Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project Phase 2 & Station Names: Community Meetings March 2012

County of Fairfax, Virginia

Department of Transportation

Dulles CorridorMetrorail Project

Phase 2 & Station Names

Community Meetings

March 2012


Department of Transportation 2

• Meeting Format– Open Session – 30 minutes– Presentation – 20 minutes– Question and Answers – 20 minutes– Open Session/Questions and Answers at Stations

• Purpose of Presentation– Provide background and current status on Phase 2 of the Dulles Corridor

Metrorail Project– Inform and seek input from the public on Fairfax County’s Phase 2 cost,

financing, project elements, and station names– Schedule/Next Steps

• Project Schedule• County Schedule








Tysons East Guideway


Tysons East Station


Route 7 and Route 123 Tunnels


9 Tysons West Guideway at Route 7


10

Tysons West StationTysons West Station

County of Fairfax, VirginiaWiehle Avenue Station: Prototype for Phase 2

Stations Except for Dulles Airport Station


Description• Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) is building the

DCMP• Phase 2 begins west of Wiehle Avenue and ends at Route 772 in

eastern Loudoun County• All stations at-grade or above grade• Phase 2 is a 11.4 mile extension and includes 6 stations and 5

parking garages:– Reston Parkway

– Herndon-Monroe (1,950 new parking spaces, existing 1,600 parking spaces remain)

– Route 28 (2,000 parking spaces)

– Dulles Airport

– Route 606 (1,950 parking spaces)

– Route 772 (2 garages 3,000 parking spaces)



Phase 2 Cost Estimate Summary


Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)

100% Preliminary Engineering

Independent Analysis

Original Design, Underground Dulles Airport Station

$3.825 B - - - -

Modified Design, Aerial Dulles Airport Station

$3.273 B($552 M)

$3.156 B $3.298 B

MOA and Value Engineering Savings

$3.138 B($135 M)

$3.093 B($63 M)

$3.235 B($63 M)

Route 28 Station and Parking Garage Responsibilities to Fairfax and Loudoun Counties

$2.820 B($318 M)

$2.689 B($404 M)

$2.831 B($404 M)


Phase 2 Cost Estimate Summary

• Estimates are consistent with the Memorandum of Agreement’s Targeted Project Reductions

• Forecasted difference between Preliminary Engineering and Independent Estimate is due to different rates of inflation (3.0% Preliminary Est. vs. 4.5% Independent Est.)

• Costs associated with the Route 28 station and parking garages fall back into the project if the County is unable to secure alternative methods to fund these elements that are cost neutral to Fairfax County – Cost allocated per the funding agreement if back in the project



Cost Reductions

• Value Engineering and Memorandum of Agreement– Aerial Station at Dulles Airport– Shorten tail tracks at end of line– Reduced Rail Yard Capacity – Canopy Reductions– Best efforts to fund garages outside of project (Fairfax

and Loudoun)– Best effort to fund Route 28 Station outside of project

(Fairfax)



Cost AllocationFunding Agreement distribution of project cost

Projected Distribution of project costs Phase 1 & 2 (assumptions: no new State or Federal money in Phase 2, project cost = $5.994B)


Fairfax County 16.1%

Loudoun County 4.8%

MWAA 4.1%

Federal ($975M Phase1) 16.3%

State ($200M Phase 1 & 2) 3.3%

DTR Tolls 55.4%

Fairfax County 16.1%

Loudoun County 4.8%

MWAA 4.1%

Other (Federal, State, Tolls)

75.0%


Fairfax County Cost

• Total Project Cost (planning, design, engineering, construction)

– $5.590 to $5.994B (estimated)

• Phase 1 $2.901B

• Phase 2 $2.689B to $3.093B

• Fairfax County’s Funding Requirement Phase 1 & 2– $900 to $965 million (estimated)

• Phase 1 $467M

• Phase 2 $433M - $498M



Fairfax County Funding• County responsible for 16.1% of Phase 1 and 2 project cost

– County Established Two Special (Commercial & Industrial) Tax Districts to Fund Dulles Rail - $730M

• Phase 1Tax Districts (.22 per 100) ($400M)

• Phase 2 Tax District (.15 per $100) ($330M)

• County Obligation Phase1 & 2 = $900- $965M– Gap $170M - $235M

• Sources to close the gap

– Developer Contributions

– Commercial and Industrial Tax

– Federal and State Grant Programs

– Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Credit Assistance

– Other



Fairfax County (w/Silver Line) – Total Metrorail Operating Cost (Projection) FY 2013 – 2020


Fiscal Year Operating Cost

2013 $26.1M

2014 $34.7M

2015 $35.7M

2016 $37.1M

2017 $38.6M

2018 $46.4M

2019 $48.2M

2020 $50.0M






Next Steps – Phase 2• County review of PE and cost estimate – 90 Days

– Decision by funding partners no later than June 4, 2012

• County process for public outreach and input on Phase 2– “Ask Fairfax” chat (March 9)

– Four Community Meetings (March 12, 14, 15, 19)

– Submit comments or questions online (by March 16) at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fcdot/dullesmetro/

– March 20th, 5pm Public Hearing - Board of Supervisors

• Confirm Participation in Phase 2

• County seeks alternative funding for parking garages and station

• MWAA Phase 2 procurement– Initiate procurement March 2012

– Identify “Short-List” competitors June 2012

– Complete 90 day County review June 4, 2012

– Complete Environmental & WMATA approvals July 2012

– Award Design-Build contract January 2013




You Decide Take The…….


Phase 1 & 2 Station Names• The Metro Board did not approve previous names

submitted by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors• Previous names were repetitive, not unique, and

potentially confusing to riders and non-riders alike (“Tysons, Tysons, Tysons, Tysons;” “Reston, Reston;” “Herndon, Herndon”)

• WMATA criteria:– Relevant: Identify station locations by geographical features, centers of

activity or be derived from the names of communities, neighborhoods or landmarks within one-half mile;

– Brief: Limited to 19 characters with spaces and punctuation;

– Unique: Distinctive and not easily confused with other station names;

– Evocative: Evoke imagery in the mind of the patron.



Phase 1 & 2 Station Names• FCDOT and WMATA staff are working to engage the

public for recommendations meeting the criteria• Timeline:

– March 9: Station Name discussion during an Ask Fairfax! online chat

– March 12, 14, 15, & 19: Station Name discussion at Dulles Rail public meetings

– Now until March 21: take the online Silver Line Station Names

Survey, www.wmata.com/silversurvey– April: Board of Supervisors’ recommends names to WMATA– May: WMATA Board approves Silver Line station names



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