Executive Summary In 2016, the Hillsborough County Economic Development Department created the Targeted Redevelopment Program to enhance and encourage development within several pilot areas. The primary objective of the program is to encourage private sector investment in sites and buildings that will encourage retention and attraction of businesses and jobs for the communities identified as pilot areas. One of these pilot areas is the North Airport Redevelopment Area. The purpose of the Infrastructure Assessment is to evaluate how well the current transportation, utility, and stormwater infrastructure will support infill redevelopment, redevelopment, and economic development in the North Airport Redevelopment Area, consistent with the Targeted Redevelopment Program goals. This Infrastructure Assessment includes a Transportation Assessment (page 13) identifying locations for capacity, safety, mobility, and roadway condition improvements based on context sensitive users including pedestrians, cyclists, commuters, freight and commercial vehicles. The improvements identified in the Transportation Assessment seek to improve the roadway conditions of users and connections that promote development in the study area. Improvements in the highest areas of need include intersection safety improvements, complete street improvements including speed management and dedicated user facilities, and pavement rehabilitation or preventative treatments. The Utility Assessment (page 34) estimates the available water and wastewater treatment plant capacity and potential transmission line upgrades necessary to better serve the existing development and support infill and redevelopment in the study area. Improvements in the highest areas of need include sewer system extension, converting septic to sewer facilities, and water system extension or replacement. The Vulnerability Assessment (page 42) identifies areas with the highest flood potential. These locations should be a focus of flood mitigation and adaptation strategies to improve conditions for the existing development and promote redevelopment in the study area. Improvements in the highest areas of need should include roadway and area flood exposure treatments which could include but is not limited to hardening and elevating infrastructure, additional stormwater storage, bioswales, and landscaping. The recommended actions (page 52) are a summary of the assessment findings and identification of the highest areas of need and respective recommended infrastructure improvements. A map of the recommended improvements is shown on page 55, Figure 22. A summary of assessment measures and improvement benefits is provided in the Assessment Matrix in Appendix A. The matrix may be used to further prioritize and identify improvement projects following more detailed project scope definition through analyses, public outreach and coordination with responsible parties including Hillsborough County departments, City of Tampa, Florida Department of Transportation, Tampa International Airport, and CSX.
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North Airport Redevelopment Area Infrastructure Assessment
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