SCORT Annual Meeting Jacksonville, Florida September 20, 2010 Passenger Rail in Florida

SCORT Annual MeetingJacksonville, Florida

September 20, 2010

Passenger Rail in Florida

Presentation Overview

Status Update on Current HSR Activities

Amtrak Service in Florida/Proposed FEC Passenger Rail Project

SunRail Project Other Passenger Rail Activities

“Vision for High Speed Rail in America” competition

Florida reacted quickly based on previous work

Tampa-Orlando-Miami application submitted October 2009

Special Session Dec ‘09: Florida Rail

Created Florida Rail Enterprise

Provided mechanism for State contribution

Overview of Florida HSR

Federal Railroad Administration Approvals

Jan 28, 2010: President here in Tampa: Florida one of top three recipients in the nation$1.25 Billion for Phase 1 Tampa-Orlando ($2.7B requested)

May 7, 2010: Administrator Szabo signed Record of Decision, completing environmental documents

May 28, 2010: Sec. LaHood in Orlando: first grant $66.7 M

August, 2010: Florida applied for an additional $1.1 Billion and offered a 20% match

Organizational Federal Railroad Administration

Lead person: Randall Brown Program Management Oversight Consultant: STV

Florida Rail Enterprise Executive Director: Kevin Thibault Chief Operating Officer: Nazih Haddad

Florida DOT Support at all levels

Consultant Team Program Manager: HNTB/WSA Legal: Freshfields Financial: KPMG

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Tampa-Orlando-Miami Corridor

Phase I – Tampa to Orlando

Proven HSR technology. Steel wheel on rail. Trains at least hourly; additional frequency

between Orlando Airport and attractions Ridership Estimate from 2002 study – Over 2

million. (Excludes captive Markets) New Investment Grade Ridership Study

Underway Maximum Speed 168 MPH+.

Tampa to Orlando Operations

Jobs and Economic Outlook 5,000 +jobs/ year during

construction period. 600-1,000 permanent direct

operating jobs and 500 indirect jobs.

Contributes to creation of 10th largest economic region in the nation with 7th biggest population

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Floridians Already at Work!

Current Activities

Five major Tasks with $66.7 million ARRA funds 1- Project development – setting up for the

program2- Advance Preliminary Engineering to firm

up costs3- Early Works Projects document

preparation4- Right of way Acquisition/Survey5- RFQ/RFP to build the HSR System through

PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

Two Procurements:

1- Early Works ProjectsClears and prepares the corridor

2- HIGH SPEED RAIL construction Design-Build-Operate-Maintain &Finance (DBOM&F) Contract: Public Private Partnership(PPP)

Procurement Timelineif all the stars line up…

Early Works Timeline (Subject to FRA approval) Issue RFPs in November Begin construction spring 2011 Work completed in advance of HSR construction

PPP HSR Construction RFQ for teams Nov. 2010 (subject to FRA approval) RFP issued to qualified teams March 2011 with

ridership updates. Winning team selected /negotiations in late 2011 Construction starts 2012 Trains roll 2015

Amtrak Services in Florida

Silver Star

Silver Meteor

Auto Train

Sunset Limited(inactive since 2004)

Palmetto(truncated in Savannah in 2004)

Florida East Coast(proposed)

Passenger Service onFlorida’s East Coast

No FEC passenger service since 1968 Proposed new service

Splits Amtrak Silver Star daily service at Jacksonville w/1 round trip on Florida East Coast

One additional daily corridor service train Estimated annual ridership: 222,600 passenger

Stations Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Daytona Beach,

Titusville, Cocoa, Melbourne, Vero Beach, Ft. Pierce, Stuart, West Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami

Submitted application on Aug 6 requesting $250 million

SunRail•Phase I – DeBary to Sand Lake Road – 12 stations

2013

•Phase II – DeBary to Deland; Sand Lake Rd. to Poinciana – 5 stations

2015

SunRail

FTA approved final environmental clearances Sept. 10 Full Funding Grant Agreement with FTA expected early 2011 Phase I construction expected to begin 2011 Vehicle designs selected Sept. 10 Phase II PE now under way

Other Passenger Rail Activities

Tampa Light Rail Project TBARTA Jacksonville Commuter Rail Study South Florida East Coast Corridor

Study