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Update of Downtown Rail Improvements
DFWI & Chamber StakeholdersFebruary 26, 2014
Alonzo Liñán, PE, PTOECity of Fort Worth
Agenda
•Tower 55
•Live Oak Connector
•9th Street Crossing
•Questions…
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Tower 55
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Tower 55 TIGER Grant
GoalIncrease Economic ProductivityImprove Community LivabilityImprove Environmental Sustainability
ImpactAdd train capacityReduce train and vehicle congestion
• Close two (2) crossings (BNSF & East 1st and BNSF & Peach Street)• Reconstruct two (2) crossings (BNSF & Gounah and BNSF & Cold Springs)
Improved pedestrian mobility and safety• Sidewalks, Streetlights, Fencing
Install traffic signals at Hampton and BelknapImproved Air Quality Conditions
Two BNSF Rail Crossing
Closures
Tower 55
Peach Street
East 1st
Two BNSF Rail Bridge
Improvements
Cold Springs
Gounah
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Existing Crossing Closures
BNSF & Peach Street
BNSF & 1st Street
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Cold Springs Overpass ReconstructionBefore Before
After
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Before
Gounah St. Overpass Reconstruction
After
Before
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Tower 55 Pedestrian Impacts
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Sidewalk Network
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Gounah
Peach
Tower 55 Fencing
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Tower 55 Fencing
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Tower 55 Pedestrian Impacts
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3rd St Accessibility
• Existing sidewalk at 3rd St underpass
• No Improvements proposed
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East Lancaster St. Bridges• Built in 1906 (est)
• UP led work
• Rehabilitate abutment wall
• Encapsulate center posts with micro piles
• Re-deck entire structure
• Local partners coordination for detours and traffic control
Tower 55 New Traffic Signals
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Live Oak Connector
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Live Oak Connector
Goal• New street construction for reliable neighborhood access
Impact• Construct Live Oak Street from 1st to 4th St• Close (2) UPRR crossings (E 1st and Peach)• Construct fencing on both sides of track• Project still underway
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Live Oak Connector 55 Fencing
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9th Street Crossing
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9th Street Crossing
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9th Street Crossing
Discussions to Date• Reopen at-grade RR crossing• Leave as is (closed)
Considerations• Businesses are restricted• Quiet Zone/Horns• Staging of trains• Number of trains
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Schedule UpdatesTower 55• Anticipated substantial completion date – September 2014• Crossing Closures – Late July 2014
–1st Street and Peach Street– In advance of school year to ensure safe traffic flows
• Grade separations – Complete Mid-June 2014 –Gounah Street – May 1st target completion –Cold Springs Road – June 1st target completion
Live Oak• Plans nearing completion• Expect construction to be done by end of 2015
9th Street• Pending Land Owner Discussions
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Questions?
DFWI & Chamber StakeholdersFebruary 26, 2014
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