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St. Louis. The next or “Second Tier” of the DEIS consisted of a group of seven independent, but yet coordinated, corridor studies across the state that would take into account engineering, environmental, and community issues. The eastern most segment was the section from just west of Rt. 19 in Montgomery County through Warren County into St. Charles County to the Lake Saint Louis Blvd. interchange. This segment of the Second Tier of the DEIS was completed in December 2004. It provided a “preferred alternative” recommendation which consisted of widening I-70 to eight lanes with many ancillary improvements from Warren County to the Lake Saint Louis Blvd. interchange. Since this DEIS it is subject to further review it is considered preliminary. The final evaluation and selection of the preferred alternative will be based on a project public hearing, public and agency comments on the DEIS, and other relevant information that may become available. The FHWA will then have to issue a Record of Decision (ROD) for approval of the project. It is anticipated that the project will not move forward at this time since funding for the improvement has not been identified. C. The Short Range Transportation Plan The short range transportation plan is the TIP. Each year the Council updates the last one based on what various agencies in the region have accomplished to-date and what is approved for the next TIP period. The current TIP was approved in July 2006 for the four year period 2007 through 2010 The Council holds a meeting for informational purposes to assist all counties, cities, transit agencies, and others who plan to submit projects for inclusion in the TIP. A deadline for submitting projects is set. Agencies are asked to prepare supporting information for each project. All projects must have a committed source of revenue to match federal funds. The projects are reviewed by the Council to insure that they conform to the goals and objectives of the long range transportation plan. Projects are then prioritized and ranked according to established criteria. The projects selected for inclusion in the TIP come from a list of ranked projects until available federal funds are completely used. Normally, the funding requested far exceeds the available federal funds. Because the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found the St. Louis metropolitan area to be a non attainment area for air quality, all projects selected for inclusion in the TIP are examined to insure that they do not contribute to the air quality problems of the region. Federally funded projects as well as non federally funded projects are subject to this rule. C-1. Funding Categories Federal funding categories in the TIP from the FHWA include the following; • Surface Transportation Program (STP) which provides funding for states and localities for public roads, bridges, transit capital projects, and transit terminals. • Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) which provides funds specifically for safetyrelated projects. • Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) program which provides funds for transportation projects which improve air quality. 84
• National Highway System (NHS) program, which provides funds to improve roads that are part of the National Highway System, normally Interstates and some designated connections, and many Principal Arterials routes. • Interstate Maintenance (I-M) program, which provides funds for rehabilitation and reconstruction to the Interstate system, but does not include road widening but could include projects that improve safety. • Highway Bridge Progam (HBP) provides funds for replacing or rehabilitating deficient bridges. • High Priority Projects (HPP) which provides funds for specific designated SAFETY-LU earmarked projects. Federal funding categories in the TIP from the FTA include the following; • Section 5309 Capital Assistance Program which provides funding (in a discretionary basis) for capital construction and equipment purchases. • Section 5307 Operating Assistance and Capital Program which provides funding for capital construction and operating assistance for urban public transit service. • Section 5310 Program which provides capital assistance to nonprofit social service agencies to provide paratransit services. • Section 5311 Program which provides capital and operating assistance for rural transit. In addition to the federal funding categories listed above, some projects in the TIP may be implemented without federal funds. While inclusion is not specifically required of such projects, any project that could affect the amount of traffic that is carried (VMT) or capacity and air quality is subject to inclusion for examination by the Council to insure that the region continues to adhere to the air quality standards. Agencies throughout the region are informed of the need to submit such projects to the Council when submitting requests for federal-funded projects. C-2. St. Charles County TIP Projects The current TIP contains 24 MoDOT projects (including four CMAQ projects) in St. Charles County totaling about $100 million ($89 MoDOT and $11CMAQ). There are 33 county and city projects totaling about $46 million, and three a transit projects totaling $336,000. All totaled, there are 60 projects costing about $146.6 million. A tabulation of MoDOT projects by type of improvement in the region’s five counties is shown in Table 28 with St. Charles County highlighted. The number and cost of County and city projects are shown in Table 29 and transit projects shown in Table 30. It can be seen that St. Charles County will receive $88,935,000 or 7.9 percent of MoDOT’s funds for the period 2007 through 2010. In addition, because MoDOT sets aside monies for multi-county projects, projects that cross county lines, and regional projects, various projects throughout the region, such as pavement overlays, signals, signs, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) improvements, and safety projects, MoDOT will spend additional monies in St. Charles County. In effect, the total dollar expenditure will be more than the $189 million. 85
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THE ST. CHARLES COUNTY TRANSPORTATI
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List of Figures Figure Page 1. Coun
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List of Acronyms/Terms AASHTO Ameri
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investment scenarios. Also, more ac
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doubled, going from 46,354 to 101,7
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C. Present Land Use Basic inputs in
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Mueller Rd., Elm Point Rd., and Lit
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land is available for additional de
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Interstate highways serve traffic w
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other uses as well. They generally
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Table 4 Average Daily Traffic Volum
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U.S. 67 is a four-lane expressway t
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Figure 4 Year 2004 Average Daily Tr
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Rt. N has two major parts which are
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Table 6 Missouri River Crossings Ch
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Page 51 and 52: I-70 west of U.S. 40/61 to Pearce B
Page 53 and 54: Criteria Table 11 Level of Service
Page 55 and 56: speed of 50 placing it at LOS C. Th
Page 57 and 58: Jungermann Rd. This road runs from
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Page 61 and 62: U.S. 67 experienced no delays and t
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Page 71: B-1.1 MoDOT Roads Number of Crashes
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Page 76 and 77: Crash Rates The crash rate is the b
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Page 92 and 93: A. Background V. Present Transporta
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Page 112 and 113: I-64 Summary Traffic volumes on I-6
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Page 130 and 131: B-1. MoDOT Roads The following part
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