Interstate Access Justification Clause Samples
The Interstate Access Justification clause establishes the criteria and rationale required for granting access to interstate highways or transportation systems. In practice, this clause outlines the documentation, analysis, and approvals necessary to demonstrate that such access is warranted, often considering factors like traffic impact, safety, and regional connectivity. Its core function is to ensure that requests for interstate access are thoroughly evaluated and justified, thereby maintaining the integrity and efficiency of the transportation network while preventing unnecessary or unsafe access points.
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Interstate Access Justification. The Engineer shall prepare an Interstate Access Justification report in accordance with established FHWA procedures to document proposed changes in access to interstate highways. The request shall include an introduction that describes the proposed project along with a statement of need. The request shall address at a minimum, the eight policy requirements outlined in the FHWA policy. The access request shall provide an explanation of how the request satisfies each of the eight points in the policy requirements. Supporting analysis to illustrate how those requirements are met shall be included.
Interstate Access Justification. The Engineer shall prepare an Interstate Access Justification Report (IAJR) in accordance with established FHWA procedures to document proposed changes in access to interstate highways. The request shall include an introduction and project background that describes the proposed project along with a statement of need. The request shall address the requirements outlined in the FHWA policy. The access request shall provide an explanation of how the request satisfies the policy requirements. Supporting analysis to illustrate how those requirements are met shall be included. The Engineer shall perform the following:
Interstate Access Justification. The Engineer shall prepare an Interstate Access Justification report in accordance with established FHWA procedures to document proposed changes in access to interstate highways. The request must include an introduction that describes the proposed project along with a statement of need. The request must address at a minimum, the policy requirements outlined in DocuSign Envelope ID: 9EFC6FE2-229E-4628-90C6-20E86398200F the FHWA policy. The access request must provide an explanation of how the request satisfies each of the eight points in the policy requirements. Supporting analysis to illustrate how those requirements are met must be included.
Interstate Access Justification. The Engineer shall prepare an Interstate Access Justification report (IAJR) in accordance with established FHWA procedures to document proposed changes in access to interstate highways. The request must include an introduction that describes the proposed project along with a statement of need. The request must address at a minimum, the eight policy requirements outlined in the FHWA policy. The access request must provide an explanation of how the request satisfies each of the eight points in the policy requirements and a safety analysis utilizing Enhanced Interchange Safety Analysis Tool (ISATe) as detailed below. Supporting analysis to illustrate how those requirements are met must be included. As part of the IAJR, the Engineer shall complete an Existing and Future Safety Analysis. The Engineer shall gather geo-located crash data from the appropriate Agency (STATE’s ▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇ database) for the study area for the most current 5-year period. The information must be reviewed for completeness by the Engineer to assure all crashes relevant to the study area are accounted for and accurately represented in the database. Data must include characteristics such as crash type, severity, weather conditions, surface conditions, time of day, vehicle type, and driver condition. Utilizing the data collected, the Engineer shall conduct an existing safety analysis for the segments of I-35W, I-20, and State Highway 174 within the study area, including mainline, ramp merge/diverge areas, frontage roads and ramp terminals for the most recent 5-year period. A Future DocuSign Envelope ID: B4E47CBB-54AA-4467-B86B-B1C47B94F45E 2045 No-Build safety analysis must be performed utilizing the latest edition of Highway Safety Manual (HSM). ISATe software. A comparative safety analysis must be completed for one (1) preliminary proposed alternative and one (1) final proposed alternative using the HSM.
Interstate Access Justification. The Engineer shall prepare an Interstate Access Justification Request (IAJR) in accordance with established FHWA procedures to document proposed changes in access to interstate highways. The request must include an introduction and project background that describes the proposed project along with a statement of need. The request must address the requirements outlined in the FHWA policy. The access request must provide an explanation of how the request satisfies the policy requirements. Supporting analysis to illustrate how those requirements are met shall be included. The Engineer shall perform the following: • Methodology Development - The Engineer shall develop a proposed methodology for preparing the IAJR for the proposed project. • The Engineer shall review the methodology with the State and FHWA. Based on these discussions, the Engineer shall address comments and incorporate revisions, as necessary, to the methodology. • The Engineer shall submit a memorandum outlining the final methodology for preparing the IAJR for the State’s review and approval. • Existing Traffic Counts and Data Review - The Engineer shall review necessary project-related traffic data provided by the State. This data shall consist of traffic volume counts, corridor or study area historical count year data from permanent count stations, vehicle classification data and historical truck data. The Engineer shall collect existing peak-hour traffic data and perform field observations on the project corridor. • The Engineer shall develop future traffic volumes utilizing the official travel demand model on available base, interim, No-Build and Build Networks. DocuSign Envelope ID: 77E1DA39-29A9-4B9E-91A4-D7BC9E0FBD73 • The Engineer shall perform model development using modeling software as approved by the State. Model development shall provide measures of effectiveness deemed satisfactory for State operational analysis of the IAJR. • The Engineer shall perform model calibration to be completed with industry calibration techniques as accepted by the State. • The Engineer shall develop modelled alternatives on the base, No-Build, interim, and Build conditions.
a. The Engineer shall develop the Build model using appropriate modeling software as approved by the STATE in coordination with the development of the ultimate final schematic.
b. The Engineer shall submit final report documentation that follows accepted IAJR FHWA templates. The Engineer shall include the following documentation in...
Interstate Access Justification. The Engineer shall develop an Interstate Access Justification Report (IAJR) for the proposed recommended alternative. DocuSign Envelope ID: 0EF7DD01-5DEF-492D-AF48-72F6373D49D2 DocuSign Envelope ID: 973D3771-56AD-4A37-8E90-25E408E93E1A Utilizing FHWA’s eight step guidance and the 2010 Interstate System Access Informational Guide, the Engineer shall provide documentation describing how the proposed improvements are consistent with the following FHWA policy requirements:
Interstate Access Justification. The Engineer shall design the reconstruction of the following intersections and access to IH-10 by means of proposed ramps: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ at IH ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ at IH ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ at IH ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Access Justification Report (IAJR) will be required on this project as new ramps are to be added for the above mentioned intersections. The Engineer shall prepare an IAJR in accordance with established FHWA procedures and guidelines to document proposed changes in access to interstate highways. The request shall include an introduction that describes the proposed project along with a statement of need. The request shall address the eight policy requirements outlined in the FHWA policy. The access request shall provide an explanation of how the request satisfies each of the eight points in the policy requirements. Supporting analysis to illustrate how those requirements are met shall be included. The methodology from the current Transportation Research Board (TRB) Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) will be used to perform the needed operational analyses. The following tasks are typical of an IAJR.
1. Data Collection Base year and design year traffic volumes to be provided by the State Crash data to be provided by the State (last 5 years) Available historical traffic data to be provided by others (State) Coordinationcoordination with South East Texas Regional Planning Commission, if needed, will be conducted by the State Any available and previously approved IAJR within the study area to be provided by others (State)
2. Traffic Operational Analysis (previous task)