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Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Herring
Co-Patron(s): Ebbin, Englin
Improvements at BRAC-133 Project (language only)

Item 452 #2h

Item 452 #2h

Transportation
Transportation, Department of

Language
Page 387, after line 22, insert:
"J. From the amounts provided in this item, $7,000,000 in the first year and $10,000,000 in the second year from funds available in this item shall be provided for the following highway improvements related to the BRAC-133 project at the Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia.
1.  Widen the northbound I-395 off-ramp from two to three lanes and provide two through lanes and one right turn lane.  Restripe the rotary to provide dual lefts for the northbound to westbound movements and eastbound to northbound movements.  Restripe the westbound approach at the I-395 southbound off-ramp intersection to provide two through lanes and one left turn lane.
2.  Widen the Seminary Road westbound approach and gore area from the rotary back to the Mark Center Drive intersection from one to two lanes and provide a dedicated right-turn lane into Southern Towers.  Restripe the westbound Seminary Road flyover to allow one through lane on Seminary Road and one left-turn lane into Mark Center Drive.  Provide a physical separation between the two lanes from the rotary and the left-turn lane at Mark Center Drive.
3. Widen westbound Seminary road to provide a deceleration lane and widen northbound Beauregard Street to provide an acceleration lane for the westbound-to-northbound right-turn lane.
4. Widen the eastbound Seminary Road approach to Mark Center Drive to allow three through lanes.
5. Widen northbound Beauregard Street between Mark Center Drive and Seminary Road to provide a dedicated right-turn lane at the northbound approach to Seminary Road after the direct connect ramp from northbound Beauregard Street to eastbound Seminary Road.  Reconfigure the intersection to allow the three-to-two through-lane drop at the new dedicated left-turn lanes.  The new dedicated right-turn lane will be signed for Seminary Road eastbound to allow eastbound Seminary Road traffic to avoid the weave condition between the direct-connect ramp exit and Mark Center Drive.
6. Widen eastbound Seminary Road and the southbound I-395 on-ramp by one lane from Mark Center Drive to the ramp meter signal to provide a continuous two-lane ramp from Seminary Road to the ramp meter.  Restripe the southbound ramp connection from the rotary to provide a merge into the two-lane ramp from eastbound
Seminary Road."


Explanation
(This amendment directs the Department of Transportation to allocate $7.0 million in the first year and $10.0 million in the second year from available highway funds to undertake six projects required to mitigate the impacts related to the BRAC-133 project at Mark Center in Alexandria.)