Route Transfer

February 2004 TAC Meetings

History ofRoute Transfer Study

Problems with Previous Process (ADOT’s perspective)

No list of candidate routes Opportunities missed to make transfers

as highway segments bypassed Improvements too expensive Pace of transfers/abandonments too

slow Lengthy negotiations and

administration

Technical Advisory Committee John Pein ADOT Planning Joe Hughes RTAC Don Freeman PAG Rick Powers District Engineer,

Globe Bill Alfier District Engineer,

Yuma Steve Hansen ADOT Right-of-Way

Study Schedule

1st TAC Meeting (December 4, 2001) Transportation Board (May 2, 2002) 2nd TAC Meeting (July 23, 2002) Review with ADOT DEs (September 2,

2002) 3rd TAC Meeting (September 23, 2002)

Study Schedule (Continued)

November 2002 Transportation Board Discussion: Consult with local stakeholders Use Level of Development to Identify Routes

Local Government/Stakeholder Meetings MAG (December 10, 2002) PAG (January 8, 2003) Rural Transportation Summit (January 16-17,

2003)

Study Schedule (Continued)

Technical Advisory Committee (March 2003)

Transportation Board Transportation Board approves Route

Transfer Policy (August 15, 2003)

Transfer of State Routes Policy

1. SHS provide for statewide and regional movements

2. Cooperate with local jurisdictions3. Maintain a list of eligible transfer

routes4. Transfer bypassed and parallel

routes

Priorities for Transfer Local government interest Bypass/Alternate route

construction Not needed for system continuity Others

Summary of County/City Comments Concern about wholesale

abandonment of routes and forcing local agencies to take them

Concern about the financial impact on local governments

Questions about specific routes

2004 Scope for Route Transfer Study

Route Transfer Technical Advisory

Committee

Update October 2003 Draft Report

Board Identified Issues

1. LOD / SOC2. Internal ADOT procedures3. Set-aside funding4. Design and maintenance

standards for urban highways5. Local to State transfer6. Frontage/Spur Road Inventory

Rural Transportation Summit Identified Issues

1. Change functional classification2. Redistribute maintenance funds3. Local government cost

computations

Other Issues

TAC Organization/Future Meetings