NEW TXDOT CONGESTION
RELIEF PROGRAM

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL
January 14, 2016

 

 

BACKGROUND
Expedite congestion relief projects
TxDOT to allocate $1.0 billion -$1.3 billion statewide
Need early construction timeframes
Only available in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and
Dallas-Fort Worth

TxDOT Commission support is anticipated on
January 28, 2016
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 FUNDING PARTNERSHIP
Create a funding partnership with the Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT) and Texas Transportation Commission (TTC)
to implement priority projects in the West and East

All projects move forward as a congestion relief package
Provide performance measures along with proposed project list
TxDOT commits funding (new Congestion Relief Program)

RTC commits funding and creates supplemental project
commitments
◦ Surface Transportation Program – Metropolitan Mobility (STP-MM)
◦ Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ)
◦ Regional Toll Revenue (RTR)

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 PROPOSED FUNDING
ALLOCATIONS
Current discussions include a statewide allocation range of
$1.0 billion – $1.3 billion.
Anticipated DFW Allocation at
Upper and Lower End of Range
($ in Millions)

At $1 Billion
Statewide Allocation

At $1.3 Billion
Statewide Allocation

Fort Worth

126.00

163.80

Dallas

280.00

364.00

406.00

527.80

TxDOT
District

Total

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 PROPOSED CONGESTION
RELIEF PROJECTS
Western Subregion

Eastern Subregion
(Previously Presented Priorities)

SH 121/SH 360 Interchange IH 35E
(staged)

SH 199 (staged)
IH 820 (from SH 121 to Randol
Mill, staged)

Southern Gateway (IH 35E and US 67)
Lowest Stemmons (IH 35E)

SUPPLEMENTAL PROJECTS:
IH 635 East
Noise Walls
Skillman/Audelia

US 75 (Peak Hour Shoulder Use)
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 WESTERN SUBREGION

 

 

SH 121 AT SH 360 (STAGED)
Project scope includes:
◦ Reconstruction of the SH 121/SH 360 interchange

Cost is $60 million
Revenue:
◦ $60 million TxDOT Congestion
Relief Program

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 SH 199 (STAGED)
Project scope includes:
◦ From north of Western Center
Blvd. to south of Nine Mile Road
◦ Widen 4 to 6 main lanes, overpasses over Nine Mile
Bridge Road and Hanger Cut Off Road, underpass at
Western Center Blvd., and exit/entrance ramps for SH 199

Cost is $56.5 million
Revenue:
◦ $56.5 million TxDOT Congestion Relief Program
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 IH 820 (STAGED)
Project scope includes:
◦ From North of SH 121 to Randol Mill Road
◦ Widen 4 to 6 main lanes, replace Trinity
River bridges, re-beam IH 820 bridges, add eastbound SH 121 to
southbound IH 820 direct connectors, and add northbound IH 820
to westbound SH 121 direct connectors

Cost is $111 million ($137 million if upper range available)
Revenue:
◦ $9.5 million (to $20.5 million) TxDOT Congestion Relief Program
◦ $90 million savings from IH 35W project
◦ $11.5 million of TxDOT Bridge funding

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 EASTERN SUBREGION

 

 

IH 35E: SOUTHERN GATEWAY
Project scope includes1:
◦ IH 35E from the Horseshoe to US 67, and
◦ US 67 from the IH 35E split to IH 20

Cost is $655.54 million:

($ in Millions)

Funding Source

◦ Base construction and deck
Category 12
foundations - $625.54 million
Category 2
◦ Deck park - $30 million ($20 million
CMAQ
RTC and $10 million local)

Notes:
1US

67 South of IH 20 will proceed as an
independent project ($50 million Prop 1)
2$133 million from IH 345 savings and
$5.42 million from MPO Revolver
3IH 30 Pass-Through Finance
4$23.58 million from LBJ backstop savings and
$20 million from Horseshoe savings

TxDOT

RTC

138.722

25.253

Local

50.00
54.31

STP-MM

54.11

RTR

43.584

TxDOT
264.00
Congestion Relief
TAP/RTC Other

16.00

Local/Private
Total 402.72

10.00
243.25

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IH 35E: LOWEST STEMMONS
Project scope includes:
◦ From IH 30 to North of Oak Lawn
◦ Construct 4/6 collector distributor lanes
and reconstruct 4/6 lane frontage roads
(Lowest Stemmons operational
improvements)

Cost is $100 million
Revenue:
◦ $20 million of TxDOT Congestion Relief
Program (up to $100 million if higher
end of range is received)
◦ $80 million of Proposition 1
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 SUPPLEMENTAL PROJECTS

 

Proposed supplemental projects will be discussed
in Item 6.

 

POTENTIAL TxDOT
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
The use of tolling should scale back in proportion to the
Legislature’s ability to identify revenue to meet the
congestion funding needs of metropolitan areas
Tolls should only be used in large metropolitan areas trying
to address rapid population growth and only with the
support of local elected officials
Tolled managed lanes projects being built in phases (e.g.,
Midtown Express: SH 183, 35Express) need to have and
ability to be completed

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