VALLEY HIGHWAY EIS (LOGAN TO 6TH AVENUE)
CITIZEN’S WORKING GROUP
CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS

MEETING TYPE:         Construction Impacts Citizen’s Working Group
MEETING DATE:         December 10, 2003
MEETING LOCATION: Athmar Park Library (1055 S. Tejon St.)
ATTENDEES
Tony Gross CDOT Charlie Busch WWPNA
Cassie Gouger FHU Jim Jones WWPNA
Dean Bradley FHU Tracy Cochran Athmar Park
Elroy Ortega   Merv Kloek  
Kirk Mills CDPHE Tim Miller US Welding
Bob Dorroh CCD Charles Howard  

PREPARER: Cassie Gouger, FHU
SUBJECT: Construction Impacts in the Valley Highway EIS Corridor

MEETING PURPOSE

To present construction impacts and possible mitigation measures of the three build alternatives.

MEETING SUMMARY

Tony Gross from CDOT started out the meeting with introductions and a short project history, overview and schedule.

Dean Bradley gave an overview of the three current system alternatives. Discussions were focused on the corridor specific locations of greatest concern previously identified by the public and this citizen working group.

Cassie described the boards that were developed from the last group session which included the added “Mitigation Strategies” that were developed. A column called “Valley Highway Applications” was added which describes areas within the study corridor that the mitigation strategies could be applied. The group added additional strategies to the boards and they are noted in the following table in red.

CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS THOSE MOST LIKELY IMPACTED MITIGATION STRATEGIES VALLEY HIGHWAY APPLICATIONS
NOISE
  • Local Residents &
        Businesses
  • Construction BMP’s
  • Temp Noise Walls / Screens
  • Vouchers for Hotels
  • Construction during Less
        Noise Sensitive Times
  • Noise Hotline with actual
        person to talk to
  • Send information to affected
        public prior to construction
  • Note that there are seasonal
        differences relative to noise
  • Email/Voice Mail prior to
        construction activities
  • Noise Avoidance at Sensitive
        Receptors (Neighborhoods
        Adjacent to Corridor)
        Specifically at I-25/Broadway
        and 6th/Federal
    • ACCESS
  • Local Residents &
        Businesses
  • Traveling Public
  • Enhanced Signing
  • Alternate Access
        Enhancements
  • Advertising / Public Relations
  • Do Not Close Multiple
        Interchanges Concurrently
  • Difficult Areas – Santa
        Fe/Kalamath/Alameda,
        Broadway, Bryant
    • TRAFFIC
  • Detours
  • Lane closures
  • Congestion
  • Parking Impacts
  • Construction Vehicles on
        Local Streets
  • Safety of Lane Shifts
  • Local Residents &
        Businesses
  • Traveling Public
  • Limit Detours
  • Detours on Major Arterial
        Streets – No Local Street
        Detours
  • Construction During Periods
        of Least Traffic
  • Geometric Enhancements
        including Wider Lanes and
        Better Visibility
  • Limit Construction Vehicles
        to Major Arterials
  • Enforcement of Speed
        Restrictions; Provide
        Adequate Space for
        Enforcement on I-25; Make
        Prime Contractor Accountable
  • Courtesy Patrol
  • Enhanced Signing
  • Phase Construction to Limit
        Traffic in Neighborhoods
  • AASHTO, MUTCD
        Compliance
  • Coordinate Work Activities
        with Sporting /Entertainment
        Events
  • Advance Traffic Diversion (470
        Beltway, Colfax as alternate
        to 6th)
  • ITS/VMS to advise/redirect
        traffic
  • Work with RTD to offer
        enhanced operations during
        peak construction
  • Construction requiring special
        traffic mitigation:
    • Santa Fe/Kalamath Grade Separation with Railroad and Alameda
    • Alameda at I-25 and Railroad/LRT
    • I-25 Mainline North of Alameda
    • 6th Avenue
    • MODIFIED PEDESTRIAN / BIKE MOBILITY
  • Local Residents
  • Commuters
  • Well Defined Detours for
        Peds & Bikes
  • Enhanced Safety Through
        Signing/Fencing/ Lighting
  • Public Relations Program
  • ADA Compliance
  • Bayaud Overpass as
        Mitigation to Alameda
        Improvements
  • 6th Avenue Bridge over Platte
        River (possible detour required)
  • Broadway – Maintain At-grade
        Accessibility to RTD park n
        Ride
    • ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
  • Dust / Air Quality
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Water Quality
  • Resource use\ Recycling
        materials
  • Construction Workers
  • Downstream Water Users
  • Local Residents &
        Businesses
  • Wetting / Chemical Inhibitors
        for Dust
  • Early Investigation of
        Subsurface Conditions
  • Well Defined Materials
        Handling Plan
  • Educated Contractor with
        Trained Personnel
  • Prompt & Safe Disposal of
        Waste Products
  • WQ BMP’s
  • Storm Water Management
        Plan
  • Monitoring
  • Resource Reuse and
        Allocation
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Hazardous Waste Sensitivity
        at Broadway, Santa
        Fe/Kalamath Grade
        Separations with Railroad
        and Alameda
  • Water Quality Ponds – Early
        Action Item
  • Erosion Control – Staged vs.
        Completed at end of
        Construction
  • Resource Reuse –
        Opportunities, 350,000 SY
        Concrete/Asphalt Removal,
        10 Bridges require Removal

    • Comments

    One of the major points discussed was that informing the affected public of upcoming construction will minimize the conflict with the public.

    The next Public Meetings will be held on January 22, and January 28, 2004 at Lighting Services (241 S. Cherokee).