THANKS to all who turned out to listen and ask questions at our presentations in Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook, and Hoover. We really appreciate your feedback, ideas, and support!
Click here to view ReThink280's presentation to Vestavia Hills and Mountain Brook on March 22nd.
Click here to view ReThink280's April 1st presentation to Hoover.
6 comments:
I saw the presentation at the Mountain Brook City Council. I thought that David Silverstein made excellent points in his proposal to fix the Colonnnade traffic problem first and then see what happens.
So, I looked at the presentation online. I'll have to say, I was somewhat impressed. I do have one question, though. How did you come up with the equation: "Total trip time = (# of express miles) x (speed) + (# of local miles) x (speed)"? The equation for "Time" should be: (miles)/(speed), NOT (miles)x(speed).
Ryan, thanks for catching this. Guess we were a bit rushed when we created that slide. We'll fix ASAP.
Looking at the Hoover presentation, it looks like there are at least 10 single-point interchanges planned throughout the corridor. Yet, the Cost Estimate #2 accounts for only 2 of these interchanges. At a cost of $30 million per interchange, this leaves $240 million unaccounted for. I'm wondering how Rethink280 plans to get funding for this project without the use of toll roads.
The ReThink plan calls for only 2 SPUIs (at the Summit and Valleydale). That is what you see in the cost estimate #2. The other interchanges are simple compact diamonds that are accounted for as "bridges" in the cost tables. These are more analagous to what we have today at Hollywood Blvd and Pumphouse Rd (although not as high). The idea is to scale the interchanges more appropriately for their traffic volumes and surroundings than the ALDOT plan, which calls for overkill SPUIs throughout the western section. Thank you for scrutinizing the plans!
You're welcome, Kate. I'm just really interested in this project and would like to see something actually be accomplished. Thanks for clarifying the cost estimate. When looking at the interchanges shown in the presentation, it looks like there are more than 2 interchanges where all of the traffic on the bridge crosses at one point (or SPUIs). For example, the interchange at Dolly Ridge Rd. doesn't look much different from the Summit interchange. However, if you say the other interchanges are simple compact diamonds, I'll buy it. It just doesn't look that way on the drawings.
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