1. PIONEER TRAIL INTERCHANGE STUDY RESULTS
Mosquito Lagoon Bike Club at the Florida East Coast railroad crossing on Turnbull Bay Road during their 2013 Sunday morning 47.2 mile ride
Eric v. K. Hill, Ph.D., Chief Consultant
Aura Vector Consulting
3041 Turnbull Bay Road
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
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2. 2005 FINAL PIONEER TRAIL INTERCHANGE FEASIBILITY STUDY
OVERVIEW
Problem: Determine whether a Pioneer Trail interchange would (1) relieve the congestion at the Dunlawton interchange in Port Orange and (2) provide economic development for Volusia County without (3) adversely impacting New Smyrna Beach.
2005 FINAL PIONEER TRAIL INTERCHANGE FEASIBILITY STUDY
2008 SOUTHEAST VOLUSIA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY (SVRTS)
2009 SR-421/I-95 INTERCHANGE ANALYSIS

4. Net decrease in traffic volumes:
RESULTS
2005 PIONEER TRAIL INTERCHANGE FEASIBILITY STUDY –roadway/interchange effects 2030 – Pioneer Trail interchange
Net decrease in traffic volumes:
Dunlawton – 30 vehicles/hour (1 vehicle/2 minutes)
Tomoka Farms Road (S of SR-421) and Glencoe Road – 2,600 vehicles/day (less than 2 vehicles/minute)
Reduced Williamson/Taylor Road intersection delay times: 5:03 to 3:50 (2:15 current measured) – queuing failure
Volusia County Council Pioneer Trail interchange resolution: 6-1 vote to put Pioneer Trail interchange back on 2035 LRTP 3/21/2013
Increased traffic volumes:
Tomoka Farms Road (N of SR-421) – doubles – fails
Turnbull Bay Road – almost quadruples – fails

5. A. Shawn Collins, AICP, PTP Chad T. Lingenfelter, AICP, PTP
RESULTS
2008 SOUTHEAST VOLUSIA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY (SVRTS) DRAFT – roadway effects (only) 2015, 2025 and 2030 – interchanges at Madeline Avenue, Pioneer Trail and Park Avenue
“A wish list that no one could agree on.” Melissa K. Winsett, TCC Meeting, Volusia TPO, 8/20/2013
A. Shawn Collins, AICP, PTP
Chad T. Lingenfelter, AICP, PTP
A Pioneer Trail interchange would cause I-95 and Turnbull Bay Road to fail
Dunlawton fails with or without Pioneer Trail interchange
Scenario B-2 – optimum solution – included interchanges at Madeline and Park Avenues but “No” Pioneer Trail interchange

6. 2009 SR-421/I-95 INTERCHANGE ANALYSIS –
RESULTS
2009 SR-421/I-95 INTERCHANGE ANALYSIS –
roadway/interchange effects 2025 – interchange at Pioneer Trail – overpass at Madeline Avenue
Madeline Avenue overpass provides no real relief
Pioneer Trail interchange provides:
Net reductions in traffic volumes at Dunlawton /I-95 interchange and intersections – 233 vehicles/hour ≈ 4 vehicles/minute
Reduced Williamson/Taylor Road intersection delay times – 2:30 to 2:07 vs. 2:15 current actual measured delay time

7. CONCLUSIONS
A Pioneer Trail interchange is not a “viable alternative to the already congested Dunlawton … interchange”
Reductions in traffic volumes almost a cost of $ M/vehicle/hour ($ M interchange)
Side effects – failure of Turnbull Bay Road and I-95 – plus Tomoka Farms Road (N of SR-421) – not worth it
Queuing failures imminent at critical Williamson/Taylor Road intersection – backups on I-95
Need additional capacity – an alternate route

8. Based on the results from the
RECOMMEDATIONS
Based on the results from the
2005 Feasibility Study, the 2008 SVRTS and the SR-421/I-95 Interchange Analysis:
Vote “NO” on the Pioneer Trail interchange because it is the technically correct thing to do
Consider a Madeline Avenue (or Martin’s Dairy Road) interchange to relieve congestion at Dunlawton – backfit onto the 2035 LRTP