FMATS Organizational Study

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Scoping Meetings
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Current and Projected Traffic

• Current volume
• 300,000 vehicles per day
• 2035 forecast
• 370,000 vehicles per day
• If built for demand up to 20 lanes needed

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Current and ProjectedTravel Time/Speeds Between
SR-73 and I-605

• Travel Time
• Current Peak Hour 35 minutes
• 2030 Forecast Without Improvements 55 minutes
• Speeds
• Current Peak Hour 25 mph
• 2030 Forecast Without Improvements 15 mph
• By 2030 it will take nearly an hour to travel
  between the
• SR-73 and I-605 without improvements.
• Source 2008 Caltrans Project Study Report

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I-405 Project Objectives

• The project purpose is to meet these objectives
• Increase freeway capacity to better meet existing
  and future demand
• Improve traffic and interchange operations
• Enhance safety and
• Minimize the amount of right of way acquisition
  needed for the project.

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I-405 Improvement Project Partners

• Caltrans Environmental Lead Agency
• Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA)
  Funding Agency
• Federal Highways Administration (FHWA)
  Interstate Highway Role
• Other Local Partners and Participants
• Corridor Cities
• Permitting Agencies
• Resource Agencies

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Environmental Documents

• State required document
• Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
• Federal required document
• Environmental Impact Statement
  (EIS)
• Caltrans is the environmental lead agency

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Technical Reports Required for EIR/EIS

• Air Quality
• Biological Resources
• Community Character and Cohesion
• Cultural Resources
• Energy
• Environmental Justice
• Floodplain
• Farmlands
• Growth
• Geology

• Hydrology and Floodplain
• Hazardous Wastes and Materials
• Noise
• Paleontology
• Public Services
• Recreation
• Relocations
• Utilities/Emergency Services
• Transportation/Traffic
• Visual/Aesthetics
• Water Quality

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Scoping Meetings

• Beginning of the EIR/EIS process
• Opportunity for public input
• Comment cards
• Court reporter
• Staff available to explain boards

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Interstate 405 Project Location
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Project Alternatives in the EIR/EIS

• No Build Alternative
• The Transportation Systems Management
  (TSM)/Transportation Demand Management (TDM)/
  Mass Transit Alternative Involves low-cost
  operational improvements, rather than major
  capital projects
• Alternative 1 Adds one general purpose lane in
  each direction
• Alternative 2 Adds two general purpose lanes
  in each direction
• Alternative 3 Adds one toll lane to the
  existing carpool lane in each direction that will
  be managed together. The alternative also adds a
  general purpose lane in each direction north of
  Euclid Street to I-605
• Alternative 4 Provides an additional general
  purpose lane at various locations and improves
  various interchanges from Euclid Street to I-605
• Federal Highway Administration tolling
  authority required

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Alternative 1
HOV Lane
General Purpose Lanes
Existing
HOV Lane
General Purpose Lanes
Alternative 1 Add One General Purpose Lane in
Each Direction
Legend
Unpaved Area
Paved Road
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Alternative 2
General Purpose Lanes
HOV Lane
Existing
General Purpose Lanes
HOV Lane
Alternative 2 Add Two General Purpose Lanes in
Each Direction
Legend
Paved Road
Unpaved Area
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Alternative 3
HOV Lane
General Purpose Lanes
Existing
Express Lanes
General Purpose Lanes

• Alternative 3
• Express Facility Alternative
• Adds one lane adjacent to the existing carpool
  lane in each direction. Both lanes will be
  managed together as the Express Lanes Facility.
• Adds one new general purpose lane.

Legend
Unpaved Area
Paved Road
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Alternative 4
General Purpose Lanes
HOV Lane
Existing
General Purpose Lanes
HOV Lane

• Alternative 4
• Localized improvements
• Adds one general purpose lane at various
  locations and improves various interchanges

Legend
Paved
Unpaved Area
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Current Funding

• Renewed Measure M (M2) 300 million
• To add one lane to I-405
• Based on Major Investment Study planning level
  estimate
• Mainline only, without interchange improvements

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Cost

• Alternatives 1 2 1.2 to 1.7 billion
• Alternative 3 1.7 billion
• Alternative 4 Limit improvements to available
  M2 funds (300 million)

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Origins of Alternatives

• Alternative 1 One new General Purpose (GP) Lane
• Included in 2005 Major Investment Study (MIS)
• OCTAs Locally Preferred Strategy
• Alternative 2 Two new GP Lanes
• Added by OCTA Board of Directors October 2005
• Included in 2008 Caltrans Project Study Report
• Alternative 3 One new GP lane. One new lane
  adjacent to the existing carpool lane in each
  direction both lanes will be managed together as
  the Express Lanes Facility
• Added by OCTA Board of Directors in January 2009
• Alternative 4 Provides an additional general
  purpose lane at various locations and improves
  various interchanges
• Added by OCTA Board of Directors in January 2009
• All alternatives will add new lanes while
  minimizing right of way impacts.

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Steps to Minimize Right-of-Way Impacts

• Design to standards and consider
• Building to the right-of-way line
• Only building required auxiliary lanes
• Reducing carpool lane buffer
• Moving the centerline of the freeway
• Consider further design refinements to minimize
  community impacts

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Environmental Schedule
Jul. 11
Jan. 12
Jul. 12
Jan. 09
Jan. 10
Jan. 11
Jul. 10
Jul. 09
(Sept. 4 to Oct. 8, 2009)
Preparation of Draft EIR/EIS
(45 Days)
Final EIR/EIS
NOP/NOI and Scoping
Policy Working Group Meeting
Notice of Determination (NOD) / Record of
Decision (ROD)
Public Review of Draft EIR
Ongoing Public Outreach Stakeholder Working
Groups and General Public
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Public Scoping Comment Opportunities (Sept. 4 to
Oct. 8)

• At Scoping Meetings
• Comment Cards
• Court Reporter
• After Scoping Meeting
• Submit comments and questions to
• Smita Deshpande, Branch Chief
• Caltrans, District 12
• Attn 405 Scoping
• 2201 Dupont Drive, Suite 200
• Irvine, CA 92612
• [phone]
• 405scoping.parsons_at_parsons.com

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Next Steps

• Public Review of Draft EIR/EIS (Mid 2011)
• Document circulated to public, corridor cities
  and other stakeholders
• Preferred Alternative Recommended
• Detailed Right of Way Information Available
• Technical Report Findings Available
• Public Comment Opportunities
• Public Hearing
• Written Comments

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I-405 Scoping Meetings

• THANK YOU
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