Metro - File #: 2026-0529

• File #: 2026-0529
• Type: Project
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 7/14/2026
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 9/16/2026
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: ESTABLISH a Life-of-Project (LOP) budget for the Doran Street Grade Separation Project (Project) in the amount of $116,242,594; NEGOTIATE and EXECUTE all contracts, modifications, and agreements up to the authorized LOP budget for the Doran Street Grade Separation Project; and AMEND the FY27 budget for the Doran Street Grade Separation Project by $8,497,108 for a total of $30,348,345.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Amtrak, Arroyo Verdugo subregion, Bids, Budget, Budgeting, California Environmental Quality Act, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Construction, Funding plan, Glendale, Grade separations, Grant Aid, Intersections, Metrolink, National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969, Pedestrian safety, Pedestrians, Plan, Procurement, Project, Rail transit, Safety, Safety vehicles, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, South Bay Cities subregion, Strategic planning, Traffic congestion, Traffic delays, Vehicle safety, Westside Cities subregion

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CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 16, 2026

Subject
SUBJECT: DORAN STREET GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT LIFE OF PROJECT BUDGET

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:

ESTABLISH a Life-of-Project (LOP) budget for the Doran Street Grade Separation Project (Project) in the amount of $116,242,594;

NEGOTIATE and EXECUTE all contracts, modifications, and agreements up to the authorized LOP budget for the Doran Street Grade Separation Project; and

AMEND the FY27 budget for the Doran Street Grade Separation Project by $8,497,108 for a total of $30,348,345.

Issue
ISSUE

The Doran Street Grade Separation Project (Project) has completed 100 percent final design plans, and it is in receipt of construction bids for the Segment 1 – City of Glendale portion of the Project. A phased and segmented procurement strategy is being implemented to meet financial, regulatory, right-of-way, and third-party coordination requirements. Staff is requesting Board approval of the LOP, which includes all phases of the Project from environmental, planning, and design to construction, including all third-party and soft costs.

Establishing the LOP budget is critical to meet the AB 180 statutory expenditure and reimbursement deadline of June 30, 2027, for the State Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) funds.

Background
BACKGROUND

The Project serves a critical rail corridor utilized by Metrolink, Amtrak, Union Pacific, and future operations of the California High-Speed Rail. The Project will construct a new vehicle bridge extending from West San Fernando Road in the City of Glendale, passing underneath State Route 134, and connecting to the existing Fairmont Avenue Bridge.

At its May 2011 meeting, the Board authorized $6.6 million to improve safety at the intersection of Doran Street and the Metro-owned right-of-way. In 2014, the Broadway/Brazil crossing improvements were completed...