Title
Street Transportation Department Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2024-25 Through 2029-30 - Citywide
Description
This report provides the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Planning Subcommittee with an update on the Street Transportation Department's proposed Fiscal Years 2025-26 through 2029-30 Capital Improvement Program and an update on the Capital Improvement Program projects for Fiscal Year 2024-25.
THIS ITEM IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
Report
Summary
The Street Transportation Department (Streets) Capital Improvement Program (CIP) funding sources include State of Arizona Highway User Revenue Funds (HURF), Transportation 2050 (T2050), Federal and Local Aid, Capital Construction Funds, and Development Impact Fees. In November 2023, Phoenix residents approved a General Obligation (GO) bond initiative that will add another funding source to the CIP over the next five years.
Streets utilizes five major areas to guide capital funding investments:
Pavement Maintenance.
New and Expanded Streets.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)/Mobility Improvements.
Technology/Safety Enhancements.
Storm Water Improvements.
These prioritized areas are designed to assist Streets to best address public expectations, support traffic and travel demands, facilitate commercial and residential development, advance transportation safety improvements for all road users, and work on local and regional drainage needs throughout the City. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 preliminary expenditure estimates for the Streets' CIP is approximately $527,636,131. Combined, the FY2024-25 and the preliminary five-year CIP for Streets totals $1,573,908,056. See Attachment A.
Pavement Maintenance
The pavement maintenance portion of the CIP includes the pavement preservation program (crack seal, slurry/micro seal, and asphalt overlay), bridge preventive maintenance (rehabilitation, maintenance, and inspection), cool pavement program, cool corridors, alley dust proofing, street sweeper equipment purchases, landscape maintenance and upgrades, and storm damage repairs.
New and Expanded Streets
The goal of New and Expanded Streets projects is to build streets out to their ultimate cross-sections (widths) with the following types of improvements where applicable or feasible: pavement rehabilitation; curb, gutter, sidewalk, and bridge improvements; bicycle infrastructure enhancements; landscaping improvements; and traffic signal, intersection, and storm drain improvements. Below is a list of projects beginning design or construction in FY2024-25.
Dobbins Road: SR 202L to 27th Avenue - Design.
Happy Valley Road: 67th to 35th avenues - Construction.
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Shade Structures - Construction.
64th Street: Mayo Boulevard south 1,400 feet - Construction.
Re-visioning Indian School Road (Safe Streets and Roads for All [SS4A] grant): 91st to 37th avenues - Design.
ADA/Mobility Improvements
The ADA Compliance Improvements program installs, replaces, or improves ADA ramps Citywide that are non-existent or in need of upgrades to meet the current ADA requirements. Funds are programmed in the CIP for ramps in FYs 2024-25 through 2026-30. To better report and monitor these improvements, the City has initiated a four-year self-evaluation of the public right of way to update and complete the ADA Transition Plan. This effort was initiated in October 2024.
The Mobility Improvements includes projects focused on moving the City towards delivery of more active transportation projects that create a connected bicycle and pedestrian network. Below is a list of projects beginning design or construction in FY2024-25.
32nd Street: Cheryl Drive to Cholla Street - Design.
Grand Canal Phase III: 75th to 47th avenues - Construction nearing completion FY2024-25.
3rd Street: Rio Salado to Jefferson Street - Design.
North Valley Parkway & Sonoran Wash Bridge- Design.
Technology Enhancements
Technology Enhancement projects are intended to implement technological solutions to improve traffic operations and safety, while achieving efficiencies in the operation and maintenance of the City's street network. Some of the major technology enhancement projects currently underway and/or programmed within the proposed CIP include:
Intersection Technology: Signal system upgrades involve the latest technological tools needed to support the City's growing traffic signal technology and infrastructure, which include signal controllers and cabinets, software, cameras, message boards, wireless radios, servers, and other related devices necessary to support and improve the traffic signal network. Program funding is included in the Streets' CIP to upgrade three to five intersections per year.
Advanced Detection: Two recent grants will 1) add technology to Indian School Road from 91st to 37th Avenues (SS4A grant), and 2) add advanced detection for bicycles and pedestrians along the Grand Canal and include enhancements at 20 intersections bounded by Bethany Home Road to Northern Avenue, and 7th Avenue to SR 51 (Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation [SMART] grant).
Fiber Communications/Enhanced Program: Expanding fiber enhances operations at intersections and allows signals to be managed more efficiently by Traffic Management Center staff. Recent projects near completion included 12 miles of fiber on both Indian School and Baseline Roads. Additional federal funding has been received to install fiber on 7th Street from Deer Valley Road to Paradise Lane and on 91st Avenue, extending existing fiber at 83rd Avenue and I-10 west to 91st Avenue and south on 91st Avenue to Lower Buckeye Road.
Storm Water Improvements
Storm water projects aim to reduce and mitigate the risk of flooding by constructing regional and local facilities such as basins and storm drainpipes. These projects generally are implemented in partnership with the Flood Control District of Maricopa County (FCDMC). The County requires 50 percent City matching funds for these projects. In addition to regional funded projects, other program funds include projects supportive by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the Local Drainage Mitigation program, the 2023 General Obligation Bond program (GBD), and various Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants. Below is a list of projects beginning design or construction in FY2024-25.
The ARPA Local Drainage Mitigation Program: This program is a significant step in our efforts to address storm-related flood complaints by Phoenix residents. It provides the City with the opportunity to invest federal funding into 13 separate local drainage mitigation projects throughout the City. The mitigation projects include adding drainage ditches, storm drain lines, catch basins, inlets, and other flood mitigating structures. The construction is underway.
3rd Avenue and Thomas Road Drainage Improvements - Design.
35th Avenue and Dobbins Road Storm Drain - Design.
20th Street and Lookout Mountain Storm Drain: Construction anticipated in summer 2025.
2023 GO Bond Program (GBP): In partnership with the FCDMC, GBP will provide 35 percent funding to implement several components of the Hohokam Area Drainage Master Plan Study and the Laveen Area Drainage Feasibility Study. The project includes the design and construction of eight storm water mitigation projects in the Hohokam area with four projects in Laveen.
Local Drainage Solutions Program: Consists of several projects and studies to investigate flooding concerns by local residents.
Challenges
A current and ongoing funding challenge is that HURF is the primary funding source for Streets' CIP. The effectiveness and long-term sustainability of this fund has, and is expected to continue to be, diminished over time because of increased electric vehicle utilization, improved vehicle fuel efficiencies, use of alternate modes of transportation, and lack of any fuel tax increase since 1991. Another factor that impacts HURF allotment is population growth. As other towns and cities grow, they are poised to receive larger allotments of HURF funding. The City expects that the 2030 census will ultimately impact the amount of HURF funds that the City of Phoenix will be allocated.
Opportunities
Streets continues to pursue all funding opportunities whenever solicitations are made through the local, regional, state, or federal agencies when notice of funding and/or call for projects are announced that align with the City’s transportation goals and objectives. This past year, Streets submitted several competitive grant applications and was successful in securing over $14 million in federal funding for transportation projects that help leverage City dollars programmed in Streets' CIP.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Inger Erickson and the Street Transportation Department.