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Amendment 1 -OKI 2030 REGIONAL

TRANSPORTATION PLAN

March, 2009

Prepared by theOhio-Kentucky-Indiana

Regional Council of Governments


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Amendment 1OKI 2030 Regional Transportation PlanMarch 2009 1

INTRODUCTIONThis report constitutes an amendment to the regional transportation planprepared by the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI)for the Cincinnati metropolitan area. The OKI 2030 Regional Transportation PlanSetting Your Transportation Landscape(the Plan) was originally adopted by the

OKI Board of Directors on June 12, 2008.

Periodically, as needs and conditions change, it becomes necessary to modify thePlan. This amendment is undertaken to address two items: 1) Incorporation ofprojects eligible for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (federalstimulus bill), 2) Update any project level information as necessary, and 3) Minorrevisions to text and figures.

A copy of the full OKI 2030 Regional Transportation Plan is available on CD,printed document or on-line at www.oki.org.

PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONSThe primary purpose of this amendment is to allow OKI to incorporate projectsto be funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (federal stimulusbill). This amendment includes projects that are either new to the plan or havenew funding sources as a result of the federal stimulus bill.

Projects that add capacity are considered non-exempt with respect to air qualityconformity and trigger the need to evaluate their regional impacts in terms oftraffic and air quality. This amendment to the OKI 2030 Regional TransportationPlanincludes both exempt and non-exempt projects.

Non-exempt projects that are new to the plan are added to the travel modelassumptions, normally within the highway network, and the impacts on regionalemissions are evaluated.

Non-exempt projects that represent a change in scope of an existing plan projectare required to be added to the travel model assumptions, and the impacts onregional emissions are evaluated. A change in the scope of a project thatchanges a roadways capacity triggers an updated air quality conformitydetermination. This type of change could be either in termini or breadth ofimprovement, or both.

Non-exempt projects that represent a change in timing of an existing planproject may be required to be part of travel model assumptions for theappropriate analysis year.

Only one project in this amendment are considered non-exempt, however it is anare existing Plan project and no change in scope or timing is made, thus OKI will


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rely on the existing air quality determination made on the current Plan aspermitted under federal guidance. The remaining projects are exempt and do nottrigger an air quality finding. Refer to the Transportation and Air Quality sectionbelow.

This amendment also includes new revenue estimates expected to be receivedvia the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (federal stimulus bill). Fiscalconstraint discussion is provided later in the document.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ProjectsTo respond to the recession, President Obama and Congressional leadershipenacted an economic recovery (i.e. stimulus) package, worth nearly to $1 trillion.This effort would address President Obamas plan to create 2.5 million jobs by2011. The intent of funding through an economic recovery package is tostimulate the economy by creating direct and indirect jobs. Therefore, the moneywill be targeted to ready-to-go projects, not planning activities.

Funding from the Act for transportation projects is being distributed primarilythrough state DOTs, MPOs and transit agencies. OKI will receive (sub-allocated)funding through traditional Surface Transportation Program processes. Eligibleprojects are being funded with 100% federal funds (i.e. no non-federal matchingfunds are required). Transit agencies received a separate allocation consistentwith the existing process of distributing FTA 5307 capital funds. Each agency inthe region determined their projects using their allocation. All Title 23requirements such as design standards, public involvement, NEPA requirements,fiscal and air quality conformity etc. apply. This Plan amendment includes

transportation projects being funded by all sources of federal stimulus funds.

Projects were selected based on guidance received from the oversight agency ofrecord. OKI transportation projects were selected using guidance from theFederal Highway Administration (FHWA). The following criteria help guide projectselection: must be a transportation project, roadway projects must be on afederal functionally classified roadway, the project must be shovel ready andthe project needs to create or retain jobs.

The following tables show the recommended projects. Table 1 includes transitprojects. Table 2 includes Ohio projects. Table 3 includes Dearborn County

projects.


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Table 1 - Recommended Transit ProjectsAction Project ID Sponsor Description Cost

Add 111204 Butler Transit 5 Replacement


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Table 2 Ohio ProjectsAction Sponsor Facility County/Location Description Cost

Add ButlerCounty

CrescentvilleRd.

Butler/Windisch Rd.To Mosteller Rd.

Resurfacing, pavementmarkings and RPM's on

various roads

$94,569

Add ButlerCounty

Eaton Rd. Butler/BeissingerRd. to Taylor SchoolRd.

Resurfacing, pavementmarkings and RPM's onvarious roads

$407,699

Add ButlerCounty

MuhlhauserRd.

Butler/SR 747 ToInternational Bl.


$449,577

Add ButlerCounty

River Rd. Butler/County Line toFairfield Corp.


$139,353

Add ButlerCounty

River Rd. Butler/Corp. Line toCorp. Line South ofLake Circle


$71,983

Add ButlerCounty Smith Rd. Butler/SR 747 ToBridgeResurfacing, pavementmarkings and RPM's onvarious roads

$49,701

Add ButlerCounty

Smith Rd. Butler/Bridge toBeckett Rd.


$120,453

Add ButlerCounty

Tylersville Rd. Butler/Bypass 4 toMorris Rd.


$42,808

Add ButlerCounty

Tylersville Rd. Butler/Fairfield CorpLine to SR 747


$332,274

Add ButlerCounty

Tylersville Rd. Butler/SR 747 To

Lesourdsville WestChester Rd.

Resurfacing, pavement

markings and RPM's onvarious roads

$378,230

Add ButlerCounty

Tylersville Rd. Butler/LesourdsvilleWest Chester Rd. ToLakotal Hills Dr.


$257,434

Add ButlerCounty

Tylersville Rd. Butler/Lady Anne ToIR 75


$324,333

Add ButlerCounty

Tylersville Rd. Butler/IR 75 To CoxRd.


$232,196

Add Middletown UniversityBlvd.

Butler/BetweenReinartz Blvd. andBreiel Blvd.

Resurfacing $3,000,000

PID83074Revise

FundingSource

and AddFunds

Monroe SR 63-Britton& SR 63-MainSt. (Cin-DayRd.)

Butler/eachintersection

New signal at Britton,signal improvements atMain St.

$208,000


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Add Oxford Traffic SignalLED Upgrade

Butler/All signaledintersections

Replacement ofincandescant signals withLED

$50,000

Add Oxford US27 / High

St

Butler/Beech St. to

College Avenue

Rehabilitation of brick

street and streetscape

$1,250,000

Add Oxford US27 /PattersonAve.

Butler/High Streetand Patterson Ave.

IntersectionImprovements and signalinstallation

$350,000

Add Oxford US27 South Butler/US27-Patterson Ave. toCorp limits

Butler/Installation of newsidewalk to service newHigh School

$600,000

PID75303Revise

FundingSource

ClermontCounty

Amelia OliveBranch & SR125

Clermont/Intersection of SR125 andAmelia Olive Branch

Includes access road,turn lanes, curb andgutter, extended AmeliaOlive Branch Road andpark-and-ride

$3,817,094

Add ClermontCounty

Merwin Ten

Mile Road

Clermont/Locust

Corner Road to SR125

Full Depth Repair and

Resurfacing of MerwinTen Mile Road

$144,000

Add ClermontCounty

Nine MileTobascoRoad

Clermont/US52 toSR125

Full Depth Repair andResurfacing of Nine MileTobasco Road

$318,400

Add ClermontCounty

Wards Corner Clermont/SR126 toSR48

Full Depth Repair andResurfacing

$337,600

Add Addyston Main Street Hamilton/DiningLane to CatalinaApts. (3000')

Street Rehabilitation,Resurface, ReplaceCurbs/Walk, ImproveDrainage

$376,000

Add ArlingtonHts

WaldmanDrive/Galbraith Road

Hamilton/intersection replace entire signalsystem at intersection

$100,000

Add Blue Ash Blue AshTraffic SignalPreemption

Hamilton/ThroughoutBlue Ash

Add emergencypreemption on trafficsignals on main routes

$390,000

Add Blue Ash Blue AshTraffic SignalUpgrade

Hamilton/ThroughoutBlue Ash

Replace 25 incandescenttraffic signals with LED,add UPS

$375,000

Add Blue Ash ReedHartmanHighway

Hamilton/RHH -Cooper to Glendale-Milford

Remove deterioratedpavement, replace withSAMI and overlay

$840,000

Add Cheviot GlenmoreAvenue

Hamilton/HarrisonAve. to South Corp.Line

Total curb replacement,base repair, resurfacing

$662,000

Add Cheviot Harrison

AvenuePhase 2

Hamilton/Lovell to

School Section

Curb replacement, base

repair, resurfacing

$635,000

Add Cincinnati ComputerizedTraffic ControlSystemSoftware

Hamilton/CincinnatiTraffic Control

The Citys ComputerizedTraffic Control System(CTCS)software/hardwareupgrade

$1,000,000


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PID77484Revise

Funding

Sourceand Add

Funds

Cincinnati US 27 Hamilton/Northside -Colerain Avenuebetween Virginia Avand I-74 Exit ramps

and at theintersection of US27and Virginia Av/WestFork Rd.

Address safety concerns,improve inadequatepavement width and addtraffic capacity

$880,000

Add ColumbiaTownship

Bramble andPlainvilleRoad

Hamilton/BrambleAve and PlainvilleRoad withinTownship limits

Mill, resurface andreconstuct

$2,000,000

Add Forest Park Winton &Sharon Road

Hamilton/Winton Rd./ Sharon Rd.Intersection

New signal poles andsignals

$150,000

Add Glendale Sharon Road Hamilton/SharonRoad

Resurfacing 1450 $261,000

PID77164Revise

FundingSource

and AddFunds

HamiltonCounty CentralRiverfrontIntermodalCenterGaragePhase I

Hamilton/CincinnatiCentral Riverfront Construction of Phase IIntermodal Facility $1,500,000

Add Montgomery

E. KemperRd.

Hamilton/EastKemper Road

Install Sidewalk $125,000

Add Newtown Village ofNewtown

Hamilton County/from east ofRiverhills Driveadjacent to SR32,connecting theexisting sidewalknetwork in theNewtown Roadportion of thebusiness district.

The sidewalk will improvethe pedestrian linkbetween two subdivisionsat the top of Riverhills tothe business district andthe Loveland Bike Trail.Provides multi-modalaccess from MeridianBiosciences to the mainbusiness district

$1,000,000

Add Sharonville Cornell Rd. Hamilton/Cornell Rd,450' West of SwingRd.

Culvert Extension andRoadway EmbankmentStabilization

$500,000

Add Sharonville Fields-ErtelRd.

Hamilton/ReedHartman Hwy to 600'West of CopperfieldDr.

Turn Lane Addition andSight DistanceImprovement

$875,000

Add Sharonville Mosteller

Road

Hamilton/Sharon Rd.

to Kemper Rd.

Total Curb Replacement,

Base Repair, Resurfacing

$1,159,000

Add Sharonville Chester Rd. Hamilton/ChesterRd, SouthPedestrian Bridge atPrinceton HighSchool

Steel Pedestrian BridgeRepair and Painting

$260,000


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Add Springdale Northland Bl. Hamilton/Northland Repair concrete base,resurface, intersectionimprovements, pedestrianwalkway

$950,000

Add TerracePark

Wooster Pike Hamilton/West ofElm St. to TerracePark/Milford Corp.Line

Pavement and catchbasin repair, curb anddrive apron replacement,install curb ramps asrequired, sidewalkreplacement.

$837,200

Add Lebanon LebanonTraffic SignalImprovements

Warren/Lebanon,OH

Replace 26 traffic signalheads and pedestrianheads with LED signalsand upgrade contollers

$300,000

Add Lebanon Railroad LineImprovements

Warren/Lebanon,OH

Replace 1,200 defectiverail ties

$180,000

Add Mason Main St.Improvements

Warren/Various Storm and RoadwayImprovements $350,000

Add Mason Western Row Warren/WesternRow Road andCintas Bl.

Add 2 Left Turn Lanes $307,880

Add Warren WilmingtonRoad BridgeReplacement

Warren/ Little MiamiRiver

Replace BridgeSuperstructure

$900,000


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Table 3 - Dearborn Indiana ProjectsAction Sponsor Facility County/Location Description Cost

Add#0900096

Dearborn N. DearbornRd/N. HoganRd

Dearborn/N. Dearbornand N. Hogan Rd.

Chip & Seal/Fog Seal $750,000

Add#0810415

Dearborn SR 46 Dearborn/SR1 to US52 District PavementProject (Non-I),HMAOverlay, PreventiveMaintenance

$634,571

Add#0900092

Dearborn Old US-52 Dearborn/I-74 to WestHarrison Limits

Resurface $600,000

Revisefundingsource#0088850

Dearborn ConwellStreet

Dearborn/US 50 toExporting Street

Road Rehabilitation(3R/4R Standards)

$4,216,734

Add#0900095

Dearborn State LineRd/PribbleRd/Kaiser Rd

Dearborn/Portion of 3Roads

Resurface $650,000

Add#0900093

Dearborn York RidgeRoadDearborn/SR-1 to N.Dearborn

Resurface $1,300,000

Add#0900094

Dearborn WeisburgRoad

Dearborn/SR-48 to N.Dearborn

Resurface $1,000,000


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OTHER MODIFICATIONSIn addition to incorporating the AARA projects, this amendment takes theopportunity to make minor corrections identified after publication of the June2008 version of the Plan. These are listed below in Table 4.

Table 4- Corrections to June 2008 Plan Document

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These figures do not include the approximate $1.03 $1.325 billion programmed

in the current 2008-2011 Transportation Improvement Program.

Action: replace $1.03 billion with $1.325 billion

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As outlined above in the Funding Expectations section, approximately $11.273

billion is estimated to be available for all transportation expenditures in the OKIregion over the life of the plan.

Action: replace $7.53 billion with $11.273 billion.

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The estimated cost of the recommendations of this plan including $1.325

billion in the current TIP is an estimated $7.2 $11.065 billion.

Action: add the following text (including $1.325 billion in the current TIP) and

replace $7.2 billion with $11.065 billion.

Page 16-4 through 16-7 ____

Figures 16-4 through 16-7: Data source information added.

AMENDED FISCAL CONSTRAINT DETERMINATIONAs part of the long range plan, the costs of implementing the recommendationsare compared with the funding expected to be available. The Plans financialanalysis was developed in response to the requirements for a financiallyconstrained plan that were introduced in ISTEA and continued in TEA-21 andSAFETEA-LU. The Plan considers capital and Operation and Maintenance (O&M)

costs associated with the preservation and continued operation of the existingtransportation system. It also projects revenues from all sources which will beavailable to pay for these improvements. Chapter 16 of the Plan describes indetail the base financing plan for the region.

Determination of fiscal constraint for this amendment relies on the existinganalysis performed on the original Plan adopted by the OKI Board of Directors in


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June, 2008 and on the expectation of funds from the American Recovery andReinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) also referred to as the Stimulus Bill. Finalfunding levels are not known at this time but guidance from the Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) suggest thatthe amount will be approximately 200% of fiscal year 2008 funding. This means

that OKI could receive approximately $50 million through FHWA and $36 millionthrough FTAto allocate to projects that are eligible and would meet the shovelready requirements of the ARRA. FTA funds will be allocated using existingformula percentages for the regions transit agencies.

Additionally, FHWA and FTA have encouraged metropolitan planningorganizations to initiate the Plan and TIP amendment process in order to be ableto respond quickly once the Act is signed into law. This amendment is primarilyfor the purpose of incorporating projects from the ARRA. The final project listmay need to be adjusted to match exact funding levels once that is known. OKIwill assure that this is accomplished in order to produce a Plan that remainsfiscally constrained.

TRANSPORTATION AIR QUALITY CONFORMITYTransportation conformity is a mechanism to ensure that federal funding andapproval are given to those transportation activities that are consistent with theair quality goals of the State Implementation Plans for Indiana, Kentucky andOhio. Pursuant to provisions of the CAAA of 1990, U.S. EPA designated a ninecounty area in the Cincinnati area as a nonattainment area for ozone under theeight-hour ozone standard in April 2004. The Cincinnati ozone nonattainment

area includes Lawrenceburg Township in Dearborn County Indiana, the Kentuckycounties of Boone, Campbell and Kenton, and the Ohio counties of Butler,Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton and Warren. In December 2004, U.S. EPAdesignated an eight county area as nonattainment for fine particulate matter(PM2.5) under the annual PM2.5 standard. The boundaries of the PM2.5nonattainment area are identical to ozone nonattainment area excluding ClintonCounty, OH. The OKI Regional Council of Governments (OKI), as theMetropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), consists of Dearborn, Boone,Campbell, Kenton, Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren counties.


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All projects, with the exception of PID 75303 (Amelia Olive Branch and SR125Intersection Improvement), are exempt from air quality conformity requirements.Exempt project types are defined in the federal transportation conformity rulesand include projects that do not add capacity to the transportation system. PID75303 is considered a non-exempt project. It includes a new access road and

park-and-ride facility, but it is included in the existing TIP and Plan. Thisamendment makes no changes to the timing or scope of PID 75303 and OKI isrelying on the previous regional emissions analysis as detailed and adopted aspart of the June 2008 update to the OKI 2030 Regional Transportation Plan.

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENTThe OKI 2030 Regional Transportation Plan Setting Your TransportationLandscape was developed with significant attention to public involvement.Please refer to Chapter 2. Provisions for public comment on this Amendmentwere provided through a month long public comment period and culminated inpublic hearing held at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, March 9, 2009 at the OKI offices,720 East Pete Rose Way, Suite 420, Cincinnati, Ohio. OKI advertised the

Amendment in mainstream and minority newspapers and through standing OKIcommittees. This document was placed for public review in public librariesthroughout the region, at the Ohio Department of Transportation and KentuckyTransportation Cabinet district offices and on the OKI website.

Through a qualitative evaluation, it is determined that the changes included inthisAmendment 2 - 2030 Regional Transportation Planensure that low incomepopulations and minority populations receive a proportionate share of benefitsfrom federally funded transportation investments.

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