1. Eagle P3 Project Update
RTD Board of Directors
Sept. 2, 2014

2. Overhead contact system (OCS) is nearly complete along East Rail Line
Today’s Agenda
Design & systems status
Commuter rail vehicle
Commuter rail maintenance facility
East Rail Line
Gold Line/NW Rail
Bridges
Coordination with adjacent projects
Questions
Overhead contact system (OCS) is nearly complete along East Rail Line

3. Design Progress Design Civil design work almost 100 percent complete
Typical design questions and issues continue to be raised during construction and are handled by DTP with RTD oversight
Safety certification of the designs is progressing well
Construction is 63 percent complete and on schedule for revenue service in 2016
Track crew works on crossover switch on approach to Denver Airport Station

4. Systems Progress Systems
Traction power substation installation far along
Energizing from the Xcel grid scheduled for fall
Overhead wire installation nearly complete along East Rail Line
Installation of train control equipment houses under way throughout the project in advance of other wayside equipment installations, including grade crossing equipment
Track gantry (foreground) and RTD substation (background) at Sandown
will feed power to the East Rail Line

5. Commuter Rail Vehicle
All 50 car bodies from the base order are in Hyundai Rotem’s assembly facility in Philadelphia
Six option car bodies to arrive in plant by October; 10 additional cars due in 2015
First cars completed, awaiting final inspection and shipment to Denver this fall
Public viewing tentatively planned in mid-November; official announcement forthcoming

6. Maintenance Facility
Denver has issued temporary occupancy permit for building
Operations Control Center near completion
Grading work for drainage continuing across the site
OCS poles and yard light poles installed
Ballast and track work well under way
Separate train wash building closed in, wash system installation under way
The building structure is complete; track and power installation under way

7. Newly opened 40th Avenue between Blake and York streets
East Rail Line
40th Avenue between Blake to York streets reopened on June 30 after 18-month closure
Platform concrete pours and canopy work underway
Most corridor protection barrier construction nearing completion
At-grade crossings well under way
Newly opened 40th Avenue between Blake and York streets

8. Pedestrian underpass at Arvada Ridge Station, July 29, 2014
Gold Line/NW Rail
Gold Line grade crossings are being done one after another to minimize detour distances
Moffat Bridge girders successfully installed
Several water line relocations currently under way
Track installation in progress on South Platte bridge, in Arvada and Wheat Ridge
NW Rail Clear Creek bridge girders set on north side
Pedestrian underpass at Arvada Ridge Station, July 29, 2014

9. Eagle P3 Bridges
East Rail Line: 18 of 19 bridge structures completed; I-70 Flyover Bridge nearing completion after steel girders set on final three spans over UP tracks
Gold Line: 4 of 7 bridge structures completed; Moffat Flyover Bridge and Kipling freight and commuter rail bridges well under way
Northwest Rail: 4 of 6 bridge structures completed; Clear Creek Bridge well under way, 64th Avenue road bridge scheduled to start construction in fall
5,000-foot Interstate 70 Flyover Bridge

10. Coordination with Adjacent Projects
Peoria Crossing complete and now moves traffic over the East Rail Line and Union Pacific alignment
DTP is currently installing a temporary track crossing of the street to enable its construction work to continue in the area.
Peoria Crossing
Successful ribbon-cutting on June 12, bridge now entirely open to traffic
I-225 Light Rail Line
Gas line relocation on 33rd Avenue at Peoria in advance
of Eagle roadway reconstruction

11. Coordination with Adjacent Projects
Olde Town Arvada
Environmental reevaluation draft released after input from consulting parties, historic societies; public meeting held last month
Arvada’s project will provide new bus transfer facility and 640+ spaces in parking garage
Rendering of city-proposed
Olde Town Station parking garage and bus facility
(Subject to change)
Denver Airport
Platforms nearing completion
Passenger transit center being fitted out
Hotel almost enclosed and interior finishes underway
Once these are complete, RTD’s existing bus facility/pnR off Wadsworth bypass will be closed.
Airport station platform viewed from hotel

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