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Current Road System Conditions

• The Majority of our roads are rural Farm to
  Market Roads

• Built 50 years ago
• Designed to transport crops, not thousands of
  cars and trucks each day
• No shoulders
• Road beds are high after multiple resurfacing
  steep drop off

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We Compete for Transportation Funding Dollars
Rockwall County is in the MPO region that
includes Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant
counties.

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Growth Fastest Growing County in Texas
Population / Population projection
3rd fastest growing county in the U.S.A.
Demographers predicted a population of 250,000
at build out NOW, based upon 2005 Population
vs. projection corrections, expected by 2030

• and our roads get more and more congested

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Meeting the Challenge

• We have multiple cities within our County that
  must work together to achieve

A Stronger Voice
Economy of Scale
Efficiency
Coordinated Planning
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Transportation Consortium

• In 2003, the Rockwall County Commissioners Court
  decided to strengthen the Countys position with
  TXDOT and RTC by inviting all the cities to work
  together with the county.

Achievements

• 2004 Bond Program included funding for
  interchanges on IH30 at FM 205, FM 549, FM 551,
  and Hickory Hill, FM 740 totaling 17 million.
• 2008 Rockwall County Thoroughfare Plan
• Ratified by cities and county
• Included route for the Outer Loop
• Prioritized needs for proposed 2008 Road
• Bond Initiative

• Includes Rockwall, Rowlett, Royse City, Heath,
  Fate, McLendon-Chisholm

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Rockwall County Thoroughfare Plan

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2008 Rockwall County Road Bond Initiative
Project Map SH 66 FM 740 SH 276 FM 549

• Map Dallas Morning News Tom
  Seltzer/Staff Artist

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SH 66 Corridor Improvements

• Description
• Regionally significant/ multi-jurisdictional
  facility. Improvements will widen SH 66 to a
  6-lane divided urban facility to address
  congestion, safety and air quality issues.
• Bond Funding Request 30,000,000

Limits SH 205 to FM 1777 Length 11.5
Miles Jurisdictions Rockwall, Fate and Royse
City

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FM 740 Corridor Improvements

• Limits FM 549 to FM 3097
• Length 4 Miles
• Jurisdictions Rockwall and Heath

Description Multi-jurisdictional facility.
Improvements will widen FM 740 to a 4-lane
divided urban facility to address congestion,
safety and air quality issues. Bond Funding
Request 5,000,000

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SH 276 Corridor Improvements
Description Regionally significant
/multi-jurisdictional facility. Improvements
will widen FM 549 to a 6-lane divided urban
facility to address congestion, safety and air
quality issues. Bond Funding Request
28,000,000

• Limits Hunt Co. Line to SH 205
• Length 9.2 Miles
• Jurisdictions Rockwall, Heath and Fate

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FM 549 Corridor Improvements
Limits FM 740 to FM 552 Length 12.5
Miles Jurisdictions Rockwall, Heath and Fate

• Description
• Regionally significant/multi-jurisdictional
  facility. Improvements will widen FM 549 to a
  6-lane divided urban facility to address
  congestion, safety and air quality issues.
• Bond Funding Request 30,000,000

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2008 Road Bond Initiative

• Why 100,000,000?
• The 4 roadways targeted are major
  North/South and East/West roadways that link our
  County and greatly impact traffic flow.
• TXDOT and RTC (Regional Transportation
  Council) have stated that local involvement must
  be shown in order to keep our projects on their
  agendas.
• We vie for transportation dollars with other
  counties in the region, all of whom contribute
  local transportation dollars to critical
  on-system projects.
• The 100 million will be leveraged into
  approximately 310.3 million in roadway
  improvements within our county.

• Additional road improvements throughout the
  County total 521,300,000.

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2008 RBI Projects Details
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Proposed Future Bond Projects

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TxDOT
and the reality of transportation funding
North Texans waste an average of 58 hours per
year while stuck in traffic the 3rd highest
rate of annual delay per traveler in the
U.S. Source Texas Transportation Institute

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Partnership will pave the road to our future!
As money becomes available, TXDOT NCTCOG, will
choose and prioritize projects that have existing
local funding dollars committed to them. The
local funding provided by the bond will
substantially expedite our roadway improvements.

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Partnership in Action

• To date, we have leveraged 8.5 million in County
  funds on 2 projects, receiving an additional 40
  million in state and federal funds for the two
  bond program projects.
• We continue to work on the implementation of the
  remaining projects in the 2004 Rockwall County
  bond program and will aim for similar outcomes.

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What will it cost the average property owner?
The cost to the taxpayer, based on a
conservatively projected 6 growth rate (lowered
to 2 after 10 years) could be 3 cents per 100
valuation over 10 years, after all the debt is
issued. NOTE this is the worst-case
scenario! The growth rate has been averaging
12.25 over the last 4 years, so it is likely
that the impact will be offset by growth. The
debt projections are based on two year
installment periods. If that timeline is pushed
back due to slower construction processes, the
impact would be less.
Worst-Case Scenario For home valued At 190,000
Bond Program would cost less than 4.75 per
month, about the cost of 1 no-frills cup of
coffee!

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Impact on County Residents

• Ease of travel throughout the County -Increase
  Quality of Life
• Through traffic will not bottleneck city roads
• Improve air quality/Reduce standing traffic
  emissions
• Economic Development keep our tax base strong
• Rockwall County provides services such as EMS,
  jail, library, courts system. By keeping our
  economy strong, we can continue to serve our
  residents well.
• Increase Safety

• Ambulance Service accessibility
• Reduce dangerously high roadbeds
• Reduce congestion

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Conclusion

• For a minimal tax increase over the next 10
  years, we can substantially improve our road
  system in Rockwall County.
• This will forever affect our
• Quality of Life
• Safety
• Economic Development

We will truly be

• paving the way into the future . TODAY!