Metro - File #: 2023-0283

• File #: 2023-0283
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 4/20/2023
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 7/19/2023
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE Countywide Planning & Development Major Projects Status Report.
• Indexes: California Environmental Quality Act, Capital Project, Certification, Construction, Contractors, Federal Transit Administration, Gold Line Eastside Transit Corridor Phase 2, Informational Report, Metro Rail E Line, National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969, Procurement, Program Management, Progressive Design/Build, Project, Project delivery, Project Status Report, Property acquisition, Strategic planning, West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor (WSAB) Project

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JULY 19, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: COUNTYWIDE PLANNING MAJOR PROJECT STATUS

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE Countywide Planning & Development Major Projects Status Report.

Issue
ISSUE

Countywide Planning and Development's major projects status report provides highlights of capital projects in planning phases of development. These include transit corridor projects such as rail and bus rapid transit, Measure M active transportation corridor projects, and highway projects.

Background
BACKGROUND

Metro's mission is to provide a world-class transportation system that enhances the quality of life for all who live, work, and play within Los Angeles County. Countywide Planning and Development (CPD) oversees the planning of major capital projects to support this mission. The attached Project Status Report (Attachment A) provides an update on the planning progress of Metro's four major Pillar Projects -- West Santa Ana Branch, Eastside Transit Corridor Phase 2, C (Green) Line Extension to Torrance, and Sepulveda Transit Corridor, as well as other major projects in transit and active transportation planning. In addition, the quarterly report also includes major highways and complete streets projects in various stages of development.


Discussion
DISCUSSION

The status report provides an update on major projects as they advance through alternatives and feasibility analyses, technical analyses for environmental certification, selection of preferred projects, cost estimation and funding development, and evaluation of project delivery method. Following environmental planning milestones, projects typically transition from CPD to Program Management and are included in the Program Management Major Project Status report, provided on a quarterly basis to the Metro Board's Construction Committee.

Last quarter's report was presented at the April 19, 2023, meeting of ...