Metro - File #: 2018-0361

• File #: 2018-0361
• Type: Project
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 6/1/2018
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 6/21/2018
• Title: CONSIDER: A. REPROGRAMMING $11,500,000 in funds previously reserved for Metro Blue Line Washington Siding Project from Mid-City Exposition Blvd LRT (CP 800113) to Metro Blue Line Track and System Refurbishment Project (CP 205115); B. INCREASING the Life of Project Budget (LOP) Budget for Metro Blue Line Track and System Refurbishment Project (CP 205115) by $11,500,000 from $90,779,817 to $102,279,817; and C. AMEND the Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Budget for Metro Blue Line Track and System Refurbishment Project (CP 205115) to increase it by $5,000,000 from $44,581,402 to $49,581,402.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Blue Line Improvement, Board approved Life-of-Project Budget, Budget, Budgeting, Construction, Crossovers, Division 14, Joint Powers Agreement, Landscaping, Light rail transit, Light rail vehicles, Maintenance, Mbl Track & System Refurb (Project), Metro Blue Line, Metro Exposition Line, Metro Purple Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail D Line, Project, State Of Good Repair, Tracking systems, Transfers, Transit Corridor Project (Project), Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2, Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station
• Related files: 2018-0442

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JUNE 21, 2018

Subject
SUBJECT: METRO BLUE LINE TRACK AND SYSTEM
REFURBISHMENT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. REPROGRAMMING $11,500,000 in funds previously reserved for Metro Blue Line Washington Siding Project from Mid-City Exposition Blvd LRT (CP 800113) to Metro Blue Line Track and System Refurbishment Project (CP 205115);

B. INCREASING the Life of Project Budget (LOP) Budget for Metro Blue Line Track and System Refurbishment Project (CP 205115) by $11,500,000 from $90,779,817 to $102,279,817; and

C. AMEND the Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Budget for Metro Blue Line Track and System Refurbishment Project (CP 205115) to increase it by $5,000,000 from $44,581,402 to $49,581,402.

Issue
ISSUE

In March 2018, the Metro Board of Directors approved the Life of Project (LOP) budget for the Metro Blue Line Track and Refurbishment project. This project, combined with the Metro Blue Line Resignaling and Willowbrook/Rosa Parks projects, are collectively known as the New Blue, an approximately $330 million construction project targeted towards bringing the 27 year old Metro Blue Line into a state of good repair (SGR). The vast majority of the project begins in January 2019, when the Metro Blue Line undergoes a series of closures to accommodate the state of good repair improvements as well as the Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station improvement project. The New Blue effort is scheduled to be completed in August 2019.

During the March 2018 Board meeting, the Board requested a report back on customer-facing visual and aesthetic improvements that could also be conducted as part of the New Blue project. In addition, over the last several months staff has held numerous briefings and meetings regarding the New Blue program, and at nearly all of them, stakeholders have requested that in addition to the proposed SGR projects, staff should also include visual and aesthetic improvements direc...