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Transportation Committee MeetingTransportation Committee Meeting

February 16, 2010February 16, 2010

Greenville, Texas

North Central Texas Council of Governments

North Central TexasCouncil of Governments

Who Are We?

NCTCOG E t bli h d t A i t iNCTCOG Established to Assist in…• Planning for Common Needs;• Cooperating for Mutual Benefit; and • Coordinating for Sound Regional DevelopmentCoordinating for Sound Regional Development

NCTCOG's Purpose is to…• Strengthen Both the Individual and Collective Power of Local g

Governments and to Help Them Recognize Regional Opportunities;

• Eliminate Unnecessary Duplication; and• Make Joint Decisions• Make Joint Decisions

Administratively…• Executive Board and Executive Director

• Hunt County Representative – Judge Horn• Eight Departments

NCTCOG Serves as theMetropolitan Planning Organization

NCTCOG, through its Transportation Department, is the federally

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designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) that conducts regional transportation planning in North Central Texas.

MPO Activities are Led by:MPO Activities are Led by:• NCTCOG Executive Board (Fiscal Administration)• Regional Transportation Council (Policy Administration)

• Joint Hunt/Rockwall County Representative (Pending)y p ( g)• Several Technical Committees

Major Responsibilities Include:M t lit T t ti Pl• Metropolitan Transportation Plan

• Transportation Improvement Program• Congestion Management Process• Air Quality ConformityQ y y• Unified Planning Work Program

Hunt County Transportation Plan

This project combines various Hunt County planning efforts into a single comprehensive transportation study. The individual projects

associated with this larger study include:associated with this larger study include:

Public Transit Feasibility Study

Trail and Bike Master Plan

Hunt County Master Thoroughfare PlanHunt County Master Thoroughfare Plan

City of Greenville Master Thoroughfare Plan

Rail Transportation Study

S.H. 34 Corridor Study

U.S. 69 Corridor Study


Integrated Plan

Dramatic Growth

Challenges Opportunities

Continued Economic GrowthDramatic Growth

Lack of Roadway Network

F nding

Continued Economic Growth

Improved Roadway Network

S t i bl D l t St t iFunding

Planning Direction

Sustainable Development Strategies

Innovative Funding

Inadequate County Connections

Inadequate Regional Connections

Improved Quality of Life

Regional Rail


Proposed Study Organization

Study Formation

Transportation Committee Roles

•Set goals•Community outreach

Issue Identification

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•Identify existing data sources•Issue prioritizationIssue Identification p•Community outreach•Committee meeting

•Input on alternatives and Technical Analysis

precommendations

•Committee meeting

•Review final recommendationsPublic Review

•Review final recommendations•Community outreach•Committee meeting

Plan Adoption •Local government briefings•Committee meeting


Data Resources

Public Input

2000 County-to-County Worker Flows

2003 Traffic Counts

2005 Land Use Patterns

2005-2030 Population/Employment Projections

Existing County/City Thoroughfare Plans

Thoroughfare Classification Guidelines

Federal Functional Classification System (FFCS)

Mobility 2030 – 2009 Amendment MTP Recommendations


Data Needs

Previous city/county plans, city/county bond program information, roadway inventories maps school district plans emergency routingroadway inventories, maps, school district plans, emergency routing,

traffic counts, demographic projections, land use, mailing lists, coordination with on-going studies, etc.

We need your help!!

L O k

We need your help!!

Hunt County

Caddo MillsCampbellCeleste

Commerce

Lone OakNeylandville

QuinlanUnion ValleyCommerce

GreenvilleHawk Cove

Union ValleyWest Tawakoni

Wolfe City

Hunt County Master Thoroughfare Plan

Primary Objective*

A primary objective of the Hunt County Master Thoroughfare Plan is toA primary objective of the Hunt County Master Thoroughfare Plan is to ensure the preservation of adequate rights-of-way on appropriate

alignments for the appropriate roadway type. This Plan will allow for the orderly and efficient expansion and improvement of the thoroughfareorderly and efficient expansion and improvement of the thoroughfare

system to serve existing and future transportation needs. Furthermore, the Plan will identify and encourage linkages between existing and

planned roadway facilities of jurisdictions, both within and around the study area, to increase the regional connectivity and consistency of the

total roadway system.

*Subject to Hunt County Transportation Committee refinement and approval





Population Projections

Hunt County Master Thoroughfare Plan1Population Projections

2000 Population 2030 Population Percent Increase

H t C t 76 984 107 649 40%

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Hunt County 76,984 107,649 40%

Caddo Mills 1,149 1,352 18%

Campbell 734 862 17%

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Celeste 817 1,028 26%

Commerce 7,669 9,785 28%

G ill 23 960 26 189 9%Greenville 23,960 26,189 9%

Lone Oak 521 521 0%

Quinlan 1,370 1,394 2%

West Tawakoni 1,462 2,004 37%

Wolfe City 1,566 1,718 10%

2 – Population data based on Texas Water Development Board, City Population Projections for 2000 - 2060

3 – Hunt County 2030 population projection based on Ray Perryman’s Forecast

1 – Current NCTCOG population/employment forecasts do not include Hunt County. NCTCOG Executive Boardwill adopt new demographic forecasts in Spring 2010

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Hunt County Master Thoroughfare PlanWork Commute Patterns*

If you work in Hunt County,where do you live?

If you live in Hunt County, where do you work? yy

Hunt County 88%

Dallas County 5%

Hunt County 62%

Dallas County 19% y

Rockwall County 3%

Collin County 2%

Collin County 6%

Rockwall County 5%

Kaufman County 1%

Denton County 1%

Kaufman County 2%

Tarrant County 1%

•Currently, 62% of employed Hunt County residents work in Hunt County while about 30% commute west and south to Dallas, Collin, or Rockwall Counties

•Ray Perryman projects Hunt County’s employment to increase by 90% from 2000 to 2030

*Source: County-to-County Worker Flows for North Central Texas: 2000

•Because employment growth is occurring faster than population growth, the trend of residents remaining in the county for work is expected to continue

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Hunt County Master Thoroughfare PlanWhat Now?

Complete data collection initiative

Continue working with the Hunt County Transportation Committee

Establish project scope, goals, and objectives

Recommend future transportation system improvements•Address future thoroughfare development (location, alignment, and design)•Review multimodal options and connectivity to regional transit system•Functional classification•Right-of-way/corridor preservation

Recommend implementation elements•Prioritize thoroughfare plan improvements•Identify implementation strategies to guide thoroughfare plan development•Cleary outline the intent and purpose of the thoroughfare plan

Plan implementation

And every step of the way……….LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT!!


Contact Information:

Chris ReedProject Managerj g

Senior Transportation PlannerPhone: (817) 695-9271

Email:[email protected]

Samuel SimmonsTransportation Planner II

Michael Burbank, AICPProgram Manager

Dan Lamers, P.E.Senior Program Manager

Phone: (817) 704-2523Email: [email protected]



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