Metro - File #: 2020-0326

• File #: 2020-0326
• Type: Agreement
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 4/30/2020
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 5/28/2020
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: APPROVE programming of additional $12.9 million in Measure R I-710 Early Action projects funds for the design phase of the Shoemaker Bridge Replacement Project (Project); and EXECUTE the necessary agreement(s) with the City of Long Beach to advance the Project.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee, Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Budgeting, California Transportation Commission, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, I-710, I710 South Early Action Project (Project), Long Beach, Long Beach-East LA Corridor, Measure R, Project, State Transportation Improvement Program, Strategic planning, Technical Advisory Committee

Meeting_Body

REVISED
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MAY 20, 2020
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
MAY 28,2020

Subject
SUBJECT: I-710 ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE SHOEMAKER BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:

APPROVE programming of additional $12.9 million in Measure R I-710 Early Action projects funds for the design phase of the Shoemaker Bridge Replacement Project (Project); and

EXECUTE the necessary agreement(s) with the City of Long Beach to advance the Project.

Issue
ISSUE

In 2018, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) secured $14 million in State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) funds for the Plans, Specifications and Estimates (PS&E) phase of the Project. The STIP funds were programmed in FY18-19 with a one-year extension to allocate the funds. The deadline for City of Long Beach to request allocation and the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to approve is June 30, 2020.

The Project Report completed in 2020 estimated the PS&E phase costs to be $26.9 million, which indicates a $12.9 million shortage. CTC guidelines require full funding of the project phase at the time the STIP funds are awarded. Board approval of programming of the additional Measure R funds is hereby requested to fully fund the PS&E phase of the Project.


Background
BACKGROUND

Since 2012, Metro, the Gateway Cities Council of Governments (GCCOG), the City of Long Beach and Caltrans have recognized the Project an "Early Action" component of the I-710 South Corridor Project. The Shoemaker Bridge is at the southern terminus of the I-710 and serves as a gateway to the City of Long Beach. The Project was determined to have independent utility and could be built ahead of the I-710 South Corridor improvements with little to no wasted investment when the freeway capacity enhancement project is implemented.

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