TRB/AASHTO Environment & Energy Conference June 6-9, 2010 Raleigh

23 Pages·2010·1.67 MB·English

by  Jill S. Gurak

TRB/AASHTO Environment & Energy Conference
June 6-9, 2010 Raleigh, NC
Session 10: Public-Private Partnerships, Tolling,
and the NEPA Process
Jill Gurak, PE, AICP
Project Director – PBS&J
Raleigh, NC
Presentation focuses on issues in NEPA that
differ for:
Toll Projects vs Traditional Projects
PPPs and Design-Build Teams
Using toll project examples from North Carolina
Gaston East-West Connector (Garden Parkway)
Monroe Connector/Bypass
Mid-Currituck Bridge
NCTA Projects
Monroe Connector/Bypass – Design-Build
Gaston East-West Connector – Design-Build
Mid-Currituck Bridge –
PPP with Pre-Development Agreement
What’s always common in the
NEPA process for Toll and PPP
Projects?
NEPA applies through FHWA
(cid:161)
involvement, regardless of
financing/procurement methods
Process must be transparent
(cid:161)
Must provide full disclosure of issues
(cid:161)
and decisions
Where do differences occur?
Purpose and Need
(cid:161)
Alternatives Development
(cid:161)
Design Elements
(cid:161)
Impact Evaluation
(cid:161)
Public/Stakeholder Involvement
(cid:161)
Purpose and Need
FHWA / FTA Guidance
(cid:161)
“If the financial plan for an MPO’s LRTP indicates
funding for a specific project will require special
funding sources (tolls, private financing, etc.), such
information may be included in the purpose and
need statement.”
www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/section6002/1.htm
The Environmental Review Process – Question 33
Purpose and Need
When could this guidance apply?
An MPO uses tolls as a specific goal or
(cid:161)
objective in an LRTP
An agency proposes to complete a
(cid:161)
network of tolled facilities (e.g. HOT
Lanes)
An agency/MPO can prove a project has
(cid:161)
insufficient funding
Purpose and Need
How does this apply to the 3 examples?
None include tolling or private financing
(cid:161)
as an element of purpose and need
All 3 had insufficient programmed
(cid:161)
funding without tolls