U.S. Route 460 Corridor Improvements

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Conceptual proposals
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Independent review panel
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Meetings

Proposal team presentations
to the IRP
Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Minutes (PDF, 70 KB)
Details
Agenda (PDF, 3.5 MB)
Cintra video 1 (WMV, 8:08, 94.5 MB)
Cintra video 2 (WMV, 2:40, 31 MB)
Cintra presentation (PDF, 697 KB)
Itinere presentation (PDF, 552 KB)
       • Plan 1 (PDF, 53 MB)
       • Plan 2 (PDF, 65 MB)
       • Plan 3 (PDF, 1.2 MB)
VCP presentation (PDF, 3.5 MB)

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VDOT leadership proposal
evaluation report
Monday, April 9, 2007

Details
Agenda (PDF, 63 KB)
Minutes (PDF, 35 KB)

Presentations

Engineering (PDF, 225 KB)
Finance (PDF, 306 KB)
       • HB3202 summary (PDF, 182 KB)
Planning and environment (PDF, 189 KB)
Systems operations (PDF, 165 KB)

Proposer questions and answers

Cintra (PDF, 111 KB)
Itinere (PDF, 208 KB)
VCP (PDF, 92 KB)

Public comments to the IRP
Monday, April 30, 2007

Details
Agenda (PDF, 18 KB)
Minutes (PDF, 23 KB)
       • Public comments (PDF, 443 KB)

Recommendation development
for VDOT and the oversight board
Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Details
Agenda (PDF, 17 KB)
Recommendations (PDF, 26 KB)

Route 460 home | Location Study summary | Location Study details | PPTA info

Public-Private Transportation Act Info

Independent Review Panel

The Route 460 Corridor Improvement Project Independent Review Panel (IRP) was appointed by Secretary of Transportation Pierce Homer. The secretary has selected Alan S.Witt, a member of the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) to serve as chair of the IRP.

Letter from Secretary Homer establishing the IRP (PDF, 400 KB)

Other members of the IRP are:

• E. Dana Dickens, III, CTB member
• Gerald P. McCarthy, CTB member
• Kenneth S. White, CTB member
• Raynor A. K. Taylor, citizen
• Floyd M. Brown, citizen
• Steven Mondul, Deputy Assistant to the Governor for Commonwealth Preparedness
• Mal Kerley, Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Chief Engineer
• Barbara Reese, VDOT Chief Financial Officer
• Jeff Florin, Virginia Port Authority Chief Engineer
• Dennis Heuer, VDOT Hampton Roads District Administrator
• Dwight L. Farmer, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
• Dennis K. Morris, Crater Planning District
• Michael D. Fountaine, Ph.D., P.E., Old Dominion University
  

The IRP will review and evaluate all proposals, based on the evaluation and selection criteria in the Public-Private Transportation Act Implementation Guidelines and the Solicitation for Proposals. The IRP will solicit public comment through this Web site, provide local notice of its meetings and conduct meetings open to the public.

Please check back here for updates on the actions of the IRP. If you would like to submit comments, you may do so by clicking here.

VDOT will hold four public meetings of the IRP.

The IRP will review and evaluate the three conceptual proposals under consideration. This will result in a recommendation to VDOT and the CTB on which, if any, of the proposals will advance to the next phase of procurement.

• Proposal team presentations to the IRP
  Wednesday, March 21, 2007, 5-9 p.m.
  Board of Supervisors' meeting room
  Prince George County Administration Building
  6602 Court Drive
  Prince George, VA 23875

This meeting is open to the public. Public comments will be received exclusively at the April 30, 2007, meeting of the IRP.

• VDOT leadership proposal evaluation report to the IRP
  Monday April 9, 2007, 5-8 p.m.
  Suffolk City Council chambers
  441 Market St.
  Suffolk, VA 23434

VDOT's Chief Engineer, Chief Financial Officer, other agency leadership and staff will present their perspectives and evaluation results of the three proposals to the IRP.

It is possible there will be a closed portion of the meeting to discuss confidential information.

Each speaker should seek to limit discussions to 15 minutes. This is an opportunity to present additional and supporting information, studies, and reports to the IRP for its consideration.

Public comments will be received exclusively at the April 30, 2007, meeting of the IRP.

IRP members listen to a citizen's comments at April 30, 2007, hearing

• Opportunity for public comments to the IRP
  Monday, April 30, 2007, 6-10 p.m.
  Windsor High School
  24 Church St.
  Windsor, VA 23487

This meeting is to provide the public with an opportunity to address the IRP with comments, suggestions and concerns. The meeting is for the IRP to gather public comments and is not for public questions and answers from the IRP.

• Recommendation development for VDOT and the oversight board
  Wednesday, May 23, 2007, 5-8 p.m.
  JEJ Moore Middle School
  11455 Prince George Drive
  Disputanta, VA 23842

This is the final opportunity for the IRP to discuss:

• The project proposal team qualifications
• Project characteristics
• Project financing
• Public support
• Project compatibility elements of the proposals

This is also the final opportunity for the IRP to develop a recommendation on which, if any, of the proposals should advance in the procurement process.

Public comments will be received exclusively at the April 30, 2007, meeting of the IRP.

An IRP recommendation presentation by the chairman to the CTB is anticipated in July 2007.