I-35 Capital Area Improvement Program (Mobility35) GEC — Williamson, Travis and Hays Counties, TxDOT

 

NLA is the public involvement lead on the I-35 General Engineering Consultant (GEC) team for the TxDOT Austin District, providing support for I-35 corridor program development within Williamson, Travis, and Hays counties. NLA’s GEC responsibilities include preparing overarching public involvement materials for the three-county program, as well as providing public involvement oversight of individual projects along the corridor:

 

• Mobility35 Public Involvement Plan development and updates
• Development and updates of public involvement materials templates (for use on all projects implemented as part of the Mobility35 program)
• Comprehensive Mobility35 mailing list creation and maintenance
• Mobility35 newsletter preparation and distribution
• Project-specific email blast formatting, distribution and documentation
• Mobility35 team public involvement calendar creation and maintenance
• Stakeholder outreach meetings

• • Identifying and communicating with targeted stakeholders
  • Logistical coordination
  • Creating and distributing Mobility35 calendar invitations
  • Staffing
  • Meeting notes and documentation

• Stakeholder Working Group Meetings (including the Downtown Stakeholder Working Group and “Decks” working sessions)
  • Identifying and communicating with targeted stakeholders

• • Reviewing and providing comments on meeting agendas and materials
  • Staffing and small group facilitation
  • Documentation
  • Summary report preparation

• Open House planning and implementation for the I-35 Travis County Implementation Plan:

• • Venue identification, scheduling and contracting for six meetings
  • Layout preparation
  • Notifications (English and Spanish flyers, news releases, website announcements, social media posts, e-blasts, etc.)
  • Court reporter and translator contracting
  • Preparation of handouts, exhibits, sign-in sheets, and directional signs
  • Preparation of both live and online presentations and scripts
  • Development and QA/QC of online virtual Open Houses
  • Event staffing
  • Comment inventories
  • Preparation of Open House summary and analysis reports

• Planning and implementation of Mobility35 informational tables and kiosks at community venue events in the three-county area
• Mobility35 public comment processing, response development and documentation
• Public involvement support and oversight (including staffing public/stakeholder meetings and providing comments on public involvement deliverables) for individual projects developed as part of the Mobility35 program. These projects include, but are not limited to:

• • I-35 Feasibility Study from SH 130 to RM 1431
  • I-35 from RM 1431 to SH 45N
  • I-35 Planning and Environmental Linkages Study from SH 45N to SH 45SE
  • I-35 from Rundberg to US 290
  • I-35 at 51st Street
  • I-35 at Riverside Drive
  • I-35 at Oltorf Street
  • I-35 from William Cannon Drive to Stassney Lane
  • I-35 Feasibility Study from SH 45SE to Posey Road

 

For more information on this project, please go here.