FrontLines 2015 UpdateSL Chamber Transportation Committee

November 16, 2009Michael Allegra, Assistant General Manager/

Chief Capital Development Officer

Current Expansion

Mid-Jordan - 10 miles of LRT Frontrunner South - 45 miles of

CRT West Valley - 5 miles of LRT Draper - 4 miles of LRT Airport - 6 miles of LRT 70 percent of Utahans will live

within 7 kilometers of a transit station by 2015

70 miles in 7 years in

All before 2015

West Valley LineOverview 5 miles Four proposed stations Construction began in Summer 2008 Geofoam, over 80,000 cubic yards for

bridge structures on line, is produced in Murray.

Olsen Beal, the team installing all 5 bridges, is based in Utah County

$10 - 20 M in large girders came from Utah Pacific, a Utah County company

Currently in the big push before winter, our peak is occurring when the job market is at or near a low

Overview 10.6 miles Nine proposed stations Hanson Eagle (Eagle Precast), based in

SLC has provided precast concrete, contract value of over $840,000

Tru Crushing, based in Draper has provided all of the sub-ballast on the project, contract value of over $1M

Local companies Herrera and Build Inc. are also working on this line

KHP has employed 153 craft laborers from the Salt Lake area

Mid-Jordan Line

FrontRunner South Salt Lake City to Provo 44 miles Ten potential stations Allen Industrial, out of Farmington, is

doing two park and ride lots, contract value $900,000

Herrera Concrete, based in Lehi, has a platform concrete contract of approximately $5M

Construction began in Summer 2008

Airport Line Focus

• Six Miles• Six Stations• 9-10,000 Riders Projected Opening Day

High-Speed 65mph Dedicated Corridor

• Service: 15 minute frequency; most likely run from University of Utah to Airport, through downtown (total of 10 mi.)

• Travel Time: 20 minute trip from Airport to CBD

In-Street 35 mph Corridor, with TSP

Airport TRAX Line Details

• Anticipated that Airport TRAX Line will use all Siemens S70 Low-floor Vehicles

Airport LineDesign Element: Station Canopies

Station Canopies Different from Existing System: Betterment by Salt Lake City

Incorporation of solar panels

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Airport LineFocus Area: Connection at Airport

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Airport LineFocus Area: Connection at Airport

Airport LineFocus Area: Terminal Station

Focus Area: Regional Connection to FrontRunner

Viaduct/Transfer Station (FrontRunner to TRAX)

500 West

North Temple Viaduct

Existing Salt Lake

Hardware Building

Proposed Airport TRAX

Station

Proposed FrontRunner

Station

Focus Area: Regional Connection to FrontRunner

Downtown SLC

Existing and Future UP

Freight

Focus Area: Regional Connection to FrontRunner

Focus Area: New North Temple Viaduct

Before

After

Focus Area: New North Temple Viaduct

North Temple Corridor

Focus Area: North Temple as a Boulevard

Focus Area: North Temple as a Boulevard

Airport TRAX - Construction Update CM/GC Contract Award April 2008 Utility work began February 2009 Offsite Wetland Mitigation Site completed Spring 2009 40,000 CY embankment through wetlands completed

Summer 2009 Jordan River Bridge Replacement - Phase 1 Underway Surplus Canal Bridges to Start January 2010 Viaduct Replacement to begin Spring 2010 West North Temple / 400 W utility work through Winter Roadway Improvements begin Spring 2010

What’s Next? Mountain View Corridor 5600

West BRT Utah County BRT South Davis Streetcar Sugarhouse Streetcar Ogden Streetcar 3500 South BRT (Phases 2 and

3) Taylorsville/Murray Transit

Study 9400 South Transit Study Westside Transit Brigham City FrontRunner

Extension Payson FrontRunner Extension

Transit Technology

WiFi Electronic Fare

Collection GPS Next Bus

Questions??