Metro - File #: 2023-0415

• File #: 2023-0415
• Type: Budget
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/13/2023
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 11/16/2023
• Final action: 11/30/2023
• Title: CONSIDER: A. INCREASING the Life of Project Budget for the Rail-to-Rail Active Transportation Project (Project) by $23,100,000, from $143,284,000 to $166,384,000; and B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to execute agreements, including Contract Modifications, within the Board Approved Life of Project Budget.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Agreements, Bicycling, Board approved Life-of-Project Budget, Budget, Budgeting, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Construction, Earmark, First/Last Mile, Grant Aid, Inglewood, Intersections, Measure M, Metro Active Transport (MAT) project, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail K Line, Pedestrians, Plan, Professional Services, Project, Project management, Public service, Public works, Rail to Rail/River Active Transportation Corridor Project, Safety, San Fernando Valley subregion, Sidewalks, Slauson Station, Soil remediation, South Bay Cities subregion, Strategic planning, Third-party Contract, Transportation policy, Westside Cities subregion
• Related files: 2024-0045

Date	Action By	Action	Result
11/30/2023	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: RAIL TO RAIL ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PROJECT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. INCREASING the Life of Project Budget for the Rail-to-Rail Active Transportation Project (Project) by $23,100,000, from $143,284,000 to $166,384,000; and

B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to execute agreements, including Contract Modifications, within the Board Approved Life of Project Budget.

Issue
ISSUE

The Life of Project (LOP) budget for the Rail-to-Rail Active Project requires an increase of $23,100,000 for additional costs related to the remediation and disposal of unanticipated hazardous soils, differing site conditions within the public intersections, additional professional services, and third-party costs to provide oversight of the Project through completion.

Background
BACKGROUND

The Rail-to-Rail Active Transportation Project is a dedicated walkway and bikeway approximately 5.6 miles in length that begins at the Metro K Line Florence/West Station and stretches east along the Harbor Subdivision rail right-of-way following Slauson Avenue from Inglewood through South Los Angeles, terminating at the Metro A Line Slauson station. This new east-west pedestrian and bicycle corridor will connect travelers to three major Metro transit lines - the A (Blue) Line, K (Crenshaw) Line, and J (Silver) Line - and multiple bus lines. As of this report, the Project is approximately 35% complete and remains on schedule for a Winter 2024 opening.
In January 2022, the Board approved a Life of Project budget of $115,989,000. The budget assumed that the City of Los Angeles (City) would complete all construction work within the public right-of-way and that Metro and the City would execute a Memorandum of Understanding memorializing this arrangement. However, after approval of the LOP, Metro and the City mutually agreed to pursue a direct fi...