Going All Electronic, Managing Change, and Ending the GA 400 Tolls
State Road and Tollway Authority
Christopher Tomlinson, Executive Director
Mary Sallach, PMO Director
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SRTA Overview
Governor (Chair)
GDOT Commissioner OPB Director
Lt. Gov.’s Appointee Speaker’s Appointee
The State Road & Tollway Authority (SRTA) is a state-level independent authority created by the Georgia General Assembly to:
• Operate Georgia toll facilities
• Serve as a State transportation financing arm Manage ~ $1.4B in transportation bonds Issue & service toll revenue financed debt Administer GTIB Program
SRTA is governed by a five-member Board:
Overview
• Overview• Timeline• Project Team• Change Approach• Communications• Outcomes & Future Projects• Lessons learned • Q&A
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GA 400 Demolition Timeline
Phase 1: Early Signage
Removal/ModificationOctober 2013
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GA 400 Detolling Team
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GA 400 Detolling Change Approach
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Tolls ended November 22, 2013
Three lanes accessible to motorists for duration of project (intermittent construction-related closures)
GDOT resumed construction after the holidays – January 2014 (Toll booth and canopy demolition, fill-in stairwell, convert to grass etc.)
Demolition activities to conclude in the Fall of 2014
GA 400 Detolling Summary
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GA 400 Detolling Summary
SRTA Staff: Job well done!Shutdown tolling on cue (not an easy task)
Final cash close out (i.e. count, verify and reconcile) approximately $100K in vaults, coins and cash in time for Brinks pickup
Secured all equipment, the tunnel and the premises from an operational perspective (this work is ongoing thru December 16th).
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GA 400 Summary – Thanks for your help!
GRTA helped us get the word out through its newsletter and webpage.
6,444 Tweets
796 Facebook Posts
162 Print/Online Articles
188 Broadcast Hits
23,550,570 Impressions
Media Scan
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Ending the Tolls…
Keeping the promise. You keep the change.
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Post-Demolition Toll Plaza View
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Funding 14 transportation improvement projects with tolls
I-85/GA 400 Connector Ramps
HERO Units Expanded Emergency
Response
MARTA Buckhead Pedestrian Bridge
GA 400 Projects In Progress
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GA Transportation Infrastructure Bank
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Awarded approximately $20 million in grants and loans to date (total project value of $113 million dollars thus far)
2013- Received 60 applications for GTIB funding representing more than $82 million in funding requests; approx. $200 in total project value.
Currently $25 million in grant and loan GTIB funds available.
Diverging Diamond
Safety Improvements
Pay n GO! – Coming Soon!
Providing options for cash-based and/or cash-preferred customers at local retailers
Partnership with InComm, a leading marketer and distributor of stored-value gift cards and prepaid products
Starter Pack – Peach Pass transponder and Reload Card One-time $2.50 convenience fee Reload card also sold separately (has $1.50
convenience fee per transaction)
Est. Launch Date - May 2014
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All Electronic Operations Today on I-85
More than 268,000 Peach Passes assigned since registration opened in June 2011
86% of customers paying toll; 14% non-tolled
Averaging ~20,000 daily trips in the Express Lanes per month
Highest daily trip count: 25,556 on October 11, 2013
Currently averaging 500 new Peach Passes each week without any active media campaign
More than 194,000 unique customers using roadway
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SRTA Present & Future Tolling Facilities
I-85 Express Lanes & Ext.
(Est. open 2017)
I-75 Northwest
Corridor(Est. open 2018)
I-75 Express Lanes
(Est. open 2016)
Future Toll Project Planning
I-75 South Express Lanes 12 miles of reversible barrier-separated
electronic toll lanes along I-75 and I-675 in Henry and Clayton Counties.
Opens in 2016
Northwest Corridor Project 29.7 miles of reversible barrier-separated
electronic toll lanes along I-75 and I-575 in Cobb and Cherokee Counties.
Opens in 2018
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Interoperability
Georgia (Peach Pass) to be interoperable with Florida (Sun Pass) by 2015
Interoperability Steering Committee in process for national interoperability
Florida and North Carolina currently under agreement
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Questions & Answers
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