Central Corridor Light Rail Transit - City Engineers Association

Light Rail Transit

Improving

mobilityEasing

congestion

Strengthening

our communities

Central Corridor

CEAMJan. 28, 2010

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Today’s Topics

• Welcome

• Project overview

• Questions and

comments

Light Rail TransitCentral Corridor

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Important

link in the

regional

transit

network

Regional Transit System

(Adopted 2008)

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Building on Hiawatha

LRT Success

• Exceeding expectations

– 30,500 ave. weekday riders

– Half of riders new transit users

• 34 local bus route connections

south of downtown

• Supporting development

– 7,700 new housing units

constructed since 2000

– 7,150 forecasted new housing

units by 2020


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Light Rail TransitCentral Corridor Route and Stations

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• 35 minutes from downtown to

downtown

• 7 ½ minutes between trains

during peak periods

• 31 vehicles

• 135 people per vehicle

• 41,690 projected riders per

weekday by 2030


Operations

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Prepare DEIS; select alignment & mode

Conduct Preliminary Engineering (PE)

Enter Final Design

Begin heavy construction

Execute Full Funding Grant Agmt

Start operation


2010

2014

Timeline

2007

Complete

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Project Partners

• Met Council/Metro Transit

• Mn/DOT

• Ramsey County

• Hennepin County

• County Transit Improvement Board

• City of St. Paul

• City of Minneapolis

• University of Minnesota


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Ramsey

Co.

7%

Federal

50%

State

10%

Hennepin

Co.

3%

Sources of Funds

Project Cost:

$941 Million

Plus $15 million for

up to 3 infill stations

County

Transit

Imp.

Board

30%

St. Paul

<1%

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University Avenue Cross Section Showing Changes

at a Typical Station

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Alignment on

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Conducted Four Traffic

Analyses

• Study 1: Operation of Wash Ave

with LRT and traffic, 2014

• Study 2: Impacts due to

shortened tunnel, 2014

• Study 3: Small area study,

function of 48 intersections, 2030

– LRT at grade, transit/pedestrian

mall, closed to auto traffic

• Study 4: Intra-campus Roadway

Network


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Washington Avenue

Transit/Ped MallLight Rail TransitCentral Corridor

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Washington Ave. Transit/Ped Mall

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Washington Avenue

Transit/Ped MallLight Rail TransitCentral Corridor


Construction Contracts

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Contract Packages

Civil East

Civil West

• Advanced Traffic Improvements

• Civil East Construction

• Civil West Construction, including

Washington Avenue Bridge (WAB)

• Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF)

• Systems

• Fare Collection System


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U of M Route Network ScenariosScenario 2B - Pleasant St

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March 28, 2008

Advanced Traffic

ImprovementsLight Rail TransitCentral Corridor

Proposed new roadway

connections

Converted to 2-way

streets

Intersection traffic

control and/or capacity

improvements

•Stripe NB left turn lane

•Modify signal phasing

•Install traffic signal

•Construct turn lanes

•Install traffic signals


•Install traffic signal


•Install all way stop


•Mill and overlay E. River Rd

Construct new segment

and overlay existing

Phase I

Phase II

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Bidding Schedule*One-Step Procurement PackagesLight Rail Transit

Central Corridor

IFB

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Bid Opening Council Award Construction

Starts

4th Street

Advanced Utility

Relocations

May 22, 2009

(Complete)

Aug 13, 2009

(Complete)

Aug 26, 2009

(Complete)

Sept 2009

(Complete)

Advanced Traffic

Improvements

Dec 17, 2009

(Complete)

Jan 27, 2010

(Complete)

March 10,2010 March 2010

Operations and

Maintenance

Facility

June 3, 2010 Aug 2, 2010 Sept 22, 2010 Oct 2010

* Assumes FTA awards Full Funding Grant Agreement in Q3 - 2010

Invitation for Bid (IFB)

Last updated: 1/13/10 4:00PM

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Bidding Schedule*Two-Step Procurement Packages


*Assumes FTA awards Full Funding Grant Agreement in Q3 – 2010

**Anticipated Limited NTP and early move-in

Invitation for Prequalification (IFP) &

Invitation for Bid (IFB)

IFP

Advertisement

Pre-Qual

Submittal

Docs due from

Contractors

Bid Docs

Released/

IFB

IFB Bid

Opening

Council

Award

Construction

Starts**

Civil East

Construction

Dec 1, 2009

(Complete)

Jan 13, 2010

(Complete)

Feb 22, 2010 April 22, 2010 June 23, 2010 July 2010

Civil West

Construction &

Washington

Ave Bridge

Feb 5, 2010 March 11, 2010 April 21, 2010 June 21, 2010 July 14, 2010 Aug 2010

Systems Feb 25, 2010 March 31, 2010 May 13, 2010 July 12, 2010 Aug 11, 2010 Sept 2010

Last updated: 1/13/10 4:00PM


4th Street Advanced

Utility Relocation

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Current Activities

Xcel relocating duct &

constructing new vault

Xcel rebuilding

existing duct

Xcel building

new duct

Xcel building

manholes

Xcel building

manholes

CCPO chilled

water lines

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CCPO Work on Chilled Water Lines4th and Wall

Jan. 14, 2010

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CCPO Work on Chilled Water Lines4th and Sibley

Jan. 13, 2010

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Xcel Building Manholes 4th and Wacouta

Jan. 13, 2010

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Xcel Building New Duct 4th and Jackson

Jan. 13, 2010

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Xcel Rebuilding Existing Duct 5th and Robert

Jan. 13, 2010

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Xcel Relocating Duct & Building New Vault 4th and Minnesota

Jan. 13, 2010

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Light Rail TransitCentral Corridor More Information

Check out our website:

• www.centralcorridor.org

Contact the Central Corridor Project Office:

• 540 Fairview Avenue North

St. Paul, MN 55104

• Construction Hotline: 651-602-1404

• Comment Line: 651-602-1645

• Email: [email protected]

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