| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #110 | |||||||||
| Highway Modifications to SR 583 (56th St.) and SR580 (Busch Blvd.) | |||||||||
| Requester: | Kim Leinbach, City Manager | Organization: | City of Temple Terrace | ||||||
| Project Title: | Highway Modifications to SR 583 (56th St.) and SR580 (Busch Blvd.) | Date Submitted | 1/13/2006 2:34:08 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Homan | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| This roadway modification project is on the funding project list for the Florida Department of Transportation. The highway modifications are part of one of the largest planned redevelopment projects in central Florida. A new downtown for the City of Temple Terrace is planned as a pedestrian oriented, walkable community that will set an example of sustainable, urban development in an inner ring City. The project has generated national interest and will certainly be a focus of other communities in the State of Florida. The two highways in question are both State roads, carrying substantial traffic loads. The two roads are main feeder routes to Busch Gardens, which attracts four million visitors a year from all over the State and the country. By making changes/improvements to the roads, would assist in the movement of traffic near this tourist attraction as well as the local traffic which must deal with the increased traffic due to tourists in the area. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | City of Temple Terrace | Contact: | Mr. Kim Leinbach, City Manager | ||||||
| 11250 N. 56th St | Contact Phone: | (813) 989-7105 | |||||||
| Temple Terrace 33617 | Contact email: | kleinbach@templeterrace.com | |||||||
| Counties: | Hillsborough | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Yes | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| SR580 and SR583 traverse the aging central business district of Temple Terrace. The State roads are overcrowded, outdated in their design, pedestrian unfriendly, and, in short are the primary detriment to the successful redevelopment of Temple Terrace, as identified by 13 developers in 2004. The multi-phased plan to improve these roadways envisions the construction of 18 foot medians, new intersection signalization, improved pedestrian crossings, wider sidewalks, access management improvements, and landscaping. The changes to these roads would be beautification, traffic flow, business access, and safety modifications to SR 580 and SR 583. | |||||||||
| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Funding of this project will allow for the redevelopment of Temple Terrace, which is anticipated to create 547 new jobs, eliminate 38 acres of brownfields, and bring more than $150 million of new development to the decaying center of Temple Terrace. There would be an improved movement or flow of traffic in this tourist-laden area. There would be an indeterminate decrease in traffic and pedestrian accidents in the area due to the safety modifications made to the roadways that would assist motor vehicles, bikes, and pedestrians navigate the area. There would be a positive impact on the asthetic appeal of the area. As a result, there would be an indeterminate positive impact on the economic vitality of the area because of the improved appearance of the area. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $1,500,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $13,700,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Construction | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local, Federal | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $5,000,000 | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $7,200,000 | To Fund: | Construction | ||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | Yes | ||||||||
| Agency | Transportation, Department Of | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | No | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Agency Funding Priorities for 2011, FDOT 2006-07 Workplan | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Hillsborough County Legislative Delegation | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 01/07/2006 | ||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||