The Green Light Plan - CSRS

RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITIONThe Right-of-Way Committee oversights the management of the acquisition process for the Green Light Plan. Itmeets bi-monthly to set right-of-way policies, review acquisition issues, recommend project assignments, andmake committee related decisions.CORRIDOR PRESERVATIONThe Program Team continues to ride the Green Light Plan Projects looking for new construction activity that mayhave an impact to future right-of-way.EARLY RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITIONSWhen the Right-of-Way Committee determines early acquisitions will benefit both the project and thecommunity, the Right-of-Way Acquisition team manages the process. In 2009 more than twenty (20) parcels wereidentified as targets for early acquisition and sixteen (16) parcels were acquired as part of that initiative. Inaddition, four (4) parcels were considered surplus and disposed of, with one currently being processed.NORMAL RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITIONSTwenty-three (23) projects require early acquisition efforts in 2009 and to date, thirteen (13) have been completedwith ten (10) currently underway.It is estimated by the end of 2009, the Green Light Plan will have acquired an estimated 617 parcels with anadditional 90 parcels acquired by 2nd Quarter of 2010.RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION COMPLETE:Picardy Avenue McHugh Road South Choctaw at North FlanneryLobdell Improvements Siegen Lane Highland RoadJones Creek Road - Seg 3 Brightside LaneRIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION UNDERWAY:The following summary presents the active projects currently in the right-of-way acquisition process:PROJECT ESTIMATED COMPLETEDACQUISITIONS ACQUISITIONSS. Harrell’s Ferry Road - Seg 2 24 23O’Neal Lane - Seg. 1 39 37Ford Street 129 85Perkins at Stanford/Acadian 20 11Sullivan Road 63 1Staring Lane 116 7S. Harrell’s Ferry Road - Seg 1 13 0Elm Grove Garden 3 0Fairchild - Badley 17 0US 61 - LA Hwy 64 3 0TRAFFIC FACTS:Do you know when concrete was first used for roadways?In 1891, an eight-foot wide section of Main Street in Bellefontaine, Ohio,where horses were hitched, was paved with concrete by engineer GeorgeBartholomew, who supplied his own materials.This was the first use of concrete as a road surface in North America. Thisexperimental section not only proved to be sturdy, it was in use for more thana century before being replaced with new concrete paving.Today, it is a historical site, marked by a statue of Bartholomew. When theroad in Bellefontaine was paved, America moved by horse and buggy, andjust about every road in the nation was unpaved. Now, there are nearly4-million miles of road crisscrossing the country, including more than46-thousand miles of interstate highway.Look for more interesting traffic facts to come in the next Quarterly Report.LOCAL INVOLVEMENTCONTINUEDRIGHT OF WAY FIRMSAbstractsLauck Land Co.Gulf South Land and TitleRoberts Land ServicesGodail Abstracting ServicesJames Gist (sole proprietor)AppraisalsVallery LoweryGeorge Platt, IncRoss ShuffieldThe Lakvold Group LLCJames Inc.James G. Lipscomb, ASACustom Solutions GroupBill Kipf, SRAGary P. AlbarezJack E. Evans, Jr.Roberto J. AguilarLeonard SmithThompson WallaceJames LieuxKermit WilliamsROW AcquisitionsAcquisition ServicesQuest AcquisitionsStone Property ServicesABMB EngineersDan Collins & AssociatesLaPacVolkert & AssociatesLauck Land CompanyRelocation EstimatesAmerica’s Best SignGulledge Fence CompanySUPPORT SERVICESFIRMSWetlands DeterminationProvidence EngineeringC-K EngineeringEnvironmental AssessmentCRAGSRCGeotechnical InvestigationsLouis Capozzoli & Assoc.Ardaman & AssociatesNoise MitigationURS CorporationSurvey SupportBaton Rouge Land SurveyingTraffic EngineeringHNTB CorporationUrban Systems, Inc.Utility RelocationPete’s Plumbing