Metro - File #: 2023-0651

• File #: 2023-0651
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 10/4/2023
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 11/16/2023
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE status report on Metro G Line Improvements Project.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Bids, Bikeways, Budgeting, Bus rapid transit, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Construction, Contractors, Grade separations, Informational Report, Intersections, Maintenance, Measure M, Metro Busway G Line, Progressive Design/Build, Project, Project Status Report, Safety, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, South Bay Cities subregion, Station 1111, Station 1111B, Strategic planning, Street closure, Traffic signals, Travel time, Van Nuys, Variance, Visibility, Westside Cities subregion

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CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: METRO G LINE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT STATUS REPORT

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE status report on Metro G Line Improvements Project.

Issue
ISSUE

This report provides updates related to the scope, schedule, and budget of the Metro G Line Improvements Project (Project). Based on both a joint venture of Stacy Witbeck and Flatiron dba Valley Transit Partners (VTP) and Metro estimates for the cost of Phase 2, allocated funding for the project is not sufficient to cover costs.

Background
BACKGROUND

The Project seeks to provide safe and cost-effective improvements to operating speeds, capacity, and safety, while addressing passenger needs and minimizing disruption to San Fernando Valley residents. The proposed improvements previously communicated to this Board include
* Sepulveda BRT grade separation with aerial station
* Van Nuys BRT grade separation with aerial station and overcrossing at Vesper
* Gates at up to 35 intersections
* Stormwater capture
* Bike Path Improvements



On November 11, 2022, Metro awarded the G Line Improvements Project Progressive Design Build Phase 1 contract to VTP. Between November and July 2023, VTP progressed design through 30% design, conducted field investigations, developed value engineering ideas, and provided Metro with a 30% Opinion of Probable Construction Cost (OPCC). In parallel, Metro's ICE team prepared a 30% estimate. Based on both VTP and Metro estimates for the cost of Phase 2, allocated funding for the project is not sufficient to cover costs.
The project can point to various factors that have created this disparity, including labor and material shortages and rising inflation. The estimates also account for the inherently high cost of doing work within the City of Los Angeles where restrictions on street closures require multi-phase traffic control and phased construction, which significan...