City Council Study Session Summary 2010 09 28

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City Council Study Session Summary September 14, 2010 Page 2 of 4 construction. The Request for Proposals will go out in November of this year with an expected start of Spring 2011. The bus slip ramps will allow buses to move easily on and off the highway at Table Mesa, and these improvements will help cut travel time for bus riders along the corridor. The project is being funded by $3.5 million of SB-1 funding and a matching $3.5 million from RTD. US 36 Queue Jumps – Queue Jumps allow buses to go around the current flow of traffic by providing an additional travel lane for high occupancy vehicles (HOV) and a signal allowing vehicles in the HOV lane to proceed through the intersection prior to other traffic. Queue Jumps are being built at four th intersections along the US 36 corridor; McCaslin, 96 Street, Church Ranch and Sheridan. The Queue Jumps are part of the FasTracks US 36 BRT project. The presentation focused on the two locations nearest to Louisville (McCaslin and th 96 Street) where Queue Jumps will be added on the west bound side of US 36. Improvements included in the addition of the Queue Jump at McCaslin will be an extension of the west bound acceleration lane by 1,100 feet. All of the improvements related to the addition of the Queue Jumps are being made in the Right-of-Way. The plan for the project is to bid later this year with construction to begin in the first quarter of 2011. In 2009, RTD received $7.5 million from the American Recovery and US 36 BRT project. This $7.5 million will fund the four Queue Jumps along US 36. These improvements along the US 36 corridor should save RTD commuters travel time along the stretch of the highway. Update/Discussion – Louisville Revitalization Commission Troy Russ, Planning Director, presented the Highway 42 Revitalization Plan, presenting the 5 Step Work Plan focusing on the development opportunities today for proceeding in advance of transit. Step 1: The Arnold Property – located on the southwest corner of Highway 42 and South Boulder Road. This corner is a good location for future redevelopment. City staff is working with CDOT and has received conceptual approval for a signal on Highway 42 near Cannon Circle and is working on the possibility of a new signal along South Boulder Road just west of the Highway 42 intersection that would align the entrance to Christopher Plaza to Cannon Circle. Step 2: Connection to Downtown – currently the feel of the center portion of Highway 42 between South Boulder Road and Pine is industrial. The plan would be to change to residential and office-friendly with retail opportunities focused on the corners of South Boulder Road and Pine, and, as the downtown revitalization makes its way east of the railroad tracks, corner retail opportunities will exist possibly at Griffith and South.