Tom Norton, Executive Director Colorado Department of Transportation

1. METRO DENVER, COLORADO Tom Norton, Executive Director Colorado Department of Transportation American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials September 9, 2003

2. Project Map

3. Highway Elements • Total lanes in each direction at completion • 4 through lanes from Logan-I-225 • 5 through lanes from I-225- C-470/E-470 • 3 through lanes on I-225 to parker Road • Safety/operational improvements Acceleration/deceleration lanes • Complete reconstruction of I-25/I-225 Interchange • Bridge replacement

4. Light Rail Elements • 19 miles of double track • West side alignment along I-25 • Median alignment along I-225 • High speed- no at grade crossings • 13 Stations • 6,000 parking spaces • Art program • New maintenance facility at Elati • 34 new light rail vehicles • New Communications System

5. CDOT and RTD Inter-Governmental Agreement • Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Regional Transportation District (RTD) executed on September 9, 1999: • Establish the foundation for the new relationship. • Work cooperatively together to finance/construct the Southeast Corridor Multi-Modal Project. • Implement the Project using a single Design-Build Contract for the highway and light rail transit improvements. • Agreement on the exclusions from the Design-Build Contract. • Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) is unique nationally for a state Department of Transportation (DOT) and transit agency.

6. Project Budget and Funding Sources • Projected budget: $1.67 billion: • Light Rail elements: $879 million • Highway elements: $795 million • Voter approved bond proposals for highway and rail elements (1999 election). • No new taxes or increases to existing taxes. • Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) of $525 million through Federal Transit Administration (FTA) signed on November 17, 2000. • Several municipalities and jurisdictions have committed $30 million in local matching funds.

7. Project Goals • To minimize inconvenience to the public. • To meet or beat the total program budget of $1.67 billion. • To provide for a quality project. • To meet or beat the schedule to be fully operational by June 30, 2008*. * Southeast Corridor Constructors (SECC) committed to complete by Fall 2006 (22 months ahead of schedule)

8. Project Uniqueness • Currently the largest multi-modal design build project in the U.S. • Multiple agency coordination. • Multi-modal approach. • Design-Build construction. • Primary goal: minimizing inconvenience to the public.

9. Widened I-25 and Light Rail in the “Narrows” Pre-T-REX View Rendered View

10. Typical Light Rail in I-225 Median Pre-T-REX View Rendered View

11. I-25 at University (Pre-T-REX)

12. I-25 at I-225 (July, 2003)

13. I-25 at “Narrows” (January,2003)

14. I-25 at I-225 (January, 2003)

15. I-25 at I-225 (July,2003)

16. I-25 at I-225 (July, 2003)

17. I-25 at I-225 (Rendering of Ultimate Configuration)

18. The Rail Partnership • Partnership: Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, Union Pacific Railroad, the city and county of Denver, and the Regional Transportation District. • Discussing opportunities for improving freight and passenger mobility throughout Colorado’s front range—including possible rail infrastructure relocation and freight line consolidation • Goal: Development of a long-term plan to ease traffic congestion and improve passenger and freight mobility without impacting the competitive balance between railroads or economic health of corporations within the state.

19. Public Benefits and Costs Study • CDOT funded study - $500,000 • Completion in spring 2004 • Expected to be an initial phase of what may require a more detailed and comprehensive analysis. • Will identify and quantify public benefits, drawbacks and costs associated with a possible transportation partnership with the railroads. • Will assess whether or not benefits of the partnership are such that it would be worthwhile to the public to continue moving toward relocation and other improvements.