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Eagle P3 Project UpdateFasTracks Monitoring Committee

Dec. 2, 2014

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Today’s Agenda• Design, construction &

systems status

• Commuter rail vehicle

• Commuter rail maintenance facility

• East Rail Line

• Gold Line/NW Rail

• Structures

• Olde Town Transit Hub

• Public Information Efforts

• QuestionsOverhead contact system (OCS) is complete near the Denver Airport Station,

as well as the track work and most of the platform

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Design, Construction & SystemsDesign & Construction

• Civil design work almost 100 percent complete

• Safety certification of the designs is progressing well

• Construction is 67 percent complete and on schedule for revenue service in 2016

• Last rail of East Line installed on Nov. 24

Systems

• Energizing testing from the Xcel grid complete at Argo and Sandown substations

Crews place ballast along the commuter rail track near the Olde Town Arvada Station

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Commuter Rail Vehicle• All 50 car bodies from the

base order and the 6 option cars for North Metro were delivered from Hyundai Rotem in Korea to the assembly plant in Philadelphia

• Remaining 10 cars are being fabricated in South Korea

• First four cars arrived at Union Station on Nov. 21

• Public can view the cars at an open house scheduled Dec. 3-6 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Union Station commuter rail platform

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Maintenance Facility• Denver has issued

temporary certificate of occupancy for building

• DTO staff have relocated to the facility to prepare for operations and maintenance training

• Commuter rail vehicles will be stored at the facility starting Dec. 7

The building structure is complete; track and power installation under way

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East Rail Line• Station canopies

complete at Peoria, underway at 38th/Blake and Central Park

• Roadway reconstruction underway on Chambers Road, Smith Road reopened to 2-way traffic

• Installation of glass on 38th/Blake pedestrian bridge starting soon

• Trackwork completed Nov. 24, overhead wire installation moving westward from Dahlia

Workers install canopies on the 38th/Blake Station platform

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Gold Line/NW Rail• Crossing and roadway

construction complete on Tennyson Street in Arvada

• OCS pole installation underway along Gold Line

• Crossing and roadway construction on OldeWadsworth in Arvada coming in early 2015

• 64th Avenue bridge to begin soon over BNSF Railway and NW Rail CRT track in Adams County

Pedestrian underpass at Westminster Station

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Structures• East Rail Line: All 19 bridge structures completed

• Gold Line: 4 of 7 bridge structures completed; Moffat Flyover Bridge and Kipling freight and commuter rail bridges moving toward completion

• Northwest Rail: 3 of 6 bridge structures completed; Clear Creek Bridge well under way, Jersey Cutoff begun, 64th Avenue road bridge scheduled to start construction early 2015

• Independent Design Check (IDC) being completed

56th Avenue Bridge

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Olde Town Transit Hub• Groundbreaking of the

transit hub at the Olde Town Arvada Station took place Nov. 13

• Arvada taking lead on constructing plaza and 650-space parking and bus transfer structure to open in time for Gold Line revenue service;

• RTD, Arvada and plaza garage contractor to coordinate on traffic impacts to ensure all businesses will be accessible

Track installation and roadway work is well underway at the Olde Town Arvada Station area

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Q3 Public Information Efforts• Project tours: 23 tours totaling 385

attendees

• Website page views: 79,801

• Stakeholder contacts: 568 personal touches via phone, email or in-person

• Printed newsletter distribution: 2,000 English, 500 Spanish

• Email newsletter distribution: 21,021

• Individual notifications by door hanger, flyer or email: 49,736

• Business impact mitigation, digital detour mapping to locate businesses

• Upcoming events:

• Commuter rail vehicle open house Wed-Sat, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.

• CRMF Opening/LEED celebration: Summer 2015

PI team member Christina Zazueta conducts public construction tour of the Gold Line

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DBE/SBE/WIN • A track laborer hired in September brings DTP’s project hiring through the WIN

Program to a total of 48 participants

• DBE/SBE commitments have exceeded goals as of October 2014 (see chart)

• DTP hosted an Appreciation Luncheon for members of the Mentor/Protégé program and personnel from RTD’s Civil Rights office to recognize the hard work each of the mentor/protégé companies has put in during the program

In Millions DesignDBE

Design SBE

Construction DBE

Construction SBE

Goal $17.2 19% $3.2 19% $183.8 20% $42.7 18%

Committed $19.7 22% $7.4 44% $193.5 21% $50.5 21%

Paid $18.8 21% $7.2 43% $164.1 18% $37.9 16%

% of Goal 109% 224% 89% 89%

Disadvantaged and Small Business EnterprisesThrough October

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Questions?

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www.rtd-fastracks.com/ep3_2