The Palmetto Expressway S.R. 826

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The Palmetto Expressway (S.R. 826) The Dolphin
Expressway (S.R. 836) Interchange Expansion
Project
Public Information Meeting

• Financial No. 2495811
• May 19, 2009

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Project Overview

• PROJECT HISTORY
• First built in the late 1950s
• Expanded in the mid-1970s
• Steady increase in traffic during the 1980s
• Beginning in the early 1990s Palmetto Expansion
  Program divided into 12 sections

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Master Plan Concept Project Limits

• Palmetto Expressway (S.R. 826) project limits
  are just north of NW 12th Street to just south of
  West Flagler Street.
• Dolphin Expressway (S.R. 836) project limits are
  from just west of NW 87th Avenue to just east of
  NW 72nd Avenue/Milam Dairy Road.

End Project (3880 ft north of NW 12th St)
End Project (3880 ft. north of NW 12th St.)
End Construction (4690 ft. east of NW 72nd Ave.
Begin Construction (2660 ft. west of NW 87th Ave.)
Begin Construction (2660 ft west of NW 87th Ave)
Begin Project (1300 ft. south of West Flagler St.
Begin Project (1300 ft south of West Flagler St)
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Design-Build Process

• Design-Build Finance Project
• Project Maximum Cost 559,000,000
• Budget includes funds from FDOT, MDX, Stimulus
  (ARRA Funding)
• Public Information Meetings to continue after
  design-build selection process

Please note that this schedule is tentative and
is subject to change.
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Project Overview

• Total Reconstruction of S.R. 826 (Palmetto
  Expressway)
• Total Reconstruction of S.R. 836 (Dolphin
  Expressway)
• Construction of direct connectors to provide
  traffic movements between the two expressways in
  all directions.

EXISTING CONDITIONS
CONCEPTUAL IMPROVEMENTS
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Project Overview

• Improvements to West Flagler Street Include
• -Milling, resurfacing and widening of West
  Flagler Street and reconstruction of all ramps
  connecting to S.R. 826
• -Triple left turns for all movements at S.R. 826
  intersection.
• Improvements to NW 72nd Avenue/Milam Dairy Road
  Include
• -Reconstruction of NW 72nd Avenue/Milam Dairy
  Road and all ramps connecting to S.R. 836
• -Provide connectivity for NW 72nd Avenue/Milam
  Dairy Road
• -Intersection improvements on NW 11th Street and
  NW 7th Street

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Project Overview

• Reconstruction of NW 12th Street underneath S.R.
  826
• Reconstruction of NW 11th Street between NW 72nd
  Avenue/Milam Dairy Road and NW 72nd Avenue
• Replacement all existing bridges with the project
  limits
• Anticipated duration of construction 6 years

(Schedule may vary depending on selected
design-build firm.)
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Project Benefits

• TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS
• Less congestion and improved traffic flow along
  two of
• Miami-Dade Countys most vital corridors
• Separation of mainline traffic from local
  movements
• Enhance communications and traffic monitoring
  through Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
  devices.
• SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS
• Smoother and safer expressway to expressway
  connections
• Elimination of all left hand entrances/exits to
  enhance driver expectancy.
• Enhanced shoulder widths throughout the project
  limits
• WATER QUALITY
• Drainage system is being replaced with a more
  efficient system to collect and treat a greater
  amount of rain water
• LANDSCAPING/AESTHETICS
• Install low maintenance landscape within project
  limits
• SOUND BARRIERS
• Construct sound barriers per state and federal
  regulations

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Master Project Concept
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Project Concept
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Construction Requirements

• Existing travel lanes on the expressways will
  remain open during construction
• Expressway to expressway movements will remain
  the same during construction
• No lane closures allowed during special events or
  peak traffic hours
• Lane closures to occur during non-peak hours
• 1000 p.m. 500 a.m.-Monday through Thursday
  nights
• 1100 p.m. - 500 a.m.-Friday through Sunday
  nights
• Public Information Specialist to provide frequent
  construction advisories

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Contact Information

• The Public Information Specialist is available 24
  hours a day
• seven days a week to answer any questions you may
  have
• regarding this project.
• Please feel free to contact Jeannette Lazo,
  Public Information
• Specialist at [phone] or
  Jeannette.Lazo_at_dot.state.fl.us
• You may also visit us on the web at
  www.fdotpalmetto.com for
• lane closure information, project updates and
  etc.