Project Manager Newsletter
November 2025
In this month’s newsletter, I will share a short summary of the information we shared during the recent Safety and Mobility Table Talk on November 13. These table talks are informational community conversations about topics related to the environmental study process. The table talk meetings are virtual and share information with the public on a topic with either a question and answer session after or breakout discussions for input and feedback.
The Safety and Mobility table talk introduced the public to the preliminary data needed to analyze the Phase 2 Hwy 252/I-94 mainline build alternatives and compare them to the no-build alternative.
Phase 2 will analyze 10 mainline build alternatives that will determine how the Hwy 252 and I-94 corridors will function. There are 3 options for Hwy 252 and 5 options for I-94. When combined in various combinations, these options form the 10 alternatives for the mainline build.
We are evaluating the preliminary results of many different criteria in Phase 2. Among the criteria we looked at were:
- corridor crashes – a prediction of total crashes and severe crashes over 20 years
- corridor travel time – how long it takes to get from one destination to another
- travel time reliability – how consistent travel times are
- segment level of service – a measure of freeway congestion levels using grading on a A-F scale
- intersection level of service – used for signalized corridors and based on congestion at intersections using grading on a A-F scale
- pedestrian and bicyclist comfort – a measure of overall travel experience using grading on a A-F scale
All 10 mainline build alternatives perform better than the no build alternative in:
- total crashes
- vehicle and bus peak hour travel time
- vehicle and bus travel time reliability
- pedestrian and bicycle comfort
- accessibility to bus stops
- intersection level of service
Eight of the 10 mainline build alternatives perform better than the no build alternative in:
- fatal and serious injury crashes
- segment level of service
For more information on the safety and mobility data, you can watch the presentation online. We will be scheduling more table talks on Phase 2 preliminary data in 2026 with air quality in January and Journey to Community Wellness in March (both dates to be determined). If you are not yet signed up for email updates, please do so here.
Our next engagement event is the community chat (the evening version of our coffee chats) scheduled for 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Camden Social on December 9. Please look for more information including registration details on the meetings webpage.
I want to express how grateful I am to have the opportunity to get to know some of you at our engagement events and am thankful for all your feedback. While we still have a little way to go to get to the end of the environmental review process, I really appreciate all of you. Thank you.