HARLAN TO HAZARD STUDY

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• WELCOME
• HARLAN TO HAZARD STUDY
• PUBLIC WORKSHOP 2

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• Project Status
• Steps Completed
• P Public Meetings Held in August
• P Project Goals and Planning Considerations
  Finalized
• P Environmental Footprint Completed
• P Thirteen (13) Preliminary Corridors
  Identified and Studied
• P Information and Alignments Presented to KYTC
  

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• Project Status
• Objectives of Tonights Meeting
• Obtain Comments on Alternatives
• Obtain Opinion on Which Alternatives to
  Eliminate/Advance

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• Project Status
• Next Steps
• Identify Short-List of Alternatives
• Evaluate Alternatives in More Detail
• Make Final Recommendations
• Develop Draft Planning Report
• Publish Final Planning Report

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• Evaluation Process

Measures of Effectiveness
Alternatives
Initial Review
All Possibilities
August 03
Screening Analysis
Conceptual
Level 1
December 03
Refined
Detailed Analyses
Level 2
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• August 2003 Public Workshops

Meeting Number in Attendance Number of Comments Received
Hazard August 12 32 5
Hyden August 14 51 5
Harlan August 26 94 33
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• Public Workshops Comments
• Top Priorities
• Improve Safety of Roadways
• Serve Highest Volumes of Traffic
• Minimize Relocations of Homes and Businesses
• Enhance Economic and Tourism Development
• Implement Reconstruction Quickly

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• Project Goals
• Provides a Roadway Network that Meets Current
  Safety Design Standards
• Improves Travel Time Between Harlan and Hazard
• Accommodates Traffic Demands
• Accommodates Large Truck and School Bus Traffic
• Accommodates Regional Tourist Traffic 

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• Planning Considerations
• Constructability
• Cost
• Impacts to Human and Natural Environment
• Serves Communities Within Study Area
• In Concert With Public and Agency Input

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How To Contact Us

• Mail Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
• Division of Planning
• 125 Holmes Street
• Frankfort, KY 40622
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email bruce.siria_at_ky.gov

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• Overview of the 13 Alternative Corridors

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• Thirteen Build Alternatives
• Alignments Identified by Citizens and Agencies
• Mainline
• 2 Use US 421
• 3 Near but East of US 421
• 6 Cross County Between US 421 and KY 15
• 2 Use US 119 to Cumberland and KY 463 North
• Northern Terminus
• 4 End at KY 118 in Hyden
• 5 End at Hal Rogers Parkway
• 1 End at Hazard
• 3 End South of Hazard at Viper