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Update of Downtown Rail Improvements

Update of Downtown Rail Improvements. DFWI & Chamber Stakeholders February 26, 2014 Alonzo Liñán , PE, PTOE City of Fort Worth. Agenda. Tower 55 Live Oak Connector 9 th Street Crossing Questions…. Tower 55. Tower 55 TIGER Grant. Goal Increase Economic Productivity

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Update of Downtown Rail Improvements

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  1. Update of Downtown Rail Improvements DFWI & Chamber Stakeholders February 26, 2014 Alonzo Liñán, PE, PTOE City of Fort Worth

  2. Agenda Tower 55 Live Oak Connector 9th Street Crossing Questions…

  3. Tower 55

  4. Tower 55 TIGER Grant • Goal Increase Economic Productivity • Improve Community Livability • Improve Environmental Sustainability • Impact • Add train capacity • Reduce train and vehicle congestion • Close two (2) crossings (BNSF & East 1st and BNSF & Peach Street) • Reconstruct two (2) crossings (BNSF & Gounah and BNSF & Cold Springs) • Improved pedestrian mobility and safety • Sidewalks, Streetlights, Fencing • Install traffic signals at Hampton and Belknap • Improved Air Quality Conditions

  5. Tower 55 • Two BNSF Rail Bridge Improvements • Cold Springs • Gounah • Two BNSF Rail Crossing Closures • Peach Street • East 1st

  6. Existing Crossing Closures • BNSF & 1st Street • BNSF & Peach Street

  7. Cold Springs Overpass Reconstruction Before Before After

  8. Gounah St. Overpass Reconstruction Before Before After

  9. Tower 55 Pedestrian Impacts

  10. Sidewalk Network Gounah Peach

  11. Tower 55 Fencing

  12. Tower 55 Fencing

  13. Tower 55 Pedestrian Impacts

  14. 3rd St Accessibility • Existing sidewalk at 3rd St underpass • No Improvements proposed

  15. East Lancaster St. Bridges • Built in 1906 (est) • UP led work • Rehabilitate abutment wall • Encapsulate center posts with micro piles • Re-deck entire structure • Local partners coordination for detours and traffic control

  16. Tower 55 New Traffic Signals

  17. Live Oak Connector

  18. Live Oak Connector • Goal • New street construction for reliable neighborhood access • Impact • Construct Live Oak Street from 1st to 4th St • Close (2) UPRR crossings (E 1st and Peach) • Construct fencing on both sides of track • Project still underway

  19. Live Oak Connector 55 Fencing

  20. 9th Street Crossing

  21. 9th Street Crossing

  22. 9th Street Crossing • Discussions to Date • Reopen at-grade RR crossing • Leave as is (closed) • Considerations • Businesses are restricted • Quiet Zone/Horns • Staging of trains • Number of trains

  23. Schedule Updates Tower 55 Anticipated substantial completion date – September 2014 Crossing Closures – Late July 2014 1st Street and Peach Street In advance of school year to ensure safe traffic flows Grade separations – Complete Mid-June 2014 Gounah Street – May 1st target completion Cold Springs Road – June 1st target completion Live Oak Plans nearing completion Expect construction to be done by end of 2015 9th Street Pending Land Owner Discussions

  24. Questions? DFWI & Chamber Stakeholders February 26, 2014

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