Institute for Real Estate Management

Chapter (IREM) 77

VDOT Northern Virginia Megaprojects

September 13, 2017

Susan Shaw, P.E., Megaprojects Director

Virginia Department of Transportation

Northern Virginia

Express Lanes Network

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2022: Transforming

I-66 Outside the Beltway

• Congestion relieved on all lanes

• Faster transit through Express Lanes

• Move 2,000 to 4,000 more people per hour

• New buses and transit routes

• 4,000 new park and ride spaces

• Improved safety

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Project Overview

• Multimodal improvements to 22.5

miles of I-66

• 2 express lanes in each direction from

I-495 (Capital Beltway) to Gainesville

(University Boulevard)

• 3 general purpose lanes in each

direction

• HOV and transit access to express

lanes

• Median space reserved for future

transit

• Improved park and ride options with

access to express lanes

• Shared use bike and pedestrian trails

– integrated with existing trails

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Typical Cross Section

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Project Team

Public outreach

Project oversight

Concessionaire: Long-term

agreement to finance, operate and

maintain the I-66 Express Lanes. I-66

EMP is a consortium between Cintra

and Meridiam Infrastructure

Design-builder: Joint venture of

Ferrovial Agroman and Allan Myers,

VA

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Where We Are In Design Process

July 2016

VDOT Design

Concepts

and RFP

October 2016

Technical Proposals

Submitted from

Two Teams

Including Alternative

Technical Concepts

(ATC’s)

November 2016

Partner Selected

(I-66 Express Mobility Partners)

June 2017

Public Information

Meetings

Summer-Fall 2017

Concept

Adjustments

Fall 2017

Design

Public Hearings

Late 2017

Construction

Start-up

Activities

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Summer-Fall 2017

Environmental and

Traffic analyses of concepts

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2018

Environmental

Reports

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Bicycle and Pedestrian Trails

• Shared use trails along I-66 that integrate with County and Park trails

• Near homes, the path will be on the I-66 side of the noise wall

• Along I-66, concrete barrier with fence will separate the trail from the

roadway

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Potential Projects Funded by

Concessionaire Payment

Jurisdiction Project Request

Arlington County East Falls Church Metrorail Station Bus Bay Expansion $4.8M

Fairfax County Jermantown Road Bridge over I-66: Widen to four lanes $11.0M

Route 50 and Waples Mill Road intersection improvements $2.0M

Monument Drive bridge pedestrian facility improvement $3.8M

Commuter parking structure at Government Center/Fairfax Corner $38.5M

Lee Highway pedestrian improvements: Completion of missing

segments of pedestrian walkway on the south side of Lee Highway

from Nutley Street to Vaden Drive

$1.3M

Poplar Tree Road bridge construction to four lanes $6.0M

I-66 median widening (Lee Highway (Route 29) to Route 28) for

WMATA Orange Line accommodation

$40.0M

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Potential Projects Funded by

Concessionaire PaymentJurisdiction Project Request

Prince William

County

Route 234 at Balls Ford Road interchange including Balls Ford Road

improvements

$168.0M

Balls Ford Road widening: Groveton Road to Route 234 Business

(Sudley Road)

$67.4M

City of Fairfax George Snyder Trail: From Chain Bridge Road (Route 123) to Fairfax

Boulevard (Route 50) at Draper Drive

$13.6M

Town of Vienna Nutley Street SW mixed-use trail: From Marshall Road SW to

Tapawingo Road SW

$0.3 M

PRTC Western bus maintenance & storage facility $11.1 M

VRE VRE Manassas Line capacity expansion and real-time multimodal

traveler information project (rolling stock, Broad Run

station/parking/expansion, South Manassas 3rd track, Manassas

Station platform extension, Manassas Park parking/bridge, real-time

traveler info)

$128.5 M

Prince William

County

Route 234 at Balls Ford Road interchange including Balls Ford Road

improvements

$168.0M

Balls Ford Road widening: Groveton Road to Route 234 Business

(Sudley Road)

$67.4M

Total $496.3M

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Program Area

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Express Lanes

Clean Special Fuel License Plate

drivers traveling alone will need

to pay toll unless meeting HOV

requirements

• Tolling during weekdays, peak hours, peak

directions beginning December 2017

• Eastbound: 5:30 – 9:30 a.m. and

Westbound: 3:00 – 7:00 p.m.

• E-ZPass required for all users; E-ZPass

Flex if HOV

• HOV2 toll-free in 2017, HOV3 toll-free

when express lanes open outside Beltway

in 2022

• Multimodal projects benefitting I-66 users funded

by toll revenue

• Widening I-66 eastbound between Dulles

Connector Road and Fairfax Drive-Exit 71

(approximately 4 miles) – construction begins in

2018 and open in Mid-2020

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Tolling Construction Update

Construction Status:

• All gantries have been installed

• Majority of overhead signs installed

• Ground mounted signs installed

• All seven toll shelters installed

Construction Activities:

• Equipment installation on overhead toll gantries

• Electrical work on signs along I-66 and local roads

• Toll System testing began summer 2017

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I-66 Eastbound WideningDulles Connector Road to Fairfax Drive

Major Components

• Widening 4 miles of I-66 EB

from two to three lanes

• 11,480 linear feet of noise walls

(new and replacement)

• New W&OD Trail pedestrian

and bicycle bridge over U.S.

Route 29 (Lee Highway)

• Off-ramp improvements at

Washington Boulevard and

Glebe Road

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Proposed West Falls Church

Metro Access

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Key Milestones

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Activities Dates

Begin Initial Multimodal Projects Fall 2016

Complete Environmental Assessment - Eastbound Widening Spring 2017

Issue Design Build RFP for Widening Spring 2017

Award Design-Build Contract for Widening Fall 2017

Begin Tolling December 2017

Begin Widening Construction Spring 2018

Open New Eastbound Lane Fall 2020

I-395 Project Overview

• Extending and converting 8 miles of HOV

Lanes to Express Lanes between Turkeycock

Run (near Edsall Road) to 14th Street Bridge

(DC Line)

• Adding a third HOV lane from north of Edsall

Road to just south of Eads Street near the

Pentagon

• Addition of a fourth regular southbound lane on

395 between Duke Street and Edsall Road

• Improvements in traffic flow at the Eads Street

Interchange and access to the Pentagon,

Metro Station and transit hub

• Installation and modification of sound walls

• Rehabilitation of I-395 bridges

• Project will provide revenue for transit projects

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I-395 Typical Section

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Typical Project Cross Sections

I-395 South Widening

Duke Street to Edsall Road

Funded by Commonwealth’s Atlantic

Gateway Program to improve

I-95/I-395 Corridor

I-395

• Widen Southbound I-395 from 3 lanes

to 4 lanes between Duke Street and

Edsall Road

Edsall Road Interchange

• Replace existing Edsall Westbound to

I-395 Southbound Loop Ramp with

new signalized intersection

Duke Street Interchange

• Replace existing I-395 Southbound to

Duke Eastbound Loop Ramp with new

signalized intersection

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Pentagon Parking Improvements

Reconstruction and reconfiguration of a portion of the South Parking Area to enhance circulation for transit buses and carpools

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Map of Eads Street Interchange and

Pentagon Multimodal Improvements

3rd lane constructed withinexisting HOV footprint

Eligible communities can elect for new sound walls

Will not require taking of any homes or businesses

No interchange construction except at Eads Street

No lane closures during peak hours

Minimizing Impacts on the Community

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I-395 Key Dates

Milestone Date

Limited Notice to Proceed February 2017

Early Works March-June 2017

Full Notice to Proceed July 25, 2017

Draft Noise Abatement Decision Report (NADR)

Submitted for VDOT review

Summer 2017

Hayes Street Parking Lot Construction September 2017

Sound Wall Designs Available Fall 2017

Community Voting on Sound Wall Installation Fall 2017

Pentagon Parking Lot Construction November 2017

Eastern HOV Shoulder Late 2017

Western HOV Shoulder Fall 2018

Pentagon Parking Improvements Completion March 2019

Service Commencement Fall 2019

Final Completion Summer 202022

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