Franklin Boulevard Study - City of Springfield

Franklin Boulevard Study Concept
Development Report
Introduction
Between May 2007 and March 2008, the City of Springfield and its consultant team led by
CH2M HILL considered and evaluated improvements to Franklin Boulevard from I-5 to
Nugget Way and to the intersections. The improvements included arterial and multiway
boulevard options. The project’s study area extended from I-5 to the west, the Springfield
bridges to the east, the Willamette River to the north, and Nugget Way to the south. The
process of developing and evaluating options relied on input gathered from a 17-member
Stakeholder Advisory Committee, project open houses, and meetings with the Springfield
City Council.
This report documents the alternatives considered, the screening process, and the
development of a preferred alternative as well as the public and agency involvement
process. For clarity, the north-south section of Franklin Boulevard/McVey Highway is
referred to as the McVey Highway in this report.
Concept development and selection process
Project purpose and evaluation framework
The project team and Stakeholder Advisory Committee worked together to develop a
statement of project purpose and evaluation framework for comparing concepts. The
Franklin Boulevard Study Problem Statement and evaluation framework is attached to this
report. The evaluation framework included criteria in the following categories:
Cost (project costs and land acquisition)
Natural environment (sustainability, relationship to the river, environmental impacts)
Community values and economic development (multimodal access, development
potential, impacts to the existing business community)
Transportation performance (freight, intersection performance, local and regional traffic)
The project team developed measures for criteria developed by the Stakeholder Advisory
Committee.
Concept development workshop
In August 2007, the project team held a three-day concept development workshop aimed at
generating a complete universe of improvement concepts for:
Franklin Boulevard from I-5 to the Springfield bridges.
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