1. Eagle Project Update Eagle P3 Project Update FasTracks Monitoring Committee Feb. 4, 2014

2. 2 Today’s Agenda Project update video Project status Design Quality management Commuter rail maintenance facility Commuter rail vehicle Construction progress Public Information Coordination with adjacent projects Questions Workers install static wire and catenary arms on East Rail Line

3. 3 Eagle P3 Project East Rail Line offers 35-minute travel time to DIA Gold Line offers 25-minute travel time to Ward Road Northwest Rail Westminster Segment offers 11-minute travel time to Westminster

4. 4 Project Video

5. 5 Project Status DBE/SBE goals exceeded for design and on pace to meet or exceed goals for construction 43 Workforce Initiative Now candidates hired on project All original civil, track and structure designs complete 98 percent of right-of-way conveyed for construction Major UPRR and BNSF relocation work underway All 18 bridges on East underway or complete; 11 of 13 bridges on Gold Line/Northwest Rail underway or complete Track installation in progress on East and Gold CRMF building construction 95 percent complete Station names formally approved with input from local jurisdictions

6. 6 Design Status Systems design work nearing completion Typical design questions and issues continue to be raised during construction Safety certification of the designs is progressing well Post-tensioning pier cap on South Platte River Bridge, January 2014

7. 7 Quality Management RTD identified issues requiring improvement Four bridge decks redesigned and require retrofit construction work Approximately 14 columns require additional strengthening or retrofit Quebec Bridge box girders and deck

8. 8 Maintenance Facility Commuter rail maintenance facility, Dec. 26, 2013

9. 9 Maintenance Facility Grading work for drainage continues across the site Drilling begun for overhead power and yard light pole foundations Operations Control Center being readied for installation of servers Construction on the separate train wash building has begun Construction on the employee station platform is well advanced All concrete foundations have been completed Train room inside commuter rail maintenance facility

10. 10 Construction Progress Interior finishing work inside commuter rail maintenance facility

11. 11 Commuter Rail Vehicle 26 car bodies in assembly plant, 16 more enroute First rail car bodies and wheel sets fitted together in January 2014 Pilot cars assembly complete in May, transfer to Denver in Fall 2014 ISO 9001 audit by Bureau Veritas conducted December 2013 Interim Buy America audit conducted in December 2013 Procurement of 12 vehicles for North Metro Rail Line service is complete Rail car bodies with wheel sets, Jan. 10, 2014 Car shells loaded onto cargo ship, Jan. 20, 2014

12. 12 Commuter Rail Vehicle Commuter rail vehicles at Hyundai Rotem’s Philadelphia plant, January 2014 Inside Hyundai Rotem assembly plant in Philadelphia, Jan. 10, 2014. Perspective on four- car consist shows GM Phil Washington and Balfour Beatty CEO Ray Bond in front, and Eagle Project Director Brian Middleton at far end, marked by arrow.

13. 13 Construction Progress East Rail Line: Commuter rail platform and canopy of Denver Airport station are in front of Westin Hotel towers

14. 14 Construction Progress East Rail Line: Bridges take tracks over New Castle Street, foreground, DIA employee parking lot, outbound Peña Boulevard and, curving northward, over Third Creek

15. 15 Construction Progress East Rail Line: Tracks laid along 78 th Avenue “Big Cut” alignment parallel to Runway 7/25

16. 16 Construction Progress East Rail Line: Rail tamper straightens rails and ensures they are at the correct location and pitched angle

17. 17 Construction Progress East Rail Line: Direct fixation tracks installed on Peña Boulevard Bridge, looking northeast; there are 14 miles of direct fixation in Eagle’s 65 main line track-miles

18. 18 Construction Progress East Rail Line: I-70 Flyover looking south

19. 19 Construction Progress East Rail Line: At- grade crossing roadway construction completed at Havana Street

20. 20 Construction Progress East Rail Line: Central Park Station platform, with Park-n- Ride site in background, looking southwest

21. 21 Construction Progress East Rail Line: Track hardening construction along Smith Road near Monaco Street

22. 22 Construction Progress East Rail Line: 40 th & Colorado Station platform construction, looking southwest

23. 23 Construction Progress East Rail Line: 38 th & Blake Station platform and pedestrian bridge under construction, looking southwest

24. 24 Construction Progress Gold Line: Wheat Ridge Ward Station looking west

25. 25 Construction Progress Gold Line: Track installation along Ridge Road, looking east

26. 26 Construction Progress Gold Line: Westbound track on Ridge Road, will be used for BNSF Railway shoofly

27. 27 Construction Progress Gold Line: At-grade crossing construction at Carr Street, Arvada

28. 28 Construction Progress Gold Line: Worker stands down from construction on the Ralston Creek Bridge during passage of a BNSF Railway freight train

29. 29 Construction Progress Gold Line: Major wall for raised alignment between I-76 and Federal Boulevard

30. 30 Construction Progress Northwest Rail: 2,000-foot Utah Junction Flyover in Adams County at 56 th Avenue, also carries Gold Line trains

31. 31 Construction Progress Northwest Rail: South Platte River Bridge girders completed over freight railroads’ Consolidated Main Line

32. 32 Public Information Results 146,690: Unique visitors to Eagle website 120,561: Views on progress photos and videos 38,670: Door hangers and flyers distributed 32,371: Views of online construction detour maps 23,262: Visitors to online “virtual” corridor tours 4,323: Attendance at 149 meetings and presentations 539: Attendance at 5 Open Houses 307: Individuals on 36 construction tours East Rail Line PI Manager Joshua Solis leading public tour

33. 33 Coordination with Adjacent Projects Peoria Crossing: Grade separation taking Peoria Street over East Rail Line and Union Pacific, on schedule to open to traffic this summer; Milestone Event tentatively on May 16 I-225 Light Rail Line: Coordinating design and construction activities at shared Peoria Station Peoria Crossing girder installation across East Rail Line and Union Pacific alignment

34. 34 Coordination with Adjacent Projects Denver Union Station Installation of overhead power system and signaling systems will begin in the Spring Amtrak return to station scheduled for Feb. 18, subject to change Hand-over to Denver Transit Partners on schedule after cutover

35. 35 Coordination with Adjacent Projects Denver International Airport Hotel and Transit Center DIA handed over station area on schedule at end of 2013 DIA still resolving punch list items Contractor DTP to begin track installation, overhead power system and signaling DTP to construct some operational facilities for DTP and RTD within the Transit Center RTD Bus Operations will use this facility

36. 36 Coordination with Adjacent Projects Olde Town Arvada RTD pilot project in city’s transit- oriented development will provide new bus transfer facility and 640+ spaces in structured parking garage Rendering of city-proposed Olde Town Station parking garage and bus facility

37. 37 Coordination with Adjacent Projects 38 th & Blake Station: Denver projects include roadway reconfiguration at Blake over 38 th Street and a second pedestrian bridge over railroad corridor between 35 th and 36 th streets Westminster Station: Betterment request from Westminster enables the rail station to become a key element in Westminster’s redevelopment plan for the area City rendering of Westminster Station area betterments

38. 38 Questions? For more information on RTD’s Eagle P3 Project please visit:www.rtd-fastracks.com/ep3_2 Utah Junction bridge Nov 2013