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Description
City of Charleston Committee on Traffic and Transportation 5/10/22
B
Well
I'll
jump
right
into.
Why
do
we?
Why
do
we
need
this?
The
justification
is
clear
and
it's
always
it's
been
adopted
by
a
number
of
multiple
planning
documents.
As
you
can
see
here,
the
community
has
really
embraced
this
project
and
we've
shown
that
that
the
need
is
there
and
that
we
will
have
the
use
for
it.
D
C
B
So,
as
you
can
see
here
that
these
are
the
project
benefits,
but
there's
a
lot
more
than
this,
obviously
sustainability
everyone's
seeing
the
fuel
surges
right
now,
the
cost
of
fuel
and
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
more
people,
probably
riding
their
bikes
and
walking
across
this
bridge.
Because
of
all
the
recreation
enhancements
for
this,
as
well
as
jobs
on
both
sides
of
the
river,
it
provides
an
essential
link
to
the
west
ashley
greenway.
B
B
This
is
a
cable
stay
in
the
middle,
but
it's
what's
called
a
bobtail
swing
because
it
needs
to
have
a
movable
span
and
you
can
see
this
is
in
the
open
position
where
you
see
the
cables.
It's
a
little
difficult
to
see
that.
But
that's
in
the
open
position
pointing
toward
the
south
there
to
allow
boat
access.
B
Here
is
just
a
rough
schedule.
This
has
been
updated
a
couple
of
times,
but
you
kind
of
jog
from
the
top
to
the
bottom.
As
you
see
there,
there's
a
couple
of
very
instrumental
pieces.
The
first
caption
up
there
is
the
draft
rfp
and
the
grant
agreement,
which
is
currently
under
review
by
federal
highways.
B
B
B
B
So
we
went
through
a
risk-based
cost
analysis
which
you
see
at
the
very
bottom
there
and
that
basically
has
gone
through
and
looked
at
all
the
escalation
factors
for
different
materials
out
there
to
prepare
what
we
think
this
bridge
is
going
to
cost
in
this
time
of
escalation.
Right
now
you
see
all
the
different
funding
partners
and,
most
recently
through
the
hard
work
of
city
hall
council,
member
seekings,
we
have
retained
additional
funding,
which
is
actually
through
federal
highways
and
dot.
B
But
it
comes
to
us
via
the
cog,
the
council
of
governments
and
that's
an
additional
14
million
dollars
in
order
to
meet
that
41.2
budget
at
the
bottom.
There
we
are
requesting
the
city
of
charleston
for
an
additional
million
dollars
to
be
added
to
this
project
budget
to
meet
that
risk-based
cost
estimate.
B
So
we
have
the
project
team
is
on
board,
hdr
engineering
team
and
they
have
been
preparing
what's
called
30
level
documents.
Those
documents,
in
addition
to
some
other
things-
specifications
the
rfp,
the
request
for
proposal
they're
under
contract
to
provide
all
that
and
we're
pretty
close
to
the
end
of
that.
So
yes,
some
funds
have
been
spent
already
on
that.
B
B
E
Councilmember,
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Just
we've
gotten
fairly
regular
updates
on
this
project.
As
you
all
know,
and
the
one
thing
that's
changed
significantly
since
the
last
time
we
all
got
together.
Is
this
slide
right
here
and
I
just
want
to
sort
of
emphasize
how
good
a
position
we
are
in
today,
as
opposed
to
where
we
were
the
last
time.
We
got
an
update
on
this
project
because
you
might
remember
one
of
the
things
that
mr
most
and
others
told
us.
E
The
last
time
is
that
we
were
trying
to
move
the
project
scale
it
back
a
little
bit.
Do
some
cost
engineering
and
all
those
things
to
meet
what
we
then
thought
was
the
amount
of
monies
we
had
in
terms
of
a
budget
which
was
not
by
the
way,
41.25
million.
It
was
around
30
million
plus
or
minus,
maybe
even
a
little
bit
less.
E
E
The
cdot
cog,
the
policy
committee
for
chats
and
through
that
process
an
additional
14
million
dollars
was
put
towards
this
project,
not
a
dime
of
which,
by
the
way,
is
city
money.
It's
not
a
loan
to
the
city.
It's
monies
that
we
will
not
owe
any
back.
So
this
is
a
project.
That's
super
important,
it's
very
popular!
It
was
until
about
a
month
ago.
Underfunded,
it
is
now
funded,
save
that
last
million
dollar
piece
and
for
another
million
dollars.
We
can
get
this
and
it's
not
a
scaled-back
project.
It's
not
value-engineered.
E
It's
a
21-foot
span.
It's
all
the
things
that
we
want.
It
will
be
a
marquee
project.
What's
happened
in
the
last
30
days
has
been
nothing
short
of
miraculous
in
terms
of
government,
not
just
not
just
because
of
the
amount
of
monies
that
came,
but
how
quickly
that
happened.
So
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
the
mayor
for
getting
in
there
and
mixing
it
up,
which
he
did
in
short
order
gave
a
great
presentation
to
the
chats
policy
committee
who
voted
for
that
extra
14
million
dollars
unanimously.
E
Mr
most
gave
an
incredible
presentation
to
the
secretary
when
she
came
down
for
a
meeting
with
us,
and
so
it
was
really
a
good
piece
of
salesmanship
for
a
very
worthy
project.
So
I
don't
want
that
to
be
lost
on
anybody.
Mr
boss
has
been
very
understated
about
this.
What's
happened
is
really
pretty
dramatic
and
we're
in
a
great
position
to
bring
this
project
to
bear
in
a
very
short
order
compared
to
how
long
we
were
working
out.
I
think.
F
That's
a
sort
of
fair
assessment,
mr
mayor
well.
Well,
here
we
talk.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
thank
you
for
that
acknowledgement
and
that
the
groundwork
was
really
done
in
january
when,
when
I
visited
secretary
butesieg
and
his
staff
in
washington
they're
very
supportive
of
this
project,
and
it
just
so
happened
the
next
week
I
had
an
appointment
with
secretary
hall
in
columbia
and-
and
I
got
to
give
her
a
lot
of
credit.
F
So
she
she
really
of
course
it's
mostly
federal
money,
but
she
helps
direct
it
and
it
was
her
leadership
that
helped
get
that
on
the
cogs
agenda.
Now
I
did
want
to
mention
that,
since
all
this
came
together,
we
also
got,
as
I
mentioned,
the
folks
in
washington
are
very
supportive
of
us.
They
gave
us
a
request
to
apply
for
some
unused
grant
money.
F
We
may
pick
up
another
two
or
three
million
dollars
from
another
source
in
dc
for
this,
in
which
case
we
can,
just
you
know,
adjust
make
some
adjustment
and
maybe
even
be
able
to
downward,
adjust
our
city
contribution.
But,
having
been
said
that
you
don't
really
even
know
the
final
price
tag
until
we
get
this
thing
finally
engineered
and
designed
and
put
it
out
for
bid,
isn't
that
right.
F
D
G
I'm
john
dodson,
I'm
a
senior
transit
planner
with
carter.
I
appreciate
y'all
having
us
here.
This
is
an
informational
item.
These
are
the
bus,
stop
and
design
guidelines
that
were
developed
over
the
last
about
a
year
and
a
half
or
so,
and
essentially
what
we're
looking
at
here
is.
I'm
going
to
give
you
guys
just
a
very
quick
overview
kind
of
how
the
project
came
to
be
highlights
of
the
document
itself
and
then
what's
next,
if
you
guys
have
questions
about
any
slides
in
this,
please
feel
free
to
interrupt
me.
G
My
feelings
will
not
be
heard.
So
this
is
the
carta
system.
It's
about
860
stops.
We've
got
25
routes,
including
fixed
route
services,
express
services,
parking
rates,
downtown
shuttles,
we've
got
on-demand
service,
we've
got
some
teleride
for
the
area
and
then
we've
got
the
lcrt.
That's
in
motion
as
well
the
origin
for
the
guidelines
themselves.
G
It
was
kick-started
from
the
ordinance
that
the
city
of
charleston
actually
put
together
so
looking
at
providing
transit,
accommodations
along
existing
or
planned
bus
routes
in
2019,
and
that
was
helped
to
help
speed
up
the
process
of
installing
stops.
It
had
been
a
little
bit
slow,
it
got
mired
down
and
so
we're
looking
at
ways
and
kind
of
speeding
that
up
and
making
it
more
streamlined
and
guidelines
were
the
next
natural
step
for
that
from
just
an
early
success
story.
Specific
to
that
ordinance.
G
Looking
at
the
overall
percentage
of
improvements
made
to
the
ordinance,
so
this
slide
basically
shows
you
the
percentage
of
pads,
the
percentage
of
benches
and
the
percentage
of
shelters
within
the
overall
system,
and
that
percentage
at
the
bottom
shows
those
the
percentage
of
improvements
that
were
made
due
to
the
ordinance,
so
that
was
developer,
funded
improvement.
So
that's
money
that
was
spent
to
improve
the
transit
system
from
developers
that
could
also
be
spent
now
elsewhere
within
the
system.
So
it's
just.
G
It
shows
kind
of
the
success
of
that
ordinance
as
it
was
written,
so
bus
stop
guidelines,
they're
kind
of
the
gateway
to
how
we
look
at
the
transit
system.
You
drive
by
the
road
you
see
stops
on
the
road.
It's
a
it's
a
good
thing
to
kind
of
see
the
overall
health
of
the
city
in
the
agency
itself,
so
these
are
meant
to
help
improve
those
stops.
G
The
document
itself
is
also
intended
to
be
flexible,
so
this
could
always
change
as
city
ordinances
change
rules,
guidelines
policy.
These
are
not
meant
to
override
anything
that
any
city
or
municipality
does.
These
are
simply
meant
to
complement
existing
rules,
ordinances
laws
and
to
complement
that
process.
G
G
We've
got
images
like
this
to
the
right
as
well,
which
help
quickly
kind
of
detail.
What
the
the
elements
at
individual
stops
are.
It
gives
you
height
of
stops.
I
know
right
now:
we've
got
systems,
we've
got
stops
from
the
system
that
are
sometimes
on
post,
sometimes
on
poles,
sometimes
on
walls
and
we're
trying
to
cut
like
get
that
standardized
so
that
you
know
it's
very
clearly
recognizable
as
a
stop
itself.
G
G
We
had
community
members
as
well,
so
we
had
worked
with
musc
charleston
moves
track,
which
is
a
kind
of
a
local
focus
group
for
the
system
itself,
uli
chamber
of
commerce.
We
had
a
lot
of
people
that
kind
of
got
together
every
two
months
talk
through
what
we're
kind
of
hoping
for
with
these
guidelines,
how
they
would
be
used
and
then
the
overall
benefits
and
kind
of
what
we
hoped
everybody
would
get
out
of
them.
G
There
was
a
lot
of
technical
work
behind
that
as
well,
so
we
looked
at
various
area
plans
within
the
area,
looked
at
the
kind
of
the
regulatory
framework,
so
looking
at
various
laws
that
might
impact
how
these
would
be
developed,
looked
at
other
peers
and
just
kind
of
an
array
of
details
that
kind
of
helped
develop
these.
So
the
guidelines
themselves
from
a
highlight
standpoint,
there's
actually
eight
chapters,
but
it's
cut
off
and
that's
okay.
G
G
This
is
just
an
example
of
what
a
landing
pad
would
look
like
relative
to
the
sidewalk
relative
to
the
road
and
then
a
sign.
It
kind
of
gives
you
that
just
general
overview
and
that's
something
that
is
within
the
guidelines,
so
that
when
a
developer
comes
in
looking
to
put
in
something
put
in
a
business
and
it
happens
motor
transit
route,
these
can
be
handed
to
that
developer.
They
could
reference
these
and
kind
of
dealing
with
speed
up
that
entire
process.
G
This
is
an
example
of
in
the
granite.
This
is
in
north
charleston,
but
it
is
an
example
of
kind
of
the
stop
itself
and
then
the
various
elements
and
then
an
associated
cost
with
each
of
those
elements,
so
it
just
gives
developers
and
whomever
else
be
putting
in
a
stop
a
better
sense
of
what
those
cost
impacts
may
be.
A
Thank
you
councilmember,
so
I
understand
that
these
are.
This
is
a
sort
of
a
tool
that
you
can
give
to
the
new
developers,
because
I've
seen
these
pop
up
when
we
have
new
construction
on
james
island,
but-
and
maybe
you
can
get
with
me
after-
but
how
do
we
go
about
as
a
city,
our
existing
structures?
G
Got
it
okay,
so
that
would
be
just
a
conversation
with
the
agency
itself
and
kind
of
different
process.
Yeah
there's,
ultimately,
with
this
there's
going
to
be
bus,
stop
partizations
and
that's
going
to
take
in
various
elements
and
kind
of
come
up
with
the
scoring
rubric
we're
working
with
that
process.
Now,
as
we
get
our
apcs
or
automatic
passenger
counters
on
the
bus,
and
it
kind
of
helps,
give
weight
to
those
scores.
Okay
and
as
that
gets
finalized,
that'll
give
us
a
chance
to
really
finalize
the
stop
improvements
throughout
the.
G
G
E
So
just
in
response
to
councilmember
parker,
two
things
well,
three
things,
but
the
two
most
important
things
are
space
and
money
for
stops,
and
if
you
want
something
that
looks
like
this,
which
is
the
full-blown
stop
with
shelter.
What
are
we
in
on
all
that?
John?
It's
it's
somewhere
in
the
40
000
range
by
the
time
you
actually
build
a
stop
like
that,
and
you
have
to
have
land
to
do
it
and
space
off.
So
it
is.
I
I
can
just
tell
you.
E
We
know
someone
who
knows
someone
who's
very
interested
in
making
sure
we
make
the
stops
as
user-friendly
as
is
humanly
possible
and
some
go
from
non-user-friendly,
very
user-friendly.
We
want
to
bridge
that
gap.
So
if
you've
got
in
your
district
stops
in
specific,
just
let
us
let
the
agency
know,
and
we
will
put
it
on
the
list.
But
again
it's
it's
a
largely
a
function
of
funding
and
then
space.
D
So
I
just
have-
and
maybe
it's
not
in
your
bailiwick,
but
I
noticed
on
the
service
map-
I
represent
john's
island
and
I
don't
think
carter
other
than
telluride
extend
service
there,
but
with
the
rapid
growth
that
we
know,
especially
from
the
census
data.
If
there
was
any
projection
in
the
future
that
we
could
see,
beautiful
bus
stops
eventually
make
their
way
onto
john's
island.
G
E
Okay,
and
just
in
response
to
that
too,
mr
chairman,
I
mean
the
numbers
are
what
the
numbers
are
and
they're
dramatic.
I
mean
clearly,
we
need
to
get
service
out
there.
One
of
the
challenges
we
have
with
adding
services.
We
want
to
make
sure
we
don't
take
any
roots
away
and
equipment
is
a
big
part
of
it,
and
we've
spent
the
last
four
or
five
years
doing
a
complete
equipment
replacement
project
which
has
been
successful
so
successful
that
we've
actually
gotten
ahead
of
our
technology.
D
C
Well,
good
evening,
everyone
a
couple
of
quick
updates
on
those
two
projects:
the
sanders
road
at
bsra
road
traffic
signal
project,
charleston
county-
is
working
on
that.
Currently
they
have,
they
put
it
out
to
bid
late
last
year
and
they
are
currently
waiting
on
the
mast,
arms.
The
decorative
signal
poles
to
be
delivered.
C
Those
are
expected
to
be
delivered
in
october
of
this
year
and
hopefully
the
signal
will
be
completely
constructed
by
the
end
of
this
year.
So
looking
at
the
end
of
2022
for
that
to
be
completed,
the
other
project
is
the
sanders.
Road
sidewalk,
which
connects
half
connects
half
shell
lane
to
the
new
ce
williams
middle
school.