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The Appalachian Development

Highway System: Past, Present, and

the Possible Future

2016 WVDOT/MPO/FHWA

Planning Conference

Tom Smith, PE

ARC Senior Transportation Advisor

September 20, 2016

Appalachia: A Report by the

President's Appalachian Regional

Commission, 1964

The Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965

Status of Completion as of 9/30/2015

Open to Traffic,

Stage

Construction, or

Under

Construction

Design or

Location

Stage

Total Miles

Eligible for

ADHS

Funding

System

Total2784 mi.

(90.1%)

306 mi.

(9.9%)

3090 mi.

True or False?

MAP-21 “sunset” the Appalachian

Development Highway System (ADHS)

Program

States have lost interest since ADHS was

stirred into the Overall Funding Pot (Loss

of dedicated ADHS Funding)

Has the ADHS Gone Away?

Current Active Construction:

Ohio $429 Million

Pennsylvania $387 Million

Alabama $275 Million

West Virginia $270 Million

Virginia $191 Million

Kentucky $111 Million

Tennessee $39 Million

Georgia $12 Million

Total $1.714 Billion

Upcoming Over 6 years:

Pennsylvania $310 Million

North Carolina $272 Million

West Virginia $198 Million

Virginia $193 Million

Kentucky $164 Million

Alabama $148 Million

Maryland $81 Million

Tennessee $67 Million

Georgia $55 Million

Total $1.488 Billion

What Does Congress Think?

Public Law 112-141 - MAP-21

SEC. 1528. APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

(a) Sense of the Senate.--It is the Sense of the Senate that the timely completion of the Appalachian development highway system is a transportation priority in the national interest.

Remaining ADHS Funds & Obligation

Authority (As of 8/31/16)Unobligated Funds Unobligated Limitation

Alabama $35.1 million $3.2 million

Georgia $214.2 million $193.7 million

Kentucky $136.7 thousand $40.0 thousand

Maryland $96.2 million $87.1 million

Mississippi --- ----

New York ** $22.3 million $5.1 million

North Carolina $272.1 million $246.1 million

Ohio $101.5 million $76.3 million

Pennsylvania $151.4 million $45.4 million

South Carolina ** $25.0 million $20.7 million

Tennessee $231.8 million $185.5 million

Virginia $136.6 million $115.1 million

West Virginia $55.3 million $128.1 thousand

--------------------------- ------------------------------

TOTAL $1.34 Billion $978 Million

ADHS

Status by

State

Status Codes:

Blue Essentially Finished with the ADHS

Dark Green Actively Advancing the ADHS

Orange No Current Plans to Complete the ADHS

ADHS

Status

by State

Complete!

SOUTH CAROLINA Status:

Finished with the ADHSStatus of Completion as of 9/30/2015

Open to Traffic,

Stage

Construction,

or Under

Construction

Design or

Location

Stage

Total Miles

Eligible for

ADHS

Funding

System

Total22.9 mi.

(100%)

-- 22.9 mi.

Corridor W

NEW YORKStatus:

Essentially Finished with the ADHS

Status of Completion as of 9/30/2015

Open to

Traffic, Stage

Construction,

or Under

Construction

Design or

Location

Stage

Total Miles

Eligible for

ADHS

Funding

System

Total222 mi.

(100%)

--

(--)

222 mi.

Corridor T

Full Speed Ahead!

OHIOStatus:

Actively Advancing the ADHS

Status of Completion as of 9/30/2015

Open to Traffic,

Stage

Construction, or

Under

Construction

Design or

Location

Stage

Total Miles

Eligible for

ADHS

Funding

System

Total194 mi.

(96.5%)

7 mi.

(3.5%)

201 mi.

OHIO

WEST VIRGINIAStatus:

Actively Advancing the ADHS

Status of Completion as of 9/30/2015

Open to

Traffic, Stage

Construction,

or Under

Construction

Design or

Location

Stage

Total Miles

Eligible for

ADHS

Funding

System

Total379 mi.

(92.7%)

30 mi.

(7.3%)

409 mi.

WEST VIRGINIA

Moving Now But

Slower Going Ahead….

MARYLAND Status:

Actively Advancing the ADHS

Status of Completion as of 9/30/2015

Open to Traffic,

Stage

Construction,

or Under

Construction

Design or

Location

Stage

Total Miles

Eligible for

ADHS

Funding

System

Total77 mi.

(92.7%)

6 mi.

(7.3%)

83 mi.

MARYLAND

Corridor N – US 219

“Breakout Project”

ALABAMAStatus:

Actively Advancing the ADHS

Status of Completion as of 9/30/2015

Open to Traffic,

Stage

Construction, or

Under

Construction

Design or

Location

Stage

Total Miles

Eligible for

ADHS

Funding

System

Total233 mi.

(78.7%)

63 mi.

(21.3%)

296 mi.

ALABAMA Corridors X and X1

KENTUCKY Actively Advancing the ADHS

Status:

Status of Completion as of 9/30/2015

Open to Traffic,

Stage

Construction,

or Under

Construction

Design or

Location

Stage

Total Miles

Eligible for

ADHS

Funding

System

Total417 mi.

(97.9%)

9 mi.

(2.1%)

426 mi.

Kentucky

Corridor Q near VA Line

KENTUCKY Corridor F near VA Line

PENNSYLVANIA Status:

Actively Advancing the ADHS

Status of Completion as of 9/30/2015

Open to

Traffic, Stage

Construction,

or Under

Construction

Design or

Location

Stage

Total Miles

Eligible for

ADHS

Funding

System

Total352 mi.

(77.7%)

101 mi.

(22.3%)

453 mi.

PENNSYLVANIA

Corridor P-1 CSVT Project Corridor N US-219

VIRGINIAStatus:

Actively Advancing the ADHS

Status of Completion as of 9/30/2015

Open to Traffic,

Stage

Construction,

or Under

Construction

Design or

Location

Stage

Total Miles

Eligible for

ADHS

Funding

System

Total170 mi.

(88.5%)

22 mi.

(11.5%)

192 mi.

VIRGINIA

Trying to Find a

Path Forward…..

MISSISSIPPIStatus:

No Current Plans to

Complete the ADHS

Status of Completion as of 9/30/2015

Open to Traffic,

Stage

Construction, or

Under

Construction

Design or

Location

Stage

Total Miles

Eligible for

ADHS

Funding

System

Total109 mi.

(93.1%)

8 mi.

(6.9%)

117 mi.

MISSISSIPPI Status:

No Current Plans to

Complete the ADHS

8.3 iles

GEORGIAStatus:

Actively Advancing the ADHS

Status of Completion as of 9/30/2015

Open to Traffic,

Stage

Construction, or

Under

Construction

Design or

Location

Stage

Total Miles

Eligible for

ADHS

Funding

System

Total102 mi.

(76.7%)

31 mi.

(23.3%)

133 mi.

GEORGIACorridor A1 Intersection Improvements

NORTH CAROLINAStatus:

Actively Advancing the ADHS

Corridor K

Status of Completion as of 9/30/2015

Open to Traffic,

Stage

Construction, or

Under

Construction

Design or

Location

Stage

Total Miles

Eligible for

ADHS

Funding

System

Total186 mi.

(91.2%)

18 mi.

(8.8%)

204 mi.

NORTH CAROLINA

Corridor K

TENNESSEEStatus:

Actively Advancing the ADHS

Status of Completion as of 9/30/2015

Open to

Traffic, Stage

Construction,

or Under

Construction

Design or

Location

Stage

Total Miles

Eligible for

ADHS

Funding

System

Total315 mi.

(95.7%)

14 mi.

(4.3%)

329 mi.

TENNESSEE

A Final Few Key

Things….

The Road Ahead……

1. Capitalize on the National Focus on Freight &

Intermodal Connections

Freight Implications in Appalachia….

…..Much More than just the ADHS!

The Road Ahead……

1. Capitalize on the National Focus on Freight &

Intermodal Connections

2. Use the Upcoming ADHS Economic Impact

Study as a “Calling Card”

Appalachian Development Highway

System Economic Analysis Study:

The ADHS was designed to reduce isolation and enhance access for Appalachian communities

Different parts of Appalachia benefit from ADHS corridor completion in different ways.

Completion of remaining elements of the ADHS depend on complex issues, requiring more attention to the costs and stakes involved.

The Road Ahead……

1. Capitalize on the National Focus on Freight &

Intermodal Connections

2. Use the ADHS Economic Impact Study as a

“Calling Card”

3. Explore “Proceduralizing” the approach that

States take to modify what they committed to

in the last “Cost to Complete” Estimate in 2012.

The Road Ahead……

Stay on the Field and

Advance the Ball…..

Whether a State “stays the

course” or chooses to do

something different….