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Commuter Rail Transit (CRT) Project Sponsor Designation
Bret Martin, MPO Staff
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The TPAC-commissioned core technical team (CTT) for the fixed guideway corridors major investment study (MIS) is pressing forward on its high-level, regional-scale evaluation of operations and station area alternatives for the commuter rail transit (CRT) component of the study. The CTT is currently in the process of transitioning from an evaluation of national peers, travel demand, and existing conditions along the corridor toward the development of system performance standards/targets, an evaluation framework, and the identification and evaluation of initial CRT operating and station area alternatives. To keep the study of the CRT corridor moving forward to support implementation of a project within the corridor by FY 2027 (the horizon year of the Wake Transit Plan), it is appropriate for the CAMPO Executive Board to begin the process of designating a project sponsor. The project sponsor would take on the responsibility of further developing a viable project, interfacing with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for any federal grants being pursued, and managing engineering, right-of-way acquisition, construction, or any other subsequent phases of project implementation toward an end of effectuating and operating CRT service. In effect, project sponsors absorb an ownership or lead role over certain phases of a project's execution to ultimately bring the project to fruition.
CAMPO staff has received a memo from the contracted consultant for the fixed guideway corridors major investment study that recommends through supporting justification that GoTriangle be designated as the project sponsor for any viable CRT projects with independent utility that may be delineated within the MIS study corridor. This memo is provided as Attachment A. The high-level points of support outlined in the memo for GoTriangle to serve in this capacity include:
1) An existing organizational ...
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