1. Tower 55 Rail Reliever Study Fort Worth City Council Briefing June 8, 2010

2. Tower 55 – Briefing Agenda  Recent Briefings and Presentations  Benefits of Tower 55 At-Grade Improvement Project  Recent Outcomes on Funding Opportunities for At- Grade Improvements  “Go Forward” Funding Plan for At-Grade Improvements  Partnership and Advocacy for Funding of Tower 55

3. Recent Briefings & Presentations  October 8, 2009 – TSPE Ft. Worth Chapter Presentation  October 9, 2009 – TxDOT Engineering Workshop  October 19, 2009 – Presentation to Fort Worth South, Inc.  October 22, 2009 – Briefing with Historic Fort Worth, Inc.  November 4, 2009 – Briefing for Senator Wendy Davis  November 10, 2009 – Briefing with Fort Worth Public Market property owners  February 8, 2010 – Briefing with Onis-Stone, Property Owner on Vickrey Blvd.  May 4, 2010 - Briefing with Meals on Wheels  April 27, 2010 - Briefing with Commissioner Bill Meadows  May 11, 2010 - Briefing with Cong. Chet Edwards

4.  BNSF, UPRR & City of Fort Worth Joint Project  Mutual Public & Private Benefits  Installing 3 rd North-South Track for additional capacity  Several auto and pedestrian street crossing improvements  Implementation: 1 – 3 years  Estimated Cost = $94 Million Tower 55 At-Grade Project

5.  BNSF Railway constructs approximately 9,000 linear feet of new track  Street Crossing Improvements North of Tower 55  Underpass Improvement at Cold Springs and Gounah –Critical improvement for pedestrians and emergency response access  Proposed closure of Peach Street & 1 st Street crossing of BNSF Railway Tower 55 At-Grade Improvement Project North of Tower 55

6.  BNSF Railway constructs approximately 9,000 linear feet of new track  City of Fort Worth Efforts –Jennings Avenue closed in 2006 –Magnolia Avenue closed in 2009 At-Grade Improvement South of Tower 55

7.  Proposed closure of Peach Street & 1 st Street crossing of UPRR  Extension of Live Oak Street City of Fort Worth RR Grant Projects

8. ARRA Funding for Tower 55 At-Grade Improvements  At-Grade Improvements –$94M Total Project Cost –$61M Requested –BNSF and UPRR providing significant “local match”  High Speed Rail – Announced January 28, 2010 –Tower 55 Not Awarded  TIGER I Funding – Announced February 27, 2010 –Tower 55 Not Awarded –Feedback Received from USDOT –“Great, Meritorious Project; Just Not Enough Money”

9. Upcoming Funding Opportunities  Collaborative Effort between BNSF, UPRR, City of Fort Worth, TxDOT and NCTCOG –Solidified the Partnership  2 Part Strategy –Identify All Funding Opportunities –Develop Campaign for Support  Immediate Opportunity –TIGER II –Funding in FY2011 Appropriations

10. TIGER II Funding Opportunity  Partnership Well Coordinated  TxDOT Commission Meeting – June 8 –Consideration of TxDOT staff evaluation of statewide submissions for TIGER II  July 16 – Pre-Applications due to USDOT  August 23 – Applications due to USDOT  Late Fall – Expected Announcement of Awards

11. Partnership and Advocacy  Commissioner Meadows – Great Champion  Recent Briefings with Key Federal Elected Officials  Unified Voice with D.C.  Upcoming Briefings in D.C.

12. Questions & Comments Tom Shelton, P.E., AICP NCTCOG Senior Program Manager tshelton@nctcog.org 817-704-5633 Aaron Hegeman BNSF Railway Dir, Public-Private Partnerships 817-352-1471 aaron.hegeman@bnsf.com Clint Schelbitzki Union Pacific Railroad Director, Public Affairs 817-353-7256 ceschelb@up.com