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FY 2020 Wake Transit Work Plan Amendment Request - Commuter Rail Early Project Development
Bret Martin, MPO Staff
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Six (6) FY 2020 Wake Transit Work Plan amendment requests were submitted for the 3rd quarter of the fiscal year. Of the six (6) amendment requests, five (5) were recommended for approval by the Wake County Transit Planning Advisory Committee (TPAC) in January and were subsequently approved by the Executive Board in February, while one (1) was tabled for further consideration at the TPAC's February regular meeting. The tabled amendment request to allocate funding to GoTriangle for commuter rail early project development activities has now been recommended for approval by both the TPAC and TCC and is proceeding for consideration by the Executive Board in March.
This amendment request would effectively allocate $5,666,667 to GoTriangle from reserves originally set aside in the FY 2018 and FY 2020 Wake Transit Work Plans for further alternatives refinement and project development for the commuter rail corridor identified in the Wake County Transit Plan. This requested allocation assumes that the Wake County share of the cost for the next proposed phase of study is slightly less than two-thirds of the cost of the total scope of performance, with Durham County and other partner funds assumed to support the remainder of the total cost. The scope of performance for early project development activities will include, but is not limited to:
* Land surveys, encroachment identification and utility investigations;
* Preliminary engineering and environmental study for key risk areas;
* Assessment of land availability for stations and park-and-rides and identification of site options for maintenance facility;
* Railroad coordination;
* Community and stakeholder engagement planning;
* Feasibility assessment for FTA Capital Investment Grant (CIG) program and develop project management plans; and
* Further refinement of risk assessment.
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