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Home My WebLink About2007 08 27 Informational 102 Toll Trips On Seminole Expressway Between Winter Springs And Oviedo COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM 102 CONSENT INFORMATIONAL X PUBLIC HEARING REGULAR August 27,2007 Meeting MGR J~EPT Iff Authorization REQUEST: Public Works Department providing the City Commission with information from Florida's Turnpike Enterprise regarding the toll on the Seminole Expressway for trips between Winter Springs and Oviedo. PURPOSE: The purpose ofthis agenda item is to provide the City Commission with information from Florida's Turnpike Enterprise regarding the toll on the Seminole Expressway for trips between Winter Springs and Oviedo. CONSIDERATIONS: · Florida's Turnpike Enterprise is a separate business unit of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) that is responsible for all operations on every FDOT -owned and operated toll road and bridge. · Florida's Turnpike operates the northern 17 miles of State Road 417 as the Seminole Expressway, beginning at the Seminole County line and extending north to its terminus at Interstate 4 in Sanford. · At the March 12, 2007 Commission meeting, Mr. Matthew Click, Director of Government Affairs for Florida's Turnpike, made a presentation explaining the basis for the $0.75 toll being charged to drivers traveling between Winter Springs (S.R. 434) and Oviedo (Red Bug Lake Road). Mr. Click offered to revisit the pilot study performed by the Turnpike in 2002, which evaluated the impact of a toll rebate on the number of trips between Winter Springs and Oviedo using the Seminole Expressway. · Staff met with Turnpike representatives on August 2,2007 to discuss the Turnpike's updated analysis. The Turnpike's analysis consisted of a review of annual traffic volumes at the onlofframps at the S.R. 434 and Red Bug Lake Road interchanges from 2003 through 2007. These traffic volumes and a summary letter from the Turnpike are attached as Exhibit A. · The Turnpike's analysis indicated there has been considerable traffic growth at the Red Bug Lake Road interchange; however, there has only been limited growth at the S.R. 434 interchange. Based on the low growth at the S.R. 434 interchange, the Turnpike concluded Infonnational Agenda Item 102 August 27,2007 Page 2 of2 that the number of trips between the two interchanges as a percentage of all S.R. 434 interchange trips continues to be low. The Turnpike has no plans to implement a temporary toll rebate program similar to the pilot project completed in 2002, and no further analysis is planned at this time. · Bonds issued to construct the Turnpike used revenue models based on the current tolling amount ($0.75 at the S.R. 434 toll plaza). This cannot be changed without having a compensating source of revenue. Until electronic tolling is implemented, the Turnpike has stated that the City has the option to correct the toll rate inequity by paying for the capital cost to install the necessary equipment, which has been estimated at $1.2 million. There is also an annual maintenance cost of$75,000 and an annual "lost revenue" cost of$100,000 that would have to be paid by the City. . Fully electronic tolling is expected to be implemented on the Seminole Expressway within the next 10 years. When this happens, a per mile toll rate will be utilized and the current tolling inequity for trips between Winter Springs and Oviedo will be eliminated. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Exhibit A - Letter from Florida's Turnpike dated August 7, 2007 COMMISSION ACTION: I.F..LO RIDA'S'. I!'~... :~~; . ,Jt'lTEI.!f.IQ~~j Operates the statewide Turnpike System as part of the Florida Department of Transportation CHARLIE CRIST Governor STEPHANIE C. KOPElOUSOS Secretary of Transportation JAMES l. HY Executive Director Turnpike Headquarters: Milepost 263, Bldg. 5315 Turkey lake Service Plaza Ocoee, Fl 34761 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 613069 Ocoee, Fl 34761 Tel: 407.532.3999 www.f1oridasturnpike.com EXHIBIT A RECE'\lED AUG 0 9 2007 CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS City Manager August 7, 2007 ec:/YJ~ .~ trlo.~~ P~'lN~ Mr. Ronald W. McLemore City Manager City of Winter Springs 1126 E. S.R. 434 Winter Springs, Fl 32708-2799 SUBJECT: TRIPS BETWEEN THE SR 417 AT THE SR 434 AND RED BUG LAKE INTERCHANGES Dear Mr. McLemore: Per the request of your Public Works staff at our meeting on August 2, 2007, please find a summary of the traffic between the SR 434 and Red Bug Lake Road interchanges on SR 417. This summary represents the annual traffic counts at these interchanges for all ramp movements. A review of these traffic counts indicates considerable growth at the Red Bug Lake Road interchange while only limited growth at the SR 434 interchange. As you remember, the original 20020ne~yearpilotstudy ende4with l.090 trips between the two interchanges, The five. year tra.:fflc count gro.wthatthe ~lt~3A' southboundon~ramp to SR 417 is only 451 trips arid thecotF@sponamg movement of northbound off;.ramp to S~ 434 is 323trips;thesecO$ltsreprefieht both cash collection and electronic tolliIig lanes. With this low groWth rate at the SR 434 interchange, the number.of trips betweep thetwointetcha.t\1.g~s~ .ag.a percentage of all the SR 43.4 interchange trips, contin\j,es to be low. Although the cost of the toll between the twoint~cltangesis <$O>15lt~)j;s CQ~t represents the cost of the total trip 'fromSR 434 to Aloma AV(IDue. A.permile based toll rate could be implemented when tolling'becQmesftlllyele.ctronic. Should you wish to have Turnpike staffmeet individually withatlY Comwssion members or make a presentation to the City CoJ,l1tt1ission on the . results of our findings, .please contact Alice Gilmartit1 of my s1aff at 407.264.3826. Sincere. ly, . . .'~ J.. ~... b! . '. ~~~K. Matthew Click, AICP Director of Government Affairs Attachment Florida's Turnpike Mainline. Beachline West . Homestead Ext. . Polk Pkwy. . Sawgrass Expwy. . Seminole Expwy. . Southern Connector Ext. . Suncoast Pkwy. . Veterans Expwy.. Western Beltway. . SEMINOLE EXPRESSWAY (SR-417) Interchanges in Winter Springs Growth 2003 - 2007 Location 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Volume Percent Red Bua Road on Ramp to NB 5R-417 3,716 4,028 4,796 5,587 5,802 2,086 56.14 5R-417 NB off Ramp to 5R-434 4,862 5,024 5,038 5,255 5,185 323 6.64 5R-434 on Ramp to 5B 5R-417 5,319 5,458 5,644 5,806 5,769 451 8.47 5R-417 5B off Ramp to Red Bug 3,907 4,101 4,914 5,441 5,815 1,908 48.83 NOTE: Volumes are Annual Average Daily Traffic (MDT).