Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JUNE 15, 2016
Subject/Action
SUBJECT: VAN NUYS NORTH PLATFORM PROJECT
ACTION: APPROVE REALLOCATION OF STATE FUNDS FROM METRO TO SCRRA
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
APPROVE the transfer and reallocation of State Proposition 1B Intercity Rail Improvement Program (ICR1B) funds for the Van Nuys North Platform Project from Metro to the Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA)
Issue
ISSUE
In January 2016, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $30.5 million in ICR1B funds to LACMTA (Metro) for construction of the Van Nuys North Platform Project (the Project). SCRRA has requested that the State allocate the ICR1B funds directly to SCRRA rather than to Metro for the Project.
This action would change the project allocation grantee recipient status from Metro to SCRRA for the Project
Discussion
DISCUSSION
There are two main tracks at the Van Nuys Station; however, there is only one side platform, thereby creating a single track capacity constraint and bottleneck at the station. In January 2012 a funding agreement was executed between Caltrans Division of Rail and Mass Transportation (the Department) and Metro for environmental clearance and preliminary engineering for the Project, which was completed in late 2013. In June 2014, a funding agreement was executed between the Department and Metro for final design for the Project, which was completed in late 2015.
In September 2015, SCRRA requested to work with Metro to develop plans to transfer the management of specific capital projects currently under the management of Metro, including the Project, from Metro to SCRRA. Due to SCRRA's unique experience with engineering and construction of commuter rail projects which operate under Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) jurisdiction, staff concurs that some Metro Regional Rail projects, including the Project, are candidates to be transferred for SCRRA management.
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