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OCTA Rail Services Improvement Program Railway Club of Southern California April 8, 2008

2. Overview. Metrolink Service Expansion Program Grade Crossing Safety

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OCTA Rail Services Improvement Program Railway Club of Southern California April 8, 2008

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    1. OCTA Rail Services Improvement Program Railway Club of Southern California April 8, 2008 April 8, 2008

    2. 2 Overview Metrolink Service Expansion Program Grade Crossing Safety & Quiet Zone Program Grade Separation Program Alameda Corridor East (OC portion) LOSSAN (OC portion)

    3. 3 Metrolink Service Expansion Program Approved in November 2005 90% increase in service – From 40 to 76 trains per day by 2010 Midday, evening, weekend Intra-county focus Approved $383 million funding plan Local Sales Tax State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Timeline driven by 2010 Air Quality conformity deadline

    4. 4 Program Delivery Passenger Cars - procured by Metrolink Locomotives – procured by Metrolink Infrastructure – Metrolink & OCTA Parking – OCTA & City Program Management Consultant

    5. 5 OCTA & SCRRA Roles OCTA & SCRRA Planning & Project Development Operations Analysis OCTA Funding Environmental Clearance ROW and Utilities SCRRA Design Construction

    6. 6 Rolling Stock Passenger Cars 52 trailer cars 7 cab cars Delivery complete July 2010 Locomotives Delivery underway

    7. 7 Locomotive Delivery

    8. 8 Turnback and Terminal Facilities Fullerton turnback & terminal 3rd station track / platform 700 ft tail track 1,425 pocket track 4,300 ft new track Laguna Niguel / Mission Viejo turnback & terminal 3rd station track / platform 700 ft tail track 1,600 ft pocket track 6,000 ft new track

    9. 9 Layover Facilities Anaheim Layover Storage tracks, service areas, small building, employee parking West side of ROW, south (RR east) of Orangethorpe, north (RR west) of SR-91 crossing

    10. 10 Reliability Improvements New Crossovers CP College CP Lincoln Rehab of Orange Siding Improvements at UPRR connections Anaheim & Santa Ana

    11. 11 Infrastructure Program Status OCTA Board approved cooperative agreement with SCRRA on April 23, 2007 SCRRA awarded design contract May 2007 30% design submitted at end of February 60% design due by May 2008 Final design due Summer 2008

    12. 12 Station Improvements Fullerton parking – ROW negotiations Orange parking – planning underway Orange pedestrian crossing – Construction contract awarded Tustin parking – Environmental clearance complete, planning underway Irvine parking – Construction underway – opening Fall 2008 Laguna Niguel / Mission Viejo parking – planning underway

    13. 13 Grade Crossing Safety Enhancement Program Safety improvements at 53 at-grade highway-rail crossings Improvements consistent with FRA final rule on use of locomotive horns Upon completion of improvements, local cities able to file NOE for Quiet Zones with FRA

    14. 14 Grade Crossing Program Status Design of grade crossing safety enhancements underway A joint effort between OCTA, SCRRA and Cities SCRRA is managing design and construction If all key stakeholders perform their roles, work completed in 2009/2010

    15. 15 Grade Crossing Program Status Estimated cost of $60-70 million 88% OCTA, 12% city Average of $1.3 million per crossing 30% design submitted in March 2008 Final design due August 2008

    16. 16 Trade Corridors Improvement Fund (TCIF) Proposition 1B - November 2006 California voters approved $19.9 billion in transportation infrastructure bonds $2 billion directed to TCIF for goods movement related projects OCTA proposed 9 projects 7 Grade separations 2 Highway projects

    17. 17 Projects and Costs

    18. 18 Schedule March 13 - California Transportation Commission (CTC) released staff recommendation Orange County received 8 projects SR-57 Truck Climbing Lane not recommended April 10 - CTC adopts initial TCIF program of projects All Projects must start construction by December 31, 2013

    19. 19 Location

    20. 20 Other Grade Separations Renewed Measure M calls for Grade Separation on the OC portion of the LOSSAN Corridor Development of priorities underway Sand Canyon (Irvine) in design Potential STIP funding for construction in 2012-2013

    21. 21 OCTA Rail Program Staff Contact Information Darrell Johnson Director, Transit Project Delivery Dinah Minteer Manager, Metrolink Expansion Lora Cross Project Manager, Stations Mary Toutounchi Project Manager, Grade Crossings Abbe McClenahan Service Planning, Operations Megan Taylor Performance measurement & analysis Phone numbers and e-mail available at www.octa.net

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