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FY 2021 Wake Transit Work Plan - 1st Quarter Amendment Request
Bret Martin, MPO Staff
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One (1) FY21 Wake Transit Work Plan amendment request was submitted by GoTriangle for the 1st quarter of the fiscal year. Documentation for the amendment request, including more information on the nature of the request as provided to the Wake County Transit Planning Advisory Committee (TPAC), is included in Attachment A. Per the adopted Wake Transit Work Plan Amendment Policy, the amendment request falls into the 'Major Amendment' category.
The requested amendment, if approved, would allocate $1.1 million from Project TC004-A (Project Development for Commuter Rail from Garner to Western Durham - Wake Share) to GoTriangle to reimburse the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for its financial interest in five (5) parcels along the planned commuter rail corridor in Wake County. Also included in the scope of the request is the demolition of a structure on one of the parcels and a small contingency for additional potential expenses. The parcels were previously purchased by GoTriangle with FTA funds in support of a rail project under development in prior years. The FTA's ownership share in the parcels is 55.7 percent. This reimbursement would give GoTriangle a 100 percent ownership interest in the subject parcels. GoTriangle plans to retain the parcels for project-related uses, such as station facilities and laydown areas for construction and contractor access, should construction of a commuter rail project proceed.
The amendment request was released for public comment between August 7, 2020, and September 6, 2020. No public comments were received in response to the amendment request. The TPAC recommended approval of the request at its October 14th regular meeting with a finding that the scope for the requested project is appropriate for the continued implementation of commuter rail as envisioned in the Wake County Transit Plan and that funding the request does not in...
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