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Home My WebLink About2007 10 08 Regular 601 Toll Amount for State Road 417/State Road 434 COMMISSION AGENDA October 8, 2007 Meeting Presentation Consent Information Public Hearing Regular X ITEM 601 MGR. (2--- /Dept. /~ REQUEST: The Public Works Department providing the City Commission an opportunity to discuss the toll amount at the SR 417 / SR 434 interchange with Matthew Click of Florida's Turnpike Enterprise PURPOSE: The purpose ofthis Agenda Item is to provide the City Commission an opportunity to discuss the toll amount at the SR 417 / SR 434 interchange with Matthew Click of Florida's Turnpike Enterprise. Mr. Click has prepared a brief presentation for the meeting. CONSIDERATIONS: · At the August 27, 2007 City Commission meeting, the Commission directed Staff to invite representatives from Florida's Turnpike to a future Commission meeting to further discuss the toll amount at the SR 414/ SR 434 interchange. · 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 on/off ramps 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. 100807 _COMM_Regular_SR 417 Tolls October 8, 2007 Regular Agenda Item 60 I Page 2 · 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 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 FUNDING: Not applicable at this time RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Commission receive the Turnpike's presentation and provide staff with any direction it deems appropriate. COMMISSION ACTION: ':1 FLORIDA'S I:,~~; .1 }~"" ~.'.. I~ ~ ,_~~1 EflPRI~~j Operates the statewide Turnpike System as palt of the F10lida Depaltment of Transpol/afion CHARLIE CRIST Governor STEPHANIE C. KOPELOUSOS Sene/If' o( T"nsportalion JAMES l. ElY Executive Directol Turnpike Headquarters: Milepost 263, Bldg. 5315 Turkey lake Service Plaza Ocoee, fl 34761 Mailin g Address: P.O. Box 613069 OCDee, fL 34761 Tel: 407.532.3999 www.floridasturnpike.com EXHIBIT A REceiVED AUG 0 9 2007 CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS City Manager August 7, 2007 c c : /YJCUJ.frL .~ ~Y,Q~"-;- P~'lN~ Mr. Ronald W. McLemore City Manager City of Winter Springs 1126 E. S.R. 434 Winter Springs, FI 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 2002 one-year pilot study end~withl,090trips between the two interchanges. Tbe five year ~~count gr~:wth at .th~~.1f~4 southbound on-ramp to SR 417 isonly451t'rips and thecorrespQnding movement of northbound off-ramp to S~434.is 3~3trips;thesecOU1lt.steprelient both cash collection and electronic tolling hines.With this low growth rate at the SR 434 interchange, the number .of triPs between.thetwointetchang~s~?Sa percentage of all the SR 434 interchangj::trips,contin4es to be low. Although the cost of the toll between the two in~cM:nges is'$O~15. tbjs c~t represents the cost of the total trip fromSR 434 to Aloina' AV(IDue. Ap~ mile based toll rate could be implemented When tolling' becomes fully electronic. . Should you wish to have Turnpike suUfmeetindivid~Uy witkany Com:n1ission members or make a presentation to the City ColJlI'nission on the . results of oUr findings, -please contact Alice Gilmartin of my staff at 407.264.3$26. nJdK Matthew Click, AICP Director of Government Affairs Attachment FIorida's Turnpike Mainline. Beachline West . Homestead Ext. . Polk Pkwy. . Sawgrass Expwy. . Seminole Expwy. . Southern Connector Ext. . Suncoast Pkwy. . Yeterans Expwy. . Western BeltWaY. . SEMINOLE EXPRESSWAY (SR-417) Interchanges in Winter Springs Growth 2003 - 2007 Location 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Volume Percent Red Bug Road on Ramp to NB SR-417 3,716 4,028 4,796 5,587 5,802 2,086 56.14 SR-417 NB off Ramp to SR-434 4,862 5,024 5,038 5,255 5,185 323 6.64 5R-434 on Ramp to 5B SR-417 5,319 5,458 5,644 5,806 5,769 451 8.47 SR-417 SB 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).