MCB Camp LejeuneTransportation Projects

Analysis, Charrettes & Design on the Fast Track

Sreekanth (Sunny) Nandagiri, PE, PMP

Ryan Eckenrode, PE, PTOE

NCAMPO Annual Meeting May 3rd, 2012

Base Details

• Camp Lejeune – Jacksonville, North Carolina

• Established 1941

• 244 square miles, 11 miles of beach

• Greater than 180,000 people-Base and Jacksonville

– 40,000 Marines

– Base and surrounding community

– Active duty, retired and civilian

• $3 Billion in commerce every year

Source: http://www.lejeune.usmc.mil/about/

Project Overview

• $30 Million-Indefinite Quantity Contract-NAVFAC (Naval Facilities

Engineering Command )

• Utilities Design and Engineering

• Utility-repair, replacement & upgrade

• Each project had a separate “Mod”

• Transportation Projects:

– Road widening-Several corridors

– Traffic capacity analysis-Synchro

– Signal Design and ITS

Transportation Projects

• HP (Hadnot Point) Roads-Widening

– Louis Road

– Dogwood Street

– Holcomb & McHugh roundabout / traffic circle

• Piney Green Road-Widening

• Gonzalez Boulevard Extension

• Resurfacing of Streets

Map

Louis Rd

Piney Green Rd

Roundabout

Resurfacing

Gonzalez Blvd Ext

HP Roads – Louis Road

• 2 existing signals• Sneads Ferry

• McHugh Blvd

• Heavy congestion

• Dogwood Street• Not a through

street today

HP Roads – Louis Road Recommendations

• Add two more signals

– Birch Street

– Dogwood Street

• Widen to three lanes

• Complete Dogwood Street• Provides new link to commissary

• FYA at 3 of 4 signalized intersections

Roundabout – McHugh at Holcomb

McHUGH

HOLCOMB

North

Roundabout – McHugh at HolcombRecommendation

Gonzalez Boulevard Extension

• New location

• Barracks under construction

• Mess hall under construction

• Would Provides link to French Creek between McHugh Blvd and Sneads Ferry Rd

• Two lane section recommended

• FYA at signalized intersection

Piney Green Road

• Alternative entrance into MCB Camp Lejeune

– Main commercial truck entrance

• Improvements at entrance control facility underway

Piney Green Road - Recommendations

• Widen to four lane section

• Add additional exiting lane at entrance control facility

• Non typical widening to avoid impacts to adjacent land uses

• Status: Piney Green was bid as an option which NAVFAC has not awarded yet.

Specs Intact

• Does not include signal specifications

– Signal specifications were added as needed to reflect NCDOT standards

• Other standards also must be included

– ASTM

– NEC

– NCDOT

• Example:

– Instead of referring to the NCDOT standards for foundations, detailed specifications were listed for excavation, concrete pouring, curing etc—Mast arm poles

Charettes

• Intense 2 day Design Charettes (20-25% design stage) between the Client and the Consultant

– First day:

• Initial discussion/Powerpoint presentation regarding the project

• Consultant presents initial design and recommendations/alignment options

• Client provides feedback/direction

• Consultant captures the feedback using “smart boards”

• Consultant analyzes the changes on that evening

– Second day:

• Consultant updates/modifies the presentation

• Consultant gets the “buy-in” on the design concept

• Client approves the concept

Challenges

• Flooding

• Very flat and adjacent to the ocean

• Steam vaults

• Vehicular types

• Cars

• Military trucks (MRAPs) - 30+ tons weight

• Tanks

• Trains

• Base access

• Projects in parallel--Review process

• High concentration of young drivers

Challenges Continued

• Vehicular patterns

• Everyone arrives at 6AM and leaves at 3PM

• No range for the peaks-It happens at once

• Considered reversible lanes:

– Piney Green

– 80/20 Traffic split

– Dropped because of operational challenges

Pleasant Surprises of Working at MCB Lejeune

• No ROW constraints as all Military property

• Traffic very predictable, congestion early AM, lunch and late afternoon

• Drivers stopping and allowing us to continue working

• No speeding drivers

• Review process was very formal

• All utilities were owned by the Military-Coordination was easier

Questions