SCORT Annual Meeting Jacksonville, Florida September 20, 2010 Passenger Rail in Florida
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Transcript of SCORT Annual Meeting Jacksonville, Florida September 20, 2010 Passenger Rail in Florida
SCORT Annual MeetingJacksonville, Florida
September 20, 2010
Passenger Rail in Florida
Presentation Overview
Status Update on Current HSR Activities
Amtrak Service in Florida/Proposed FEC Passenger Rail Project
SunRail Project Other Passenger Rail Activities
“Vision for High Speed Rail in America” competition
Florida reacted quickly based on previous work
Tampa-Orlando-Miami application submitted October 2009
Special Session Dec ‘09: Florida Rail
Created Florida Rail Enterprise
Provided mechanism for State contribution
Overview of Florida HSR
Federal Railroad Administration Approvals
Jan 28, 2010: President here in Tampa: Florida one of top three recipients in the nation$1.25 Billion for Phase 1 Tampa-Orlando ($2.7B requested)
May 7, 2010: Administrator Szabo signed Record of Decision, completing environmental documents
May 28, 2010: Sec. LaHood in Orlando: first grant $66.7 M
August, 2010: Florida applied for an additional $1.1 Billion and offered a 20% match
Organizational Federal Railroad Administration
Lead person: Randall Brown Program Management Oversight Consultant: STV
Florida Rail Enterprise Executive Director: Kevin Thibault Chief Operating Officer: Nazih Haddad
Florida DOT Support at all levels
Consultant Team Program Manager: HNTB/WSA Legal: Freshfields Financial: KPMG
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Tampa-Orlando-Miami Corridor
Phase I – Tampa to Orlando
Proven HSR technology. Steel wheel on rail. Trains at least hourly; additional frequency
between Orlando Airport and attractions Ridership Estimate from 2002 study – Over 2
million. (Excludes captive Markets) New Investment Grade Ridership Study
Underway Maximum Speed 168 MPH+.
Tampa to Orlando Operations
Jobs and Economic Outlook 5,000 +jobs/ year during
construction period. 600-1,000 permanent direct
operating jobs and 500 indirect jobs.
Contributes to creation of 10th largest economic region in the nation with 7th biggest population
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Floridians Already at Work!
Current Activities
Five major Tasks with $66.7 million ARRA funds 1- Project development – setting up for the
program2- Advance Preliminary Engineering to firm
up costs3- Early Works Projects document
preparation4- Right of way Acquisition/Survey5- RFQ/RFP to build the HSR System through
PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
Two Procurements:
1- Early Works ProjectsClears and prepares the corridor
2- HIGH SPEED RAIL construction Design-Build-Operate-Maintain &Finance (DBOM&F) Contract: Public Private Partnership(PPP)
Procurement Timelineif all the stars line up…
Early Works Timeline (Subject to FRA approval) Issue RFPs in November Begin construction spring 2011 Work completed in advance of HSR construction
PPP HSR Construction RFQ for teams Nov. 2010 (subject to FRA approval) RFP issued to qualified teams March 2011 with
ridership updates. Winning team selected /negotiations in late 2011 Construction starts 2012 Trains roll 2015
Amtrak Services in Florida
Silver Star
Silver Meteor
Auto Train
Sunset Limited(inactive since 2004)
Palmetto(truncated in Savannah in 2004)
Florida East Coast(proposed)
Passenger Service onFlorida’s East Coast
No FEC passenger service since 1968 Proposed new service
Splits Amtrak Silver Star daily service at Jacksonville w/1 round trip on Florida East Coast
One additional daily corridor service train Estimated annual ridership: 222,600 passenger
Stations Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Daytona Beach,
Titusville, Cocoa, Melbourne, Vero Beach, Ft. Pierce, Stuart, West Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami
Submitted application on Aug 6 requesting $250 million
SunRail•Phase I – DeBary to Sand Lake Road – 12 stations
2013
•Phase II – DeBary to Deland; Sand Lake Rd. to Poinciana – 5 stations
2015
SunRail
FTA approved final environmental clearances Sept. 10 Full Funding Grant Agreement with FTA expected early 2011 Phase I construction expected to begin 2011 Vehicle designs selected Sept. 10 Phase II PE now under way
Other Passenger Rail Activities
Tampa Light Rail Project TBARTA Jacksonville Commuter Rail Study South Florida East Coast Corridor
Study