battle Lake to Jct. TH 10 $ 6M 26 miles US 75 TH 7 to TH 12 $1.8M 9 miles US 59 Elbow Lake to I-94 $5.3M 16 miles

Safety Scoping –During our preservation or mobility projects we will add enhancements or modifications to the design to address safety concerns

• Add turn lanes and by pass lanes • Close cross-overs and lengthen left and right turn lanes

when we resurface four lanes (TH 10) • Lighting of Rural intersection • Update Guardrail • Consider alignment and access issues

Reactive - evaluate as concern arises, if urgent move up in the program

• 4way stop: Signal/Roundabout * TH 75/CSAH 12 Moorhead * Pebble Lake, Fergus * TH 75/50th Moorhead * TH 9/TH 10, Glyndon * DL TH 59/Willow

Safety Proactive Strategy -Strategically placed low cost/High Benefit Highway Safety Improvement Funds

• Rumble Strips/Stripes • Cable Median Guardrail • Pavement Markings/Wet Reflective Lines • Active Warning System • Curve Appurtenances, Chevrons

The district safety plan is nearly complete and will prioritize safety needs

Safety TZD Effort

• TZD coordinator has recently been

hired for District 4

• Studying the County break down of behavioral issues that are contributing to crashes

• Seat belt compliance study in each county this summer

District 4 • 45% on State roads versus City, County,

Townships, ect. (49% State) • 84% Occur in Rural (State 58%) Based on 2006-2010 data for Fatal and Type A crashes

• 55% unbelted (52%) • 45% alcohol related (36%) Based on 2001-2005 data for Fatal and Type A crashes

Flooding Issues Prioritized by threat to road and traveling public Timing and cost of solution Determine solution based on the above along with environmental Impacts and downstream effects Closed Basins

• Ortonville (outlet) • TH 34 (outlet) • Dent (outlet)

*First time MNDOT was lead agency • TH 34 (grade raise) • Dunvilla (grade raise)

Overland Flooding (dikes and damages)

Flooding Issues Threaten Infrastructure

• Retention effects (Saturated subgrades/decreases pavement life)

• Safety Concerns • Mobility Concerns • Detour routes and disruption

Unpredictable funding need

• Watershed Assessments

Flood Mitigation Funding $8.6M Construction Cost • TH 59 Sand Lake - Completed • US 12 Ortonville – Completed • TH 108 Annie • Us 75 Kent

Mobility & Regional/Local Priorities • District 4 currently is meeting state mobility targets

• We work with Cities to obtain both economic and

highway benefits as part of scheduled projects

• We address participation levels based on benefits for the trunk highway system and follow state participation guidelines

• In most cases the timing of our project is based on the pavement need, however if a need is present for safety or mobility this can effect the timing also

Mobility & Regional/Local Priorities • Economic Development

• Perham received TED funding for economic development for addition of ramps to an existing county bridge

• Decrease traffic on TH 78 • Reroutes truck traffic so it does not go through downtown • Create 240 jobs • $6.7 Million total project • $270,000 private funds • $4 Million of TED funds

Mobility & Regional/Local Priorities • Complete Streets

• Complete Streets in Battle Lake and Alexandria

• Lake Park would like access for their new school, we are partnering with them to make this possible and safe

• Hawley had safety and mobility concerns. We are partnering with signal and frontage road

• Detroit Lakes had mobility and safety concerns. We are partnering with them on a frontage road and underpass construction

Mobility & Regional/Local Priorities • Possible future projects where planning studies

have been or are being completed but not in current Plan:

• Glyndon • Glenwood • Dilworth • Moorhead • Wadena

• 32 towns with pavement preservation needs • Low cost high benefit solutions in future years

Alexandria Herman Appleton Hitterdal Barnsville Holloway Beardsley Kerkhoven

Bejou Kragnes Benson Lake Park

Breckenridge Moorhead Browns Valley Morris

Callaway Ortonville Detroit Lakes Parkers Prarie

Dilworth Pelican Rapids Doran Rollag

Elbow Lake Ulen Georgetown Wadena Glenwood Waubun Graceville Wendall

Hawley Wheaton

Mobility & Regional/Local Priorities – Enhancement Projects $600,000/year This year $1.3 Million Requested for 2016

Ottertail – Phillips Mill Bridge Restoration Fergus Falls Tower Rd Bridge Trl Alexandria - Third Ave. Pedestrian Crossing Alexandria - Geneva Road Trail City of Ottertail - Maple to Willow Ottertail - Battle - Halverson Park Ottertail – Glendalough Park Moorhead Gooseberry Pk Bridge Ottertail - Battle Lk to Glendalough Wilkin – Lake Breckenridge Parkers Prairie/Ottertail Lake Adley Park Grant – Hoffman Dilworth – 7th Avenue

Solicitation in Fall for 2017 projects

Safe Routes to School State Wide Solicitation

City of Moorhead City of Morris – Signing City of Alexandria - Twice City of Detroit Lakes – Two Elementary

Rail Rail/Highway Grade Crossing Safety Improvements (Install Gates) 2016 projects $500,000 Federal Funds Require 10% match from Local Agency

Location Local Agency

North of Waubun (CSAH 6) Mahnomen County

Becker County (Twn 564) Lake View Township

Update Antiqued Equipment (Cantilevers ) Statewide Selection 2016 projects $825,000 for District 4 Mn/DOT pays $270,000 per projects, Federal $5,000 per project Fergus Falls, Two Projects in Breckenridge

Other Infrastructure Bridge Replacement: $1.5M/year Bridge Preservation: $1.5M/year Condition 4 Pipe Replacements: $1.0M/year Signing & Striping: $1.2M/year Flooding Projects: $250k/year Transit Purchase: $500k/year ADA Standalone: $160K/year

• Moorhead $3.5M 2012 • Beardsley & Browns Valley 2013 • Pelican Rapids 2014

Rail/Highway Grade Crossing Safety: $500K/year Locals 10% match Install Gates Rail Antiqued Equipment Updates: State Competitive 2016 $825k Municipal Lighting Projects: $75k/year First Come First Serve/One time Landscaping Projects: $30k/year First Come First Serve Permits

Manage our resources to most efficiently protect our priorities

Cross Agency Collaboration • Invited other state agencies to participate:

– DEED, DNR, PCA, MHFA, Ag, Tourism, Health, etc.

• Exploring ways to coordinate investment • Help MnDOT develop quality of life, economic

and environmental criteria for a CIMS solicitation

CIMS Solicitation • Early 2013 for first round

– Criteria, amount of funding and application process to be developed later this summer

• Focus for first round – Trunk highway projects that address non-

performance-based needs related to Quality of Life, Economic Competitiveness and Environmental Health

Next Steps • 20-Year State Highway Investment Plan

Update • Competitive Solicitation in early 2013 • Future Meetings • 10-Year Corridor Outlooks

Breakout Discussions • Share information about current condition,

planned investment and anticipated performance needs for each corridor

• Identify local priorities, issues, and opportunities for the near to medium term.

Corridor Maps • Map A: Existing Conditions • Map S: Existing Conditions – Safety • Map B: 2012-2015 STIP Projects • Map C: Anticipated Performance-

based Needs 2016-2021 • Map D: Recent Investments 2002-

2011