[Special Meeting on MOVEBR ]
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AUTO ACCIDENTS, MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.WELL, THEY'RE ALL PART OF LIFE.
WHEN THEY HAPPEN ON BUSY STREETS, THEY CAN SHUT A CITY DOWN.
THAT'S WHY A MAJOR PROJECT AND THE MOON EPR PROGRAM INCLUDES TRAFFIC SIGNAL, EQUIPMENT UPGRADES, SOFTWARE IMPROVEMENTS, AND FIBER OPTIC KATY UPDATE SIGNALS THROUGHOUT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
SO WHEN ANY INCIDENT OCCURS, WE CAN GET OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ON THE SCENE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND KEEP OUR CAPITAL CITY MOVING MOVE.
EVR IS THE LARGEST AND MOST SIGNIFICANT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN THE HISTORY OF OUR PARENTS.
AN IMPORTANT PART OF MOVIE VR IS A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT CAN HELP US SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF TODAY AND GET US READY FOR THE FUTURE.
IN THIS DIGITAL AGE, THE MAJORITY OF CITIES IN THE U S STILL DO NOT HAVE FULLY CONDUCTED TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
NOW BATON ROUGE IS LEADING THE WAY.
WELCOME TO OUR ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER FROM HERE, DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS WORK TO KEEP OUR STREETS SAFE AND GET YOU WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
WITHOUT DELAYS WITH THE MOVIE BR PROGRAM WILL ACHIEVE 100% CONDUCTIVITY WITH OUR TRACK SIGNALS, ALLOWING US TO ADJUST TRAFFIC FLOW AT ANY TIME TO KEEP OUR STREETS MOVING.
WE'RE SPENDING WISELY, DOING MORE WITH WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
SO OUR EXISTING ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS PERFORM BEYOND THEIR CURRENT LEVELS.
ONCE THESE UPGRADES ARE COMPLETE, OUR TRAFFIC WILL FLOW SMOOTHER.
OUR STREETS WILL BE SAFER AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES WILL BE QUICKER.
HERE'S HOW WE'LL DO IT IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS, THE MOVE EPR PROGRAM WILL DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF FIBER OPTIC CABLE CONNECTING SIGNALS 176 MONTHS.
SO THE LIGHTS ON EVERY QUARTER CAN BE SYNCHRONIZED BASED ON TRAFFIC FLOW LARGE-SCALE EVENTS, RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC OR EMERGENCIES.
THE UPGRADES WILL ALLOW EVERY SIGNAL TO BE ADJUSTED FROM A CENTRAL COMMAND CENTER THAT MONITORS ACTIVITY.
THIS HELPS RESOLVE TRAFFIC JAMS AND GET YOU MOVING AGAIN.
EVERY SECOND COUNTS AND A FIRE OR MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
ALONG WITH THE MOVIE VR SIGNAL UPGRADES, THE CITY PARISH IS EQUIPPED OVER 470 TRAFFIC SIGNALS WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TO PREEMPT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, TURNING TRAFFIC SIGNALS GREEN TO REACH DESTINATIONS FASTER.
THIS WILL PRODUCE RESPONSE TIME AND HELPED PREVENT ACCIDENTS BY MOVING TRAFFIC.
A LAW AHEAD OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES WHEN TRAFFIC SIGNALS LOSE POWER DURING STORM EVENTS OR OTHER INCIDENTS, TRAVEL BECOMES UNSAFE AS FRUSTRATION IN TRAFFIC JAMS, BILL THE NEW MOON EPR TRAFFIC GRID WILL EQUIP SIGNALS AND KEY CORRIDORS WITH EMERGENCY POWER SUPPLIES FOR UP TO FOUR HOURS.
AND TO KEEP SIGNALS OPERATING WHILE REPAIRS ARE UNDERWAY, THE MOVIE VR PROGRAM WE'LL BUILD CAPACITY IN OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, ENHANCE EXISTING ROADWAYS, AND IN SOME CASES BUILD NEW STREETS, BUT WITHOUT UPGRADING OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEMS, WE COULDN'T ACHIEVE THE BENEFITS OF A COMPREHENSIVE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THE CITIZENS OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, WE'RE GETTING OUR CITY AND PARISH.
ONCE THE SIGNAL UPGRADES ARE COMPLETE, THAT RUSE WILL BE ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING CITIES FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY WITH 100% CONNECTIVITY MOVING THE ART IS GETTING YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GO SAFER, QUICKER, AND IT ALL STARTS LIKE THANK YOU GUYS.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TODAY AND I'M GLAD EVERYBODY SHOWED UP TODAY BECAUSE IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, VENUE DEPTH.
WE THINK THAT IS SOMETIMES MISUNDERSTOOD ABOUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE.
AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO TODAY IS TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION AND A LITTLE MORE TECHNICAL ISSUE THAT THAT CAN MAYBE HELP FACILITATE GETTING THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION OUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
AS IT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID, A COUPLE OF TIMES, INCLUDING MARK, THIS IS A LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE FROM, FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT OF, FROM THE HISTORY, BUT MOST IMPORTANT PART, I THINK, AND I'VE BEEN AROUND HERE A LONG TIME IS TO KNOW THAT THAT THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN ITSELF IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO FINALLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN BE TRULY CALLED SYNCHRONIZATION CONNECTIVITY.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PART TO A DRIVER IS RELIABILITY AND CONSISTENCY.
AND I THINK WE'LL SEE THAT WHEN
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THIS PROGRAM IS COMPLETED AND THEY OWN IN THE FUTURE, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.AND I HEAR IT EVERY DAY FROM TRAFFIC AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
WHAT'S NOT TAKING PLACE TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE YOU A LITTLE BIT ON THE SIGMA PROGRAM AND THE SYNCHRONIZATION AND WHAT, WHAT TAKES PLACE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? UH, AS MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE MS. CINDY PENNINGTON, WHO'S MY ACTING CHIEF TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
UH, SHE WILL, SHE'S A 25 YEAR VETERAN HERE WITH THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND TRAFFIC.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SHE'S BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM SINCE THE GET GO.
UH, I'LL ALSO MENTIONED THAT, UM, THE PROGRAM MANAGERS AND, AND STAFFING THAT WE'VE HAD AVAILABLE TO HELP US MOVE OUR PROGRAM FORWARD, IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
SO WHAT OUR FURTHER DO, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MS. CINDY PENNINGTON, AND SHE'LL GO THROUGH THE STEPS, UH, UM, WHAT WE DO WELL, WHERE YOU ARE, AND WE'LL BE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, LIKE FRED SAID, MY NAME IS CINDY PENNINGTON AND I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT 24 YEARS, ACTUALLY 25 YEARS.
I STARTED AS A STUDENT 25 YEARS AGO.
FRED HIRED ME AND, UH, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND HOW THIS IS ALL GONNA WORK TOGETHER.
UH, FRED AND THE MAYOR HAVE BEEN TELLING Y'ALL THAT THE, UH, SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION IS COMING, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT MEANS.
SO LET'S, LET'S GET INTO IT AND GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
SO WE SET OUT SOME GOALS EARLY FOR MOVIE BR FOR OUR SIGNAL SYSTEM.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SIGNALS WERE CONNECTED AND THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO MANAGE THEM FROM OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER.
WE, UH, WE WANTED REAL-TIME CONTROL OF THOSE BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S INCIDENTS MAYBE WRECKS ON THE INTERSTATE SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE FOOTBALL.
UH, THERE COULD BE EVACUATIONS MAYBE OF NEW ORLEANS DURING A HURRICANE UNUSUAL CONGESTION, FOR SOME REASON, OR EVEN THE UPCOMING INTERSTATE PROJECTS WE NEED TO BE READY FOR.
WE WANTED FASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES, AND WE WANT THOSE CONSISTENT COMMUTE TIMES.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO ACCOUNT ON THEIR COMMUTE TIME BEING THE SAME EVERY DAY.
THE CONTROLLERS WERE OLD, THE DETECTORS WERE OLD.
CONFLICT MONITORS WERE OLD, THE SCHOOL FLASH, OR SOME OF THOSE WERE 40 YEARS OLD.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY TO GET THE INFORMATION BACK TO US.
SO HOW DO WE GET THERE? WE KNOW WE NEED FIBER OPTIC CABLE FOR COMMUNICATION.
WE NEED CAMERAS, HARDWARE, AND SOFTWARE SIGNAL UPGRADES.
AND IN SIGNAL RETIREMENT, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE TO HELP YOU ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS.
THAT IS THE CONNECTIVITY THAT GETS THE INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH FROM THE SIGNAL TO THE ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER.
IT IMPROVES THOSE QUARTER OPERATIONS, BUT IT ALLOWS US TO MAKE REAL-TIME CHANGES.
THIS IS A LIST OF WHERE INSTALLING FIBER, WE'RE INSTALLING FIBER THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.
YOU'LL SEE, IT'S THE ONLY RED CONDUIT GOING IN.
SO ANYTIME YOU SEE THAT RED CONDUIT, THAT'S ALL FIBER GO IN AND YOU'LL SEE SOME REALLY BIG QUARTERS.
WE'RE CATCHING AIRLINE IN FLORIDA, NORTH BOULEVARD, NICHOLSON AND BURBANK, LOT OF BIG CORRIDORS ARE GETTING FIBER.
AND THEN THESE ARE THE ONES KIND OF LISTED IN ORDER OF HOW WORK, HOW THEY'RE COMING IN.
DALRYMPLE'S FINISHED AIRLINE IN FLORIDA, NICHOLSON, BURBANK.
THOSE ARE ALL COMING IN AND YOU'LL SEE THE, THE CONDUIT IS INSTALLED.
AND THEN THE WIRES PULLED BY ANOTHER GROUP.
SO SHE YOU'LL SEE THOSE CONDUITS STICKING OUT OF THE GROUND.
AND THAT SHOWS YOU THAT WE'RE GETTING TO THOSE.
CAN YOU HELP ME GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? THANK YOU.
DETECTION DEVICES AND CAMERAS.
THE DETECTION DEVICES HELP OUR SIGNALS UNDERSTAND THAT CARS ARE WAITING AND THAT THEY, UM, THEY NEED TO MAYBE EXTEND THAT LEFT TURN GREEN.
SOME ARE, MAYBE IT NEEDS TO GO TO THE SIDE STREET BECAUSE THE CAR IS WAITING.
SO IT HELPS US THE SIGNAL TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND THEN WE USE THEM FOR TRAFFIC DATA COLLECTION, AND THAT THAT DATA HELPS US RE TIME THOSE SIGNAL CORRIDORS.
SO WE'RE INSTALLING BLUE TOADS.
BLUE TOADS ARE A TON OF, I'M GONNA SAY CORRECTLY.
THEY DETECT THE ANONYMOUS BLUETOOTH
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SIGNALS FROM MOBILE DEVICES AND VEHICLES.SO THEY PICK UP A CAR AT A LOCATION AND THEN THE CAR DRIVES AND IT PICKS IT UP AGAIN AT ANOTHER LOCATION.
AND THAT GIVES US A TRAVEL TIME ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO PLAN SIGNAL TIMING IN THE FUTURE HELPS US TO GET THE CONGESTION DOWN AND MAKE THE CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR TRAFFIC CAMERAS.
THESE CAMERAS ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR VEHICLE.
THESE ARE IN THE FIELDS AND HELP US SEE THE TRAFFIC SO WE CAN MOVE THEM.
WE CAN POINT THEM IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T RECORD AT ALL.
THEY'RE JUST FOR MONITORING TRAFFIC, HELP US GET THAT TIME RESPONSE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE UPGRADES.
SO OUR SOFTWARE WAS OLD, WERE HAVING A HARD TIME CONTROLLING THE SIGNALS, CONTROLLING OUR VIDEO WALLS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THIS IS HELPING US GET ALL THAT INFORMATION BACK AND THEN GET THAT INTO A USABLE FORMAT THAT WE CAN MAKE ALL OF THESE CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO.
SO HERE ARE SOME OTHER SIGNAL UPGRADES WE'RE REPLACING OUTDATED EQUIPMENT.
SOME OF OUR SIGNALS ARE REALLY OLD.
SOME OF THOSE SIGNALS HAVE BEEN THERE.
A PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS WERE NEEDED, EMERGENCY VEHICLE PREEMPTION, BACKUP POWER SUPPLY, AND FLASHING YELLOW TURN YELLOW ARROWS.
UM, SO WE'LL GO THROUGH A FEW OF THOSE FLASHING YELLOW ARROW.
UM, THE STATE STARTED THEIR PROJECT.
FIRST, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE STATE STARTED THAT PROJECT FIRST AND THEN MOVIE.
WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK WITH THEIRS AFTER THAT THOSE FLASHY YELLOW ERRORS OR ARE TO REDUCE CRASHES WHEN THERE'S HEAVY TRAFFIC, BUT THEN WHEN THERE'S LIGHT TRAFFIC REDUCE THE DELAYS, ALLOW PEOPLE TO TURN.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO US THAT PEOPLE LEARN HOW THEY WORK.
IF YOU GET A STEADY GREEN ARROW, YOU GET TO GO, YOU ALWAYS YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS, BUT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THAT SITUATION.
A SOLID YELLOW ARROW MEANS THAT YOU SHOULD PREPARE TO STOP FLASHING YELLOW ARROW.
YOU YIELD TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND ALWAYS PEDESTRIANS, BUT YOU CAN TURN AS THOSE GET CLOSER, WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO DO A GOOD JOB OF GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC EMERGENCY VEHICLE PREEMPTION.
SO WE HAVE INSTALLED EMERGENCY VEHICLE PREEMPTION IN FIRETRUCKS AND AMBULANCES, AND THIS IMPROVES THEIR RESPONSE TIME AND IMPROVES THEIR SAFETY.
IT HELPS THE CARS TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND GIVES THEM GREEN.
SO IT NOT ONLY TURNS IT GREEN FOR THEM.
IT TURNS IT GREEN EARLY ENOUGH TO CLEAR OUT ANY CONGESTION SO THAT THEY CAN GET THROUGH EMERGENCY POWER SUPPLIES.
SO, UM, WE KNOW POWER PROBLEMS, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE SPRING AND THE SUMMER, WE GET THOSE LITTLE SHORT POWER SURGES OR POWER DELAYS, THOSE CONTRIBUTE TO CONGESTION AND THEN MAKE IT UNSAFE.
SO WE, WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH AND CAME UP WITH THESE ARE INTEROPERABLE POWER SUPPLIES.
THEY GIVE US FOUR HOURS OF POWER AND WE PUT THEM AT 117 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ON SOME OF THOSE BIG KEY CORRIDORS.
THE TRAVELING PUBLIC PROBABLY WON'T EVEN KNOW THIS IS THERE, BUT WE KNOW, AND IT HELPS KEEP THAT TRAFFIC FLOW IT IN 2015, FH W DESIGNATED BATON ROUGE AS A BIKE AND PEDS SAFETY FOCUSED CITY.
THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF BIKE AND PED CRASHES.
AND WE KNOW THAT THE MAYOR CAME OUT EARLY DURING MOVE BR AND COMMITTED THAT MOVIE BR WOULD PUT BIKE AND PID PRIORITY.
AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF BIKE AND PED FACILITIES.
THIS IS A HIGH INTENSITY ACTIVATED CROSSWALK, AND WE CALL IT A HAWK.
NEW THERE'S ONE INSTALLED IN NEW ORLEANS, BUT WE'RE REALLY COMING OUT IN THE FOREFRONT IN THIS.
UM, THEY THEY'RE ACTIVATED ONLY WHEN YOU PUSH A BUTTON.
SO IT STAYS GREEN FOR TRAFFIC THE REST OF THE TIME.
AND THEN WHEN THEY PUSH THE BUTTON, THEY'LL GET THE GREEN AND IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS PEOPLE.
MID-BLOCK SOME OF OUR BLOCKS ARE REALLY LONG AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO WALK THAT FAR.
SO THIS GIVES US A MID-BLOCK CROSSING.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHERS, SIGNALIZATION IMPROVEMENTS,
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UH, SPEED SIGNS.WE'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLING THOSE IN COLLECTORS AROUND THE CITY.
SOME OF THOSE BUSY COLLECTORS KIND OF IN NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THROUGH TRAFFIC, A LOT OF SPEEDING.
AND SO THIS IS GOING TO HELP THEM TO ENJOY THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN AND GET PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, PERMANENT COUNT STATIONS, AND THOSE COUNT CARS ON THOSE BUSY CORRIDORS SO THAT WE CAN GET LOTS OF INFORMATION BACK TO US.
AND THEN SCHOOL FLASHERS ARE, I TOLD YOU OUR SCHOOL FLASHERS WERE REALLY OLD AND WE'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLING 400 SCHOOL FLASHERS CONTROLLED AT THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER.
SO IF KIDS GET OUT EARLY, WE CAN HIT THE BUTTON AND TURN ON THOSE FLASHERS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE TO WALK HOME.
WE'VE INSTALLED 400,000 FEET OF FIBER.
IT'S A LOT OF FIBER, A THOUSAND FEET A DAY WE'VE WE'VE INSTALLED THE BACKUP POWER FOR SIGNALS.
TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLLERS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.
THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE PREEMPTIONS INSTALLED SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ARE INSTALLED AND BEING HOOKED UP RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THESE THREE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT AWAY, NEW SCHOOL FLASHERS COUNT STATIONS AND VEHICLE DETECTION.
A COUPLE OF THINGS TO POINT OUT IS THAT MIDDLE OF 20, 23, WE'RE GOING TO BE WRAPPING UP.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF THOSE BIG SIGNAL REPLACEMENTS.
AND THOSE ARE FULL REBUILD OF SIGNALS.
SO TOP TO BOTTOM, NEW POLES, NEW EQUIPMENT, ALL OF THAT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER.
USUALLY YOU HAVE TO BUY SOME RIGHT AWAY.
SO THOSE WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT WE SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP AT THE END OF 23.
ALL OF THIS THING, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT I'VE DESCRIBED, THEY ARE BUILDING US FOR THE FUTURE.
WE ARE LEADING THE COUNTRY IN SOME OF THIS STUFF, AND ALL OF THIS IS GETTING US READY FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES OR ADAPTIVE SIGNAL TIMING.
ALL OF THOSE BUZZ WORDS THAT YOU'RE HEARING ARE REAL THINGS, AND WE'RE INSTALLING THE EQUIPMENT TO BE READY WHEN THE TECHNOLOGY'S THERE.
IT'S KIND OF A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
AND I HOPE THIS CLEARS UP A LOT OF INFORMATION AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE, AND I'LL BE AROUND FOR QUESTIONS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING EACH OF YOU READ.
WHAT WE ALSO WANT TO DO IS KIND OF UPDATE YOU A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF THE ACTIVITY THAT WE HAVE A PROGRAM FOR 2022.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T LOOK AT THE PROJECTS UNTIL THEY GET DESIGNED, CAUSE YOU CAN'T GET IT ON A CONSTRUCTION.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE BUILDING AND WHAT, WHERE WE'LL HAVE AS A PROBLEM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FIVE TO SIX, PROBABLY NEW PROJECTS THAT WILL COME OUT UNDER THE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM.
UH, THAT'S SET UP THAT GOES THROUGH THE SELECTION BOARD ONCE THAT'S DONE.
AND THOSE PROJECTS ARE ONE WOULD BE THOMAS FRO, WHICH IS FROM PLANK ROAD TO HIGHWAY 19.
CLAY CUT WILL BE FROM ASHLEY, UH, JEFFERSON HIGHWAY TO FOSTER DRIVE.
AND WHAT I SAY ENHANCEMENT IS TURNING LAND IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY, BUT ALSO SIDEWALK PEDESTRIAN BIKES FACILITIES AS CINDY INDICATED.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, THE MAYOR WAS VERY ADAMANT ABOUT OUR PROGRAM, BEING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION ADDRESS UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
AND I THINK ONCE YOU FINISHED, WE'RE FINISHED WITH THIS AND THEN GO AHEAD AND IN THE DIRECTION WE ARE, IT WILL DO SO MICKENS ROAD, THAT'S FROM, UH, GREENWELL SPRINGS ROAD TO JOR A MAJOR AREA UP THERE FOR TRAFFIC, BUT, UH, MANY REQUESTS FOR SIDEWALKS TO CONNECT THE SCHOOLS.
ALSO WITH THE SUBDIVISIONS IN THE AREA, WE THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO PORT HERTZ AND UH, PRIDE AREA.
THERE'S A SECTION OF ROADWAY, UH, FROM 9 64 TO A PLANK THAT AGAIN, SUBDIVISIONS SIDEWALKS AND TURNING LAND IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE AND SHARP, WHICH IS FROM FLORIDA TO, UH, OH, HAMMOND HIGHWAY.
UH, THAT WAS PROBABLY A VERY INTERESTING MEETING WE HAVE WITH SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AND ALSO SOME OF THE CHURCHES ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY, TO TIE AND WALK INTO VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND TRY TO GET THESE AMENITIES DONE THAT THEY CAN USE EVERYDAY WITHOUT HAPPENING TO DRIVE A VEHICLE FROM PLACE TO PLACE.
UH, AS FAR AS WHERE WE ARE WITH CONSTRUCTION, UM, CURRENTLY WE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW WITH PERKINSON BACARDI WOULD THE TWO BRIDGES THAT ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED THAT ARE UNNECESSARY.
THE NEXT BIG CHALLENGE WE HAVE WILL BE THE RAILROAD, UH, CROSSING OR THE UNDERPASS THAT WE WILL HAVE AT THAT LOCATION.
IT PICARDI, UM, IT IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS, BUT IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE THAT CONNECT NET CONNECTIVITY FROM THE RING ROAD TO PERKINS.
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UM, A COACH ROAD IS SOMETHING UP NORTH.EVERYBODY SAID WHAT WE'RE DOING UP NORTH.
WELL, THERE, THEIR NEEDS UP THERE TO CERTAINLY, UH, THE, THE RAILWAY IN ITSELF IS VERY NARROW.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING A RIGHT-AWAY, UH, FOR THE, THE PROPERTY IT NEEDED, UH, FOR THAT ROAD IMPROVEMENT, IT WILL BE, AND WE'LL PROVIDE SIDEWALK ON THE SIDES OF THE STREET TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE HAVE SIX ADA PRO UH, PROJECTS, UH, AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT WHERE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND GO FROM PLACE TO PLACE.
MOST OF THESE WILL BE TIED INTO THE PLANK ROAD CORRIDOR, WHICH WILL ALSO BE PART OF THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT, UH, THAT WILL GET PEOPLE TO, AND FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN, AND THIS PROGRAM ALSO JOHNS CREEK WILL BE THE EXTENSION FROM TIGER BAND NOW TO AN AIRLINE HIGHWAY.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHTAWAY A VERY SIGNIFICANT PROJECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE PARISH.
UH, THE INTERSECTION AT JEFFERSON AND BLUE BONNET WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION SOMETIME, PROBABLY SECOND QUARTER, UM, THAT IS TO PROVIDE A NECESSARY TURNING LINES THAT ARE NEEDED IN ALL DIRECTIONS TO, ESPECIALLY ON BLUE BOND IN ITSELF FOR THE TRAFFIC BACKING UP TO MAKE THAT LEFT TURN, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION.
THE ONE EVERYBODY ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT IS TO PQ LINE.
UH, WE'LL, WE'LL BE MOVING TO THE THIRD PHASE STREET UNDER PHASE THREE.
WE WILL DEAL WITH ACTUALLY THE CONSTRUCTION AND WIDENING OF TQ ITSELF BETWEEN AIRLINE AND PERKINS.
UH, THERE ARE CERTAIN SECTIONS ON BOTH ENDS THAT ARE ALREADY DONE, BUT WE WILL TIE INTO THOSE TRANSITIONS AND ALSO WE'LL PROVIDE THE RAMP.
SO WILL BE, UH, ALSO CONSTRUCTED AT THE SAME TIME, UH, IN ALL FOUR DIRECTIONS AT THAT LOCATION.
UM, HOPEFULLY, UH, FROM, BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE GOT FROM DOTD AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SECRETARY, WE HELPED TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHERE THAT PART, UH, PROBABLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THAT ACTUALLY DOING THE CLEARING AND GRUBBING, UH, FOR THE RAILWAYS TO BUILD, UH, MOVE SOME OF THE UTILITIES THAT ARE STILL IMPACTED IN THAT AREA.
BUT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT FOR TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
THAT ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAPPEN ON SEGUN AND ALSO HOLLAND.
THIS JUST WILL BE ANOTHER, UH, ROUTE TO, FOR THE PUBLIC EMOTE IN PUBLIC TO USE, TO GET WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
UM, CERTAINLY I THINK THAT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE WE CAN AT LEAST TRY TO GET US MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, I THINK WITH THE SIGNALIZATION PROGRAM AND ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION.
UH, AND I THINK MAYOR BROOME WILL ALSO TELL YOU REAL QUICKLY THAT THESE THINGS NEED TO BE DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND OUR GOAL AND OBJECTIVE IS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS WITH THAT.
UM, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA ASK SOME QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO AT THIS POINT.
THE PRESENTATION IS COMPLETED AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE, UH, WE'LL WAIT TO, OKAY, COME ON, SANDY.