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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit ARule 14-57.010, F.A.C. STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING APPLICATION 725-090-66 RAIL 01/13 ROAD NAME OR NUMBER COUNTY/CITY NAME NE 42nd Street Miami Dade/City of Miami A. IDENTIFICATION Submitted By: Applicant: Valentine Onuiqboh Application For: ❑ Closing a public highway -rail grade crossing by: Office: Capital Improvements ❑ roadway removal ❑ rail removal Telephone: 305-416-1899/786-376-4391 ® Opening a public highway -rail grade crossing by: Address: 444 SW 2nd Ave ❑ new rail line construction ® new roadway construction Miami, FI 33130 ❑ conversion of private to public highway -rail grade crossing B. CROSSING LOCATION FDOT/AAR Crossing Number: N/A Jurisdiction for Street or Roadway by Authority of: ® City ❑ County ❑ State Local Popular Name of Street or Roadway: NE 42nd Street Railroad Company: Florida East Coast Railways (FECR) Railroad Mile Post: RR MP. PL 1-89 (+4624) Submitted for the Applicant by: Valentine Onuiqboh. - Project Manager DATE: 4/29/2018 Name and Title Application FDOT Review by: Robert Stapleton DATE: Central Rail Office REFERENCES: (Specific Legal Authority) 334.044 F.S., 120.57 F.S. (Law Implemented) 335.141 F.S. (Administrative Rule) 14-57.012 F.A.C. Rule 14-57.010, F.A.C. STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING APPLICATION 725-090-66 RAIL 01/13 Attachment Page CLOSING APPLICATION QUESTIONNAIRE Maps, aerials, and supporting documentation must be provided with the application. If all parties, Applicant, Railroad, and Department, fail to agree to the rail crossing closure through a Stipulation of Parties, the Applicant must establish the closure meets the criteria found in Rule 14-57.012, Florida Administrative Code. This questionnaire will assist the Department in evaluating the criteria and is not intended to be an exclusive list of factors. If the information is not available or unknown, please mark N/A. Florida Administrative Code criteria: A) Safety a-1. How will the crossing closure affect safety to drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, and rail personnel? crossing will not impact safety to drivers and pedestrians, cyclists and rail personnel a-2. What, if any, safety measures are proposed for adjacent crossings? safety measures such as pre-emption, and rail crossing safety features are anticipated for this crossing for vehicular and pedestrian traffic. a-3. Identify all highway traffic control devices and highway traffic signals at adjacent crossings that may be improved or upgraded if the subject crossing is closed. N. Miami CT at -grade railroad crossing will be closed, blocked with guardeail. it will consist of redistribution vehicles. a-4. What is the distance from the subject crossing to the nearest intersection? Identify the street. NE 39 St., 1000 feet a-5. Are there structures, fences, or vegetation near the subject crossing that inhibits sight distance? None a-6. Identify major traffic generators (i.e., businesses, shopping malls, recreational areas, special events, etc.) in this area. Specify type, location, and distance to subject crossing. Publix about a 11/2 miles north, design distric mall 1/2 mile to the southwest.N a-7. Is the crossing located on a designated evacuation route? Federal Highway is an evacuation route a-8. Provide a traffic operations and safety analysis, with traffic issues evaluated for the railroad crossing closure. This analysis should include all adjacent rail crossings and roadways in the immediate vicinity and the increase in traffic predicted on these roadways from rerouting. There are increased traffic volume on the adjacent crossings but the level of service did not change due to the increase traffic volume. as per table 3 on page 3.2. B) Necessity for rail and vehicle traffic b-1. Is the crossing necessary to access property? Yes and to alleviate cross traffic at NE 36th street and increase level of service at N.E. 42nd Street. b-2. Provide description of land use on each side of the rail crossing. Residential to the North, commercial to the South b-3. Are there any churches, schools, or hospitals within a mile or less of the subject crossing? Please list by name and location. Residential to the North, commercial to the south. b-4. Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) at the crossing? see attached study b-5. Level of service at the crossing? b-6. Percentage of truck traffic? b-7. Do trucks carrying hazardous materials use the crossing? No If so, approximately how many trips per day or week? b-8. How many school buses use the crossing daily? None b-9. What is the estimated number of pedestrians and bike riders that use the subject crossing (daily/weekly)? less than 100 b-10. Is the subject crossing on a local transit route? Yes, Federal Hwy is a local transit route. b-11. Please provide any corridor studies or other preliminary traffic engineering studies that pertain to this crossing. see attached study C) Alternate Routes c-1. Are there access roads available to property owners if the crossing is closed? As per Miami Design District- NE Miami Court grade crossing Technical Memorandum, clossing N.E. Miami CT, property owners would have alternates like N. Miami Avenue, NW Miami CT, and N.E. 2nd Avenue- section 4.0 -Future Conditions 2040. c-2. Name routes that can be used if the crossing is closed? N. Miami Avenue, NW Miami CT. and N.E. 2nd Avenue. c-3. Are there traffic signals on these routes? Yes there are traffic conditions on the alternate routes. c-4. How does the proposed crossing closure impact the AADT at nearby public crossings? Provide estimated traffic count changes. In the miami design district- NE Miami CT grade crossing- technical memorandum , sections 3.2 through 4.2.1 2040 Build Alternative Condition the peak directional volumes are for N. Miami Avenue is 1547 AM Rule 14-57.010, F.A.C. STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 725-090-66 RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING APPLICATION RAIL 01/13 Attachment Page Peak & 1446 PM peak to 1791 AM Peak to 1674 PM Peak and Level of Service D & C to level of service F&C a change in AM LOS; NW Miami CT is 31 AM Peak & 45 PM Peak to 36 AM Peak & 52 PM Peak LOS C to Level of service C no change; N.E 2nd Avenue is 777 AM Peak & 765 PM Peak to 900 AM Peak & 886 PM Peak & LOS D to LOS D no change. c-5 By driving alternate routes, during peak times, calculate the additional travel time and distance between two points (nearest intersection or major access) on either side of the subject crossing. Provide calculated times, routes, and distances. section 5.0 summary of the study conditions of build condition Vs no build condition stipulates that under the 2040 future build conditions there is minimal impact to the study area roadways resulting from the NE Miami Court at grade railroad crossing closure. D) Effect on rail operations and expenses d-1. Provide current number and type of rail tracks at the subject crossing. Two (2) East Mainline / West Mainline Tracks d-2. Are there rail sidings or switches in the location of the subject crossing? Yes Existing H.T. Switch PL1.93 (within the proposed Crossing), will be relocated to PL1.87 (North of the proposed Crossing) d-3. Is there a nearby rail yard? No If so, what is the distance of the yard to the subject crossing. Andrews Yard = 343.71 North(18 Miles) / Hialeah Yard = 369.20 South(10 Miles) d-4. Provide the current number of daily train movements (number of switching or thru trains; number of passenger or freight trains). as of 04/28/2020 the Train Counts are: Freight = 2 per day / Passenger = 34 per day d-5. Provide the approximate times during the day and evening that the crossing is blocked. During Train Movements 0600 - 2230 d-6. Provide the approximate length of time (i.e., minutes) that the crossing is blocked. Varies 5 mins — 20 mins d-7. Provide minimum and maximum train speeds at the subject crossing. Freight = 40mph / Passenger = 40mph d-8. What is the anticipated expansion of tracks and/or train movements? available Possible at any time as needs required d-9. What is the distance from the subject crossing to adjacent public crossings? (Identify adjacent crossings by road name and crossing number.) This information was in the Project Initiation Package for NE 42nd Street, which was included as follows: 840' SOUTH = NE 39th Street) — DOT# 272631 B — RR MP. PL2.02 / 3807' NORTH — 54th Street — DOT# 272627L — RR MP. PL1.13 d-10. What are the estimated costs of the crossing installation and annual maintenance? Who will be responsible for the costs of installation and maintenance? Information not available Roadway agency will be 100% responsible for all cost of installation, and 100% responsible for all maintenance thereafter. Estimated Installation Cost = $869,708.95 / Estimated Maintenance Costs as provided in the Florida Department of Transportation's SCHEDULE OF ANNUAL COST OF AUTOMATIC HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSING TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES = $8,930.00 Annually E) Excessive restriction to emergency type vehicles resulting from closure e-1. Provide response from the Sheriff/Police Chief and Fire Chief to the proposed crossing closure. City of Miami, City Manager in e-2. Based on observation, the response from the City/County, or traffic studies, is this a route that emergency rescue would typically use? No e-3. How many emergency rescue vehicles have used the crossing to respond to calls in the past 2-3 years? Very minimal below radar and not registered as per the technical memoradum for N.E. Miami Court Grade Crossing closure. F) Design of the grade crossing and road approaches f-1. Identify and describe the condition of: crossing surface, rail warning devices (including pavement markings, signs, and highway traffic signals), sidewalks, bike lanes, and approaches on each side of subject crossing. The subject crossing will provide new signing and markings, signal, which will comply with current design rail road track requirements. f-2. Is the crossing surface and track higher than either side of the road (i.e., hump crossing)? Yes from the present height of the railroad to the adjacent roads of Federal Hwy amd NE 4th Avenue.. f-3. What is the vehicular design speed at the subject crossing? 30 mph f-4. Number of lanes at the crossing? 2 lanes, one east bound and one west bound f-5. Width of crossing? 120 feet as per the pg. 41 of proposed plans N.E. 42nd Street f-6. Condition of roadway? Both Federal Hwy and N.E. 4th Avenue have been reconstructed in anticipation of the new crossing at N.E. 42nd Street. Rule 14-57.010, F.A.C. STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING APPLICATION 725-090-66 RAIL 01/13 Attachment Page G) Presence of multiple tracks and their effect upon railroad and highway operations g-1. Please confirm the number of tracks at the location and identify each track. two tracks EXISTING = East Mainline / West Mainline / Port Lead Setout Track PROPOSED = East Mainline / West Mainline (The Port Lead Setout Track will be relocated to the North outside of the Crossing). g-2. How many train movements occur on each track and the types of trains that run on each track (passenger, thru freight, or switching freight and the number of cars)? PORT LEAD SETOUT — Switching - 3 Per Day Freight WEST MAINLINE — Thru - 14 Freight / 34 Passenger EAST MAINLINE - Thru - 14 Freight / 34 Passenger