10/10/2017 OC Streetcar Project Jim Hecht, HDR, OC Streetcar Program Management Consultant, jim.hecht@hdrinc.com 1 OC Streetcar Project • First modern urban rail transit project in Orange County • 4.1 mile, modern streetcar, from SARTC to Harbor/Westminster • 8 vehicles, 10/15 minute headways, 10 stops in each direction • Advertise for construction in about one month, scheduled to open Dec 2020 • How did we get here? 2 1
10/10/2017 What is a Modern Streetcar? 3 Measure M2 • 2006 half-cent sales tax measure • Improvements to Metrolink • Transit Extensions to Metrolink 4 2
10/10/2017 Go Local/Project S • Local agencies were invited to submit proposals to OCTA for improved transit service to Metrolink Stations • Winners were awarded funding for planning studies • Cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove were successful 5 Alternatives Analysis 6 3
10/10/2017 Environmental Documents 7 FTA Capital Investment Grant (New Starts) 8 4
10/10/2017 Value Engineering/Risk Assessment Changes to Track Layout 9 Changed Bridge Type Westminster Before After 10 5
10/10/2017 Road Reconfiguration Before CL of Streetcar After 11 Traction Power Substation Locations Before 12 After 6
10/10/2017 Station Design 13 Modifications to 4 th Street 14 7
10/10/2017 Santa Ana River Bridge 15 Pacific Electric ROW (West of Raitt St) • Two Bridges (DF Track) • Westminster Ave, 2-span, 231-feet-long, cast-in-place, post-tensioned, concrete box girder bridge, cast-in-drilled hole (CIDH) piles • Santa Ana River, 3-span, 356-feet-long, precast, prestressed, Caltrans wide-flange girder bridge, CIDH piles • Two At-Grade Railroad Crossings • Fairview Street and 5 th Street 16 • Ties and Ballast, 44 MPH, Two-Wire Catenary 8
10/10/2017 Street Running (East of Raitt St) • WB: Santa Ana Blvd; EB: Sasscer Park, 4 th Street, Mortimer Street • Ross Street ByPass • Embedded Block Rail • Single Contact Wire plus underground feeder 17 • New and Modified Traffic Signals, City Bike Lane Maintenance and Storage Facility 9
10/10/2017 What’s Left? Operations and Construction Vehicle Start ‐ Up and Construction Maintenance Opening Bids Manufacturing Testing Contract 19 Questions? 20 10
10/10/2017 Thank You! 21 11
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