Gold Line Status Report FasTracks Citizens Advisory Committee March 19, 2014
RTD FasTracks Plan 122 miles of new light rail and commuter rail 18 miles of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service 31 new Park-n-Rides; more than 21,000 new parking spaces Enhanced Bus Network & Transit Hubs (FastConnects) Redevelopment of Denver Union Station 57 new rail and/or BRT stations 2 Opportunities for Transit Oriented Communities
3 FasTracks Snapshot 1 line opened 5 rail lines, BRT, Union Station & Free MetroRide under construction Implementing more than $5 billion in work Economic driver for the region: $3 billion spent and injected into the local economy since 2005 600 construction jobs during West Rail Line construction 2,500 direct and indirect jobs during Eagle P3 construction Pursue all funding options to complete FasTracks sooner rather than later RTD is committed to completing the whole FasTracks program
FasTracks Status West Rail Line Opened April 2013, 8 months ahead of schedule Denver Union Station 96% complete East/Gold/Northwest Rail Westminster Segment 52% complete I-225 Line 23% construction progress; 77% design progress U.S. 36 BRT Phase 1 of managed lanes 60% complete North Metro Line Under contract, groundbreaking tomorrow Southeast Rail Extension 65% advanced basic engineering complete 4 4
FasTracks Progress JAN. 2014 5
Eagle P3 Project East Rail Line offers 35-minute travel time to DIA Northwest Rail Westminster Segment offers 11-minute travel time to Westminster Gold Line offers 25-minute travel time to Ward Road Project capital budget $2.2 billion 52 percent complete as of January 2014 6
Gold Line 11.2 miles commuter rail Electric Rail Cars 7 Stations Connects downtown Denver, Adams County, Arvada and Wheat Ridge Complete in 2016 7
Construction Recently Completed 147 utility relocations, including relocations at Tennyson Street in Arvada Construction on the Jersey Cutoff Bridge At-grade crossings at Tabor, Robb, Carr and Parfet streets Installation of the westbound commuter rail tracks in Wheat Ridge Placement of girders on the Federal Boulevard and Ralston Creek Bridges Bridge decking on the Wadsworth Boulevard Bridge Rail Installation in Wheat Ridge, Dec. 17, 2013 8
Construction In Progress NWES/ Gold Line - Work Areas Current Construction CRMF Construction Clear Creek Bridge Moffat Flyover Bridge Road Crossing Installations BNSF Track Relocation 9
Upcoming Construction NWES/ Gold Line - Work Areas Upcoming Construction 64 th Avenue Reconstruction Sheridan Station Olde Town Station Rail Installation Arvada Ridge Station 10
Construction Progress Wheat Ridge Ward Station looking west, Dec. 26, 2013 11
Construction Progress Track installation in Wheat Ridge, December, 2013 12
Construction Progress BNSF Railway trains shift onto shoofly track which will become westbound Gold Line, Feb. 20, 2014 13
Construction Progress Gold Line: At-grade crossing construction at Carr Street, Arvada, Dec. 13, 2013 14
Construction Progress Construction on the Ralston Creek Bridge in Arvada, December 2013 15
Construction Progress Worker at Moffat Flyover Bridge supervises placement of pier column rebar cage on top of drilled caisson, March 12, 2014 16
Construction Progress Clear Creek Federal Station and bridge, Dec. 26, 2013 17
Construction Progress 2,000-foot Utah Junction Flyover in Adams County at 56 th Avenue, longest structure on the Gold Line, Dec. 17, 2013 18
Construction Progress Inside the train room at the commuter rail maintenance facility, Globeville, Feb. 7, 2014 19
Construction Progress Jersey Cutoff Flyover Bridge over BNSF Railway spur track south of I-70, Jan. 3, 2014 20
Construction Progress Girder set on the South Platte Bridge, December 2013 21
Construction Progress Aerial view of Union Station commuter rail station platform, Gold Line track on the left, Nov. 14, 2013 22
Olde Town Station Reevaluation Environmental reevaluation Arvada proposes to put Olde Town Station parking and bus areas in parking structure on opening day to facilitate plans for Transit-Oriented Development RTD and Federal Transit Administration must evaluate effects of the proposed change If no significant negative effects to the project are found, the change can be approved Conceptual rendering of pedestrian bridge at Olde Town Arvada Station 23
Environmental Reevaluation The environmental team is evaluating the resource areas that were evaluated in the EIS An environmental document will be written to disclose the potential impacts of this change Public comments are solicited from stakeholders and the general public 24 Trammell Crow rendering
25 EIS Layout of Olde Town Station
26 Proposed New Layout
27 Proposed New Layout
Proposed Changes Surface parking structured parking Parking east of Vance west of Vance Bus facility from 56 th inside parking structure Add pedestrian bridge from parking structure to plaza 28 Trammell Crow rendering
Questions? For more information on RTD s Eagle P3 Project please visit: www.rtd-fastracks.com/ep3_2 29