Metro - File #: 2019-0519

• File #: 2019-0519
• Type: Program
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 6/21/2019
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 11/20/2019
• Title: CONSIDER: A. APPROVING the programming of $7.5 million in Measure R 3% commuter rail funds for final design including third party costs of the Lone Hill to White (LHW) Double Track Project; and B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute all agreements for the LHW final design.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Bottlenecks, Budgeting, Double track, Grant Aid, La Verne, Measure R, Metrolink, Metrolink San Bernardino Line, Olympic games, Pedestrians, Pomona, Preliminary Engineering (Project), Program, Project, Quiet Zone, Railroad commuter service, San Dimas, San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, Strategic planning, Third rail

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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Subject
SUBJECT: LONE HILL TO WHITE DOUBLE TRACK

Action
ACTION: APPROVE PROGRAMMING OF FUNDS FOR FINAL DESIGN

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. APPROVING the programming of $7.5 million in Measure R 3% commuter rail funds for final design including third party costs of the Lone Hill to White (LHW) Double Track Project; and

B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute all agreements for the LHW final design.

Issue
ISSUE

In June 2019, the Metro Board approved staff to file the Notice of Exemption (NOE) with the Los Angeles County Clerk for the Lone Hill to White (LHW) Double Track Project. The CEQA environmental process is complete and was certified on July 29, 2019. The Southern California Regional Rail Authority (also known as Metrolink) and the cities of San Dimas and La Verne have requested that the LHW Double Track Project proceed to final design. Staff is requesting programming authority of $7.5 million for final design including third party costs for the LHW Double Track Project.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

The LHW Double Track Project is located along the Metrolink San Bernardino Line (MSBL), in the cities of San Dimas and La Verne (Attachment A). The MSBL is the busiest Metrolink commuter rail line with approximately a total of 11,000 passengers on 38 weekday trains. The existing rail infrastructure on the MSBL is 67 percent single track, which creates a bottleneck and significant operational challenges. In order to improve reliability and on-time performance, more of the MSBL needs to be double tracked.

Completion of the LHW Double Track Project will provide an additional 3.9 miles of continuous double track to further reduce the single track bottleneck on the MSBL, minimize delays due to trains waiting on a siding for another train to pass, and provide operational flexibility to recover from delays.

Preliminary Engineering Phase...