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State Rail Partnerships. State Rail Partnerships Colorado DOT (CDOT) Project Coordination. Ronnie Dickey CDOT Railroad Program Manager, Project Support Colorado has two Class 1 Railroads BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) Union Pacific Railroad Company (UPRR). State Rail Partnerships.
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State Rail PartnershipsColorado DOT (CDOT) Project Coordination • Ronnie Dickey • CDOT Railroad Program Manager, Project Support • Colorado has two Class 1 Railroads • BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) • Union Pacific Railroad Company (UPRR)
State Rail Partnerships • CDOT Partnership efforts with: • BNSF • June 31, 2013 CDOT/BNSF Memo of Understanding (MOU) • (non-binding agreement) • Assigns liaisons and commits to partnering. • Defines project review process with response commitments. • Commits to develop standard project agreements. • Defines a Project tracking process – • RR Project Tracking Spreadsheet updated monthly • (next slide)
State Rail Partnerships • CDOT Partnership efforts with: • BNSF • Established monthly call-in project status coordination meeting with BNSF liaison in Kansas City. • Intend to execute a Master Agreement. (Details later)
State Rail Partnerships • CDOT Partnership efforts with: • UPRR • CDOT intends to execute a MOU with UPRR. (similar to BNSF MOU) • Meet as needed on projects with Manager of Industry & Public Projects • at office located in Denver. • March 1, 2012 CDOT/UPRR Master Agreement (5 year contract) with • General Provisions in agreement with typical Supplements for: • RR Preliminary Engineering review costs • Section 130 rail highway at-grade crossing safety improvements • RR flagging and protective services • Currently working on Amendment to add Supplement for Force Account RR work.
State Rail Partnerships • SHRP2 • CDOT selected for the SHRP2 Lead Adopter Incentive for Round 2 Implementation Assistance funds ($75k) from FHWA for Railroad-DOT Mitigation Strategies (R16). • CDOT will: • Develop flow chart to document the CDOT-Railroad contracting • process with expected timelines • Develop and finalize the Master Agreement with BNSF (similar to UPRR) • Develop and finalize Standard Project Agreements for: • new grade separation projects • grade separated bridge replacement projects • at-grade crossing improvement projects • signal interconnect projects
State Rail Partnerships Challenges Turn-over of personnel, both with CDOT and RRs. Need to document processes and standardize contracts. Changing processes, e.g. budgeting and authorizations, Design/Build & CMGC project delivery,SAP data entry, RR tracking programs, etc.
State Rail Partnerships Thank You! Questions? Contact information: Ronnie Dickey CDOT Railroad Program Manager Phone: (303) 757-9333 ronnie.dickey@state.co.us