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09 Project Update PresentationHighway 17 Congestion ReliefTown Council MeetingMarch 16, 2021 Specific Call Out in 2016 Measure BStakeholdersTown as Project SponsorVTA as Project LeadCaltransPROJECT BACKGROUND Need: Heavy Congestion on Regional ConnectorCut Through Traffic Degrades Operations of Local StreetsInterchange at Highway 17 and Highway 9 is ObsoleteBikes and Peds On Highway 9 Experience Dangerous Conflicts with Vehicles Purpose: Relieve Congestion Along Highway 17Reduce cut-through traffic in the TownImprove SR 17/SR 9 interchange operationsImprove active transportationPROJECT BACKGROUND (CONTINUED) PROJECT LIMITS Project ComponentsPROJECT COMPONENTS Striping and Merge Lanes at LarkAuxiliary Lanes between Lark & Highway 9Interchange at Highway 9Multimodal ImprovementsIntegration with Existing Infrastructure Caltrans ProcessCALTRANS PROCESS Project Study Report – Project Development Support (PSR/PDS)Project Approval and Environmental Document (PAED)Project Specifications & Engineering (PS&E)Final DesignBid and Construction TimelineTIMELINE Thru Dec 2022 – Environmental2023/2024 – Acquire Right of Way2023/2024 – PS&EMarch 2025 – Award of BidOctober 2027 – Ribbon Cutting SEGMENT 1 – SOUTH OF LARKExtend Southbound Onramp Merge by Half MileContinue Three Travel Lanes to Highway 9 One Committed ExitOne Combined Exit/ Through LaneSEGMENT 2 APPROACHING HWY 9 SEGMENT 2INTERCHANGE OPTION 1 SEGMENT 2INTERCHANGE OPTION 2 FundingCOSTS Total Project Cost $80M-90MCurrent ExpendituresPSR/PDS & PAED $3.4M Measure B$600k TownFuture FundingMeasure BState or Federal NEXT STEPSPAEDSource Funding forFinal Design (PS&E)Construction