HomeMy WebLinkAboutTransportation Meeting Supplemental January 2018 - 2CITY OF ASHLAND
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
WASHINGTON STREET
FRONTAGE IMPROVEMENTS
SOUTH ASHLAND BUSINESS PARK
January 25, 2018
CSA Planning Ltd.
Sandow Engineering
Thornton Engineering
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION:So
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1. Project is a 5 acre light industrial
business park. It includes an annexation and rezoning of the property to E-1 to correspond to the Employment designation in the Comp Plan
2. Project fronts on Washington Street
and so improvements to
Washington Street are proposed as
part of the private development
project.
PROJECT LOCATION:So
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PROCESS:So
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1. Applicant has been working with Staff
on the Washington Street cross-section design issues for the last 9 months
2. Land Use Application has been filed with the three improvement options for
Washington Street. The application is in the completeness review stage with Planning.
3. Transportation Commission is being
asked to provide comments on Washington Street frontage alternatives.
WASHINGTON STREET CONSTRAINTS:So
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1. Distance between Interstate 5
Guardrail and the Wetland is only ~45.5 feet at the narrowest point. The City of Ashland’s standard Avenue cross-section is 59 to 97 feet in width.
2. Developer funded street frontage improvements are typically “half-street” improvements. Each developer improves their half of the street and
the street is improved. I-5 is on the other side of the street and so it will be up to the City to complete the rest of the street.
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STANDARD X-SECTION ALIGNED TO
MINIMIZE WETLAND IMPACT
1. Design does not include parkrow/sidewalk
on east side
2. Retaining wall above I-5 On-ramp would be
6-10 feet high, which ODOT may not even
allow
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STANDARD X-SECTION ALIGNED TO
MINIMIZE I-5 IMPACT
1. Design does not include parkrow/sidewalk
on east side
2. Reduces cost for City to build east bike lane
in the future.
3. Fills about 2/3rds of the Wetland. Requires
State and Federal permits.
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BALANCED X-SECTION, PARKROW REMOVED,
ALIGNED TO AVOID WETLAND FILL
1. Design does not include parkrow/sidewalk on east side
2. City will have some future cost adding east bike lane
3. Standard cross-section except for parkrow being the wetland and wetland buffer behind the sidewalk
4. Steep side slope from sidewalk down to wetland
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MULTI-USE PATH X-SECTION
1. Design does not include parkrow/sidewalk
on east side
2. Reasonable side slope down to wetland
3. “Complete Street” at time of development
4. Does not preclude widening for bike lanes
at some point in the future with modest
retaining wall (~4 feet).
WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD
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1. Option A- Full curb-to-curb street
with 10-foot travel lanes and 10-foot multi-use path.
2. Option B- Sidewalk, two ten-foot travel lanes and the bike lane on the west side. “Half-street”
3. Option C- Sidewalk, parkrow and
two ten-foot travel lanes and the
bike lane on the west side. City
would be responsible for obtaining
required permits for wetland fill and
would need to take the lead on the
design. “Half-street”
FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION
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1. When future connectivity ultimately
occurs Washington Street will
function like an Avenue. However,
this connectivity is likely to be well
into the future – it requires a new
rail crossing and significant amount
of development to the south.
2. Even future-year traffic volumes will
be on the very low end of the range
for an Avenue even after all future
connectivity is achieved.
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:So
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1. Sandow Engineering indicates any of
the three potential Washington
Street improvements would provide
adequate and appropriate
transportation facilities to meet
short-and long-term needs.
2. The TSP analysis shows that this
area is one of the lowest areas for
projected demand for bicycle and
pedestrian use now and at the end
of the planning period.
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
REQUEST:So
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1. Provide guidance to staff and the
Applicant on the Commission’s
preferred Washington Street
improvement cross-section
alternative.
2. Provide comments that will be
useful to the Planning Commission in
making a final decision on the City’s
preferred Washington Street
improvement cross-section
alternative.
QUESTIONS ???
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