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AD HOC CONGESTION, HIGHWAY AND ROADS COMMITTEE
JUNE 19, 2019
Subject
SUBJECT: SOUNDWALL PROGRAM FUNDING, PACKAGE 10
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. PROGRAMMING an additional $968,356 for Soundwall Package 10 (Project); and
B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive officer to execute a Funding Agreement with Caltrans to add $968,356 to Soundwall Package 10 to cover the Supplemental NBSSRs, PS&E and Right of Way expenses for the Project to date.
Issue
ISSUE
Caltrans has expended a total of $9,498,926 to prepare the Noise Barrier Scope Summary Report (NBSSR) and supplements; Plans, Specifications and Estimates (PS&E); and perform Right of Way activities on the Project. The current budget is $8,530,570 leaving a shortfall of $968,356. The Project is on the Metro Soundwall List as a Phase 1, Priority 2 Project.
Background
BACKGROUND
Caltrans completed the Package 10 PS&E and Right of Way work in 2012 with the standards in effect at that time and delivered the PS&E to Metro. Caltrans had also secured many of the Temporary Construction Easements (TCEs) for the Project.
The Project was nominated to be included in the Accelerated Regional Transportation Improvements (ARTI) project. The construction of Project was on hold while the evaluation process for ARTI was being conducted. After a lengthy process, ARTI was determined to be infeasible as a bundle of projects and Soundwall Package 10 was advanced as a standalone project with changes, including updating the PS&E to 2015 standards and specifications, adding new soundwall segments that were not identified in the original project scope, extending TCEs that expired, and obtaining new TCEs. Metro negotiated the budget for the Project with Caltrans based on savings from design and right of way budgets from Soundwall Packages 4 through 8. The final budget for the Project was set at $8,530,570.
Three new soundwall segments were added to the Pr...
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