MAG CANAMEX Corridor Resolution

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MAG CANAMEXCorridor Resolution
Tonopah Valley Community Council April 17,
2001 Ruth Fisher Elementary School 38201 West
Indian School Road Tonopah, AZ
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Overview

• Joint MAG-ADOT Project
• Kimley-Horn Compilation of Evaluation Data
  (August 2000)
• Joint Public, Agency and Other Stakeholder input
• November 1, 2000 Resolution by the Regional
  Council
• Recommendation for partial future designation
• Additional review for remaining section
• Additional review now completed and new
  resolution for the designation of the entire
  corridor developed.

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November 1999 Options
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Evaluation Criteria
Established at the November 1999 Forum

• Costs
• Travel Time
• Length
• LOS
• Access to Freight Terminals
• Constructability

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Evaluation Criteria

• Safety
• Environmental Impacts
• Title VI / Environmental Justice
• Major Community Impacts
• Agency and public response

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Input Phase I

• November 22, 1999 - Stakeholders Forum
• December 28, 1999 - Memo Survey to MAG Member
  Agencies
• February 18, 2000 - WESTMARC Meeting
• March 21, 2000 - Citizens Transportation
  Oversight Committee
• July 24, 2000 - Stakeholders Forum
• Kimley-Horn Report

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Input Phase I (contd)

• Open Houses and Public Meetings
• August 31, 2000 Sun City West
• September 5, 2000 Buckeye
• September 7, 2000 Wickenburg
• September 14, 2000 Governors CANAMEX Task
  Force Transportation Committee
• Two resolutions
• Future Designation of I-8, SR 85 and the
  Wickenburg Bypass
• Eliminate Loops 101 and 303.

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Key Points Phase I

• Northern section
• Do not designate either the Loop 303 or the Sun
  Valley Parkway.
• Locate northern segment west of the White Tank
  Mountains (DPS request).
• Consider Wickenburg/Vulture Mine Road or Eagle
  Eye Road.
• Link to Wickenburg Bypass.
• Consider findings of related studies when
  available.
• Southern Section Designation of I-8 and SR 85
  supported.
• Make a designation as soon as possible.

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Phase I Resolution

• MAG Resolution (Future Designation)
• Transportation Review Committee Oct.6, 2000
• Management Committee Oct.18, 2000
• Regional Council November 1, 2000
• Future designation of I-8, SR 85 and the
  Wickenburg Bypass.
• Connecting section constrained to location
  outside of the PM-10 Nonattainment area.

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Input Phase II

• December 14, 2000 Agency Stakeholder Forum
  (Buckeye)
• Written Comments due 1-5-2001
• Stakeholder-Requested Meetings
• Belmont January 29, 2001
• Douglas Ranch February 28, 2001
• Agency Meetings
• November 20, 2000 MAG-ADOT-MCDOT
• December 6, 2000 Local Agency Meeting, Chamber of
  Commerce Meeting Room, Buckeye
• January 18, 2001 MAG-ADOT-MCDOT
• March 7 14, 2001 MAG-ADOT

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Key Points Phase II

• Sun Valley Parkway
• Opposed, citing major impacts
• Town of Buckeye (Mayor, Council, and Staff)
• Landowners in SVP vicinity
• Letters and Forum Comments
• Support
• Minor
• Other
• Potential environmental issues for all routes
  (BLM AGF).
• AGF 4-12-01 letter ranks as SVP, W/VMR, Eagle Eye
  Road.
• AGF preferred routing is the Sun Valley Parkway
  and a new Wickenburg Bypass located east of US
  93. Loop 303 also recommended for further
  consideration.
• NEPA study recommended prior to designation.

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Key Points Phase II (contd)

• Wickenburg / Vulture Mine Road
• Opposed by
• Two letters from public
• Supported by
• Town of Wickenburg (Mayor and staff)
• State Land (support route west of SVP)
• Other
• Potential environmental issues for all routes
  (BLM AGF)
• AGF ranks low in letter 4-12-01. NEPA study
  recommended prior to designation.

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Key Points Phase II (contd)

• Eagle Eye Road
• Opposed by
• MAG, ADOT given disincentive of added travel
  distance for truckers/travelers.
• Supported by
• State Land (support route west of SVP)
• One local resident
• Alternative considered on request by County
  Supervisor
• Other
• Potential environmental issues for all routes
  (BLM AGF)
• AGF ranks low in letter 4-12-01. NEPA study
  recommended prior to designation.

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Draft MAG Resolution Phase II

• Designate
• I-8, SR 85, I-10,
• a connecting alignment in the general vicinity of
  Wickenburg Road/ Vulture Mine Road,
• and the Wickenburg Bypass, west from its junction
  with the connecting alignment from I-10,
  connecting to US 93.

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Draft MAG Resolution

• Wickenburg/Vulture Mine Road connection not to
  become eligible as a state route unless and until
  its design, right of way, construction and
  operation have been fully funded.
• Specific alignment and environmental issues to be
  addressed in future location / design /
  environmental studies (funding affects timing)
• Eliminate Sun Valley Parkway and Eagle Eye Road.
• Routes inside the PM-10 nonattainment area were
  eliminated in the previous resolution.

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Draft MAG Recommendation
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Project Information

• MAG website www.mag.maricopa.gov,
• (See the CANAMEX Corridor project listing under
  News and Events)

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Background Information

• Federal designation
• Multi-State Map

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Federal Designation

• The CANAMEX Corridor is one of 43 national
  corridors identified in ISTEA, the 1995 National
  Highway System Designation Act and TEA-21 as high
  priority corridors.
• Section 1105 of the National Highway System
  Designation Act specifies the CANAMEX Corridor to
  run from
• Nogales, Arizona, through Las Vegas, Nevada, to
  Salt Lake City, Utah, to Idaho Falls, Idaho, to
  Montana, to the Canadian Border.

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Federal Designation

• In the State of Arizona, the CANAMEX Corridor
  generally follows
• (i) I-19 from Nogales to Tucson
• (ii) I-10 from Tucson to Phoenix and
• (iii) United States Route 93 in the vicinity of
  Phoenix to the Nevada Border.

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