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  1. Hello. My name is Carrie Childress.
  2. I'm a transportation safety engineer for Sanderson Stewart and the
  3. project manager for the County Line Roads improvements project.
  4. I would like to discuss with you the project and
  5. the two concepts that have been developed for this project
  6. as some background.
  7. The intent of the County Line Road project is to enhance safety along the corridor,
  8. provide multi modal transportation facilities
  9. and provide improved connectivity along the corridor.
  10. The County Line Road project is based upon improvements
  11. in the corridor between to lean avenue in the south
  12. and Evan street on the north.
  13. Special considerations along the corridor include
  14. the eerie elementary and middle schools
  15. with very elementary school having direct access off County Line Road,
  16. the recreational trail crossing towards the southern portion of
  17. the corridor and businesses and residences along the corridor.
  18. The process that we use to develop our two conceptual designs are as follows.
  19. First we evaluated the existing conditions,
  20. we collected traffic data including vehicular bicycle and pedestrian data,
  21. bicycle data was collected both on the road and in the crosswalks.
  22. Next we evaluated 10 years of historical crash data to determine any crash trends.
  23. Next we solicited the community input via our online survey on the project website.
  24. You can see the results of that survey on the what we heard tab at the top of the
  25. project website.
  26. We used all this information together to help develop to
  27. conceptual designs which I'm going to provide to you Shortly
  28. afterwards we encourage that you help us determine what's the best preferred
  29. conceptual design
  30. for County Line road
  31. to introduce the designs.
  32. I'd like to make note that both concepts A and B have the same roadway configuration.
  33. They have won 11-foot travel lane in each direction and a center left turn lane
  34. or a median as needed.
  35. In concept E A concept A Excuse me. On the east side,
  36. there's a separated six ft bicycle lane and five ft sidewalk
  37. and concept
  38. A's west side,
  39. there's a floor foot bio retention swell
  40. separating vehicular traffic from the bike paths
  41. In a five ft sidewalk.
  42. As a reminder, concept B has the same roadway layout configuration
  43. as concept day
  44. Has
  45. a through lane in each direction
  46. and a 10 ft centre turn lane and or a median as needed.
  47. On the east side, it has a 5-foot boulevard which can serve for bio retention
  48. and also for the application of science and or any utilities as needed.
  49. And then it has a five ft sidewalk
  50. On the west side, concept B has a 10 ft multi use trail
  51. when comparing concepts, it's helpful to look at the pros and cons table.
  52. You can see that for the rows of existing infrastructure and intersection safety.
  53. They're the same for both concepts because
  54. they have the same roadway layout configuration.
  55. When we look at the required right of way easements,
  56. you can see that concept B is preferred because the 1.5 ft
  57. of catch slope helps reduce the
  58. amount of temporary construction easements needed.
  59. When considering active transportation.
  60. Both concepts provide a physical barrier between
  61. the vehicles and the active transportation modes.
  62. However,
  63. concept A with the separated bike lanes and
  64. sidewalks allows the separation of those active transportation modes
  65. with regards to utility issues,
  66. Concept B allows utilities to remain within the catch slope area
  67. and the existing power poles on the east side
  68. of the roadway would not need to be relocated.
  69. It would be quite expensive for Concept A to relocate
  70. utilities within the right of way.
  71. When we looked at public opinion,
  72. 53
  73. a half percent
  74. of people from the community survey said they would prefer a multi use trail
  75. as opposed to the separated bicycle lanes and sidewalks.
  76. Cost effectiveness wise,
  77. Concept B would be preferred because there's overall a lower cost
  78. due to less temporary construction easements needed
  79. and the relocation of utilities.
  80. I encourage you to please voice your preference of concepts here on our website.
  81. We appreciate your opinion and are excited to design a corridor
  82. that meets the needs of the community of Erie.
  83. Thank you