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This grant application requests $43,160,000

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Replace outdated bridges/inrastructure and makeimprovements along the I-70 corridor system

in the Bi-State region and downtown St. Louis

between the new Mississippi River Bridge (MRB)

and Poplar Street Bridge (PSB) to accommodate

changing vehicular and pedestrian trac patterns

while acilitating saer, multi-modal access between

Downtown, the Jeerson National Expansion

Memorial (JNEM), and the St. Louis Port District

along the Mississippi River. The project includes:

New Walnut Street Bridge over I-70

and improvements to Walnut Streetinto the Downtown Core

Replacement o outdated, unsae Market, Chestnut

and Pine Street Bridges with new Land Bridge

connecting the Downtown Core to JNEM

New entrance/exit ramps at Washington Avenue

to improve trac ow into and out o the

Downtown Core between new MRB and PSB

City street grid upgrades at Washington Avenue

and Third Street to accommodate saer vehicular

and pedestrian trac ow into potential economicdevelopment areas along Washington Avenue and

also the Lacledes Landing Entertainment District

Replacement o portion o Washington Ave.

with a new gateway at the north end o the

JNEM providing accessible route that connects

Downtown, the JNEM, the MetroLink Light Rail

System, Lacledes Landing Entertainment District

and the St. Louis Riverront/Port District

A new exit ramp or southbound I-70 trac

to eed the Tucker Boulevard connection

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Raise Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard (LKS), a major

St. Louis Port access drive along the Mississippi

River, 2.5 to 3 eet above its current elevation to

allow 60-70% more riverront/port access during

ood season and provide positive connections

to the Great Rivers Greenway Trail System.

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Make roadway improvements to Front Street in

East St. Louis, Illinois and extend the Conuence

Bikeway along the east bank o the Mississippi

River completing the River Ring Trail system

between St. Louis and East St. Louis.

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The CityArchRiver Bi-State Transportation Loop

project cost is $99,360,000.

The overall beneits o this project exceed the

costs by a actor o 2.06.

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An international design competition, sponsored by

the CityArchRiver 2015 Foundation (CAR 2015),

culminated in September 2010posing that access

at a diuse set o conditions surrounding the

grounds o the Gateway Arch and the Mississippi

River could yield a more integrated transportation

and public space strategy to support economic

growth in the St. Louis and East St. Louis region.

The competition process led by CAR 2015 with

the National Park Service (NPS) in 2009 built

One o many collaborative work sessions involvingthe applicant, partners, stakeholders and projectplanners.

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MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE ( COMPLETION)

a network o critical partnering with local

agencies including the Missouri Department o

Transportation (MoDOT), Great Rivers Greenway

District (GRG), Metro East Park and Recreation

District (MEPRD) in Illinois and the City o St. Louis.

A years worth o planning, design and

stakeholder outreach since then has led to a plan

that promotes transportation improvements on both

the Missouri and Illinois sides o the Mississippi

River and provides a multi-modal transportation

network to support land use changes and economic

development. This plan has been developed in a

collaborative context, resulting in critical cross-

jurisdictional partnerships to acilitate and help

und urban inrastructure improvements.

While St. Louis is a major hub or cross-

country and regional trac, this inrastructure

has continually developed at the expense o

supporting the growth o the local downtown

community. This inrastructure has especially

impacted the JNEM, comprised o key national

attractions: The Gateway Arch and Grounds, Luther

Ely Smith Square and the Old Courthouse.

By making transportation improvements that

will result in greater connectivity between the JNEM

and the City o St. Louis, the project will spur neweconomic growth and lay the groundwork or long-

term economic competitiveness or the region.

The existing network o highways, expressways

and arterials in the Downtown Core ocuses

vehicular access onto a single collector road,

Memorial Drive, resulting in a heavy ow o

regional highway trac mixing with local trac

and pedestrian movement between the city and

the Gateway Arch, which receives 2.4 million

visitors annually. This has resulted in a collection

o compromised conditions or vehicular andpedestrian saety along the perimeter o the JNEM.

The existing roadways, cantilevered lanes

and bridges over the I-70 depressed lanes and

Memorial Drive are primarily designed to

accommodate peak trac in and out o the city.

These structures have aged to the point that their

replacement and increased maintenance would

become costly but necessary to support City

trac operations and visitation to the Arch.

Successul city connections beneft the public

by both providing the means to traverse obstacles

and giving them the reasons or doing so. Similar

to other integrated transportation planning

projects o recent decades like the Embarcadero

in San Francisco, The Big Dig in Boston and New

York Citys Hudson River Drive, this application

addresses aging, dysunctional transportation

inrastructure while also proposes a positive

inuence on the adjacent community. The

presence o the JNEM in the downtown is a unique

opportunity that has yet to be ully reconciled

with the current transportation system, which

the Bi-State Transportation Loop enables.

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Currently, the Poplar Street Bridge, known locally

as the PSB, is the only urban interstate bridge

between Illinois and Missouri and is one o only

two bridges in the United States that carry three

interstates. The new Mississippi River Bridge

(MRB), which will relieve a signifcant portion

o the demand on the PSB, will be the frst new

bridge connecting the St. Louis metro-region

and southwestern Illinois in over 40 years. In

order to leverage the most beneft out o public

transportation investments, the project will build

creatively within the changes brought about by

the MRB.

Construction work on the MRB project is well

underway and is scheduled to open to trac in 2014.

Once open, The MRB will relieve the combined

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to the northern edge o Downtown and away rom

the depressed lanes adjacent to the Downtown

Core. The remaining inrastructure will provide

easier localized access to the Downtown Core as I-44

continues to serve as a major gateway to the city.

Learn more about the MRB project at thisweblink

With the MRB taking over the role o carrying

I-70 trac, the Poplar Street Bridge ramps that

eed cars into the St. Louis Downtown Core are

being redirected to better accommodate I-55

trac to and rom south o the City. Elimination

o an east bound I-70 ramp rom the depressed

section to the PSB will allow easier acilitation

o the new Walnut Street Bridge and the

southbound Washington Avenue ramp.

The MRB and PSB Ramps both have a

tremendous impact on the CAR 2015 transportation

initiatives. These two projects are already

unded and will be completed by 2015.

The St. Louis MetroLink Light Rail system

frst implemented in 1993 repurposed the

rail deck o the historic Eads Bridge or public

use. The success o this major investment and

commitment in light rail, managed by the Bi-

State Development Agency, spurred severalsuccessive waves o the networks expansion in both

states. This proposal recognizes the importance

o this success in terms o the regions appetite

or multi-modal means o transportation.

The transportation improvements or which

TIGER unds are being requested are core

components o the larger CAR 2015 project which

seeks to bolster visitor and resident pedestrian

engagement with the City, the Arch and the

River by improving access into the city. When

complete, the project will improve access todowntown St. Louis and to the Jeerson National

Expansion Memorial (JNEM), the site o the

monumental Gateway Arch. Completing the

primary transportation project described

here is crucial to spurring steady, sustainable,

growth in the St. Louis region.

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The larger CAR 2015 project will integrate the

improved inrastructure supported by TIGER Grant

unds with public space investments to complete

the transormation o the area into a revitalized

multi-modal network and thriving communities.

CAR 2015 and Bi-State Development Agency have

ormed the TransRiver Authority (TRA) to acilitate

this project. TRA merges the unding ability o CAR

2015 and Bi-State Development Agencys capacity

to implement the project and the cooperation

and resources o the National Park Service.Full TIGER unding will allow the documentation

and construction o this transportation project to

be completed in time to meet the target deadline o

October 28, 2015, celebrating the 5oth anniversary

o the completion o the Gateway Arch.

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builds upon the transportation improvements

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rewire trac ow to both increase eciency

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lives o drivers, light rail users, bicyclists and

pedestrians, and reducing accidents and delays.

A TIGER Discretionary Grant would both realize

these vital transportation improvements and provide

a strong oundation upon which uture connectivityinitiatives can build. Many such uture proposals are

already being explored under the umbrella o the

CAR 2015 project and its partnerships, including

an aerial lit which will connect to a new National

Park Service (NPS) unit on the east side o the

river and an extension o Illinois Route 3 which

will serve as a new entry to Malcolm W. Martin

Memorial Park (MMMP), also on the east side.

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The proposed Land Bridge establishes a direct

pedestrian and bike connection between the

Arch Grounds and the Downtown Core and

eliminates the treacherous crossing o Memorial

Drive and the I-70 / I-44 depressed lanes thathas rustrated Arch visitors or more than fve

decades. This structure accomplishes two key

agendas or the Bridges, Roadways + Ramps

component o the Transportation Loop project.

First, by removing one block o Memorial Drive,

the structure sets in motion a series o changes that

restructure how vehicles enter the Downtown Core.

Congestion that currently collects along Memorial

Drive will be relieved by utilizing the capacity

o the downtown grid or better vehicular ow.

This redirected trac will also better support thedevelopment currently planned or the Downtown.

Second, it osters a saer, ully accessible and

expanded visitor accommodation or the 2.4 million

people that the Arch attracts annually.

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Currently Walnut Street and the associated

bridge over the I-44/I-70 depressed lanes

are one-way and primarily serve trac

leaving the city via Memorial Drive. The

proposed changes associated with the Land

Bridge necessitate the reconfguration o

Walnut Street as a 2-way street that will

be directly tied to the existing Memorial

Drive exits on I-44. This change creates an

entirely new vehicular entry experience to

the Downtown that will stimulate activity

and development in the south side o the

Downtown Core and better serve some

o the major city acilities in this vicinity,

notably Busch Stadium, City Hall and the

Courthouse complex. The new bridge over

the depressed lanes associated with this

change will also oster a much improved and

saer pedestrian crossing between Walnut

Street and the Arch Groundsnotably

at the Basilica o St. Louis which draws a

considerable amount o pedestrian activity.

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The ramps associated with the elevated

section o I-70 at the north end o the Arch

Grounds begin above the intersection o

Memorial Drive and Washington Avenue.

The Eads Bridge roadway also eeds into

this location, creating an un-signalized

fve-leg intersection set beneath the elevated

highway and ramps. This confguration is

not only inecient or trac movement but

also results in vehicular/pedestrian conict.

The proposed removal o these elevated

ramp structures opens up an opportunity

to directly link the depressed lanes to

Washington Avenue with at-grade ramps.

As with the Walnut Street

reconfguration to the south, this proposal

will oster a new threshold that will serve

the north end o the Downtown Core. It will

reinorce Washington Avenues economic

renaissancethe street was voted this year

as one o Americas Great Streets by the

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support the established lot district, cultural

destinations and retail development.

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The incremental growth o roadway inrastructure

in this area has cumulatively created a barrier that

negatively impacts the development potential o

the neighborhood adjacent to the riverront: the

Lacledes Landing Entertainment District. The

roadway confguration at the end o Martin Luther

King (MLK) Bridge especially limits the ow o

vehicles between the Downtown and this district to

a ew key intersections that conjoin access to city

streets and the interstate system. The proposal to

punch-through this confguration and re-establish

the continuity o Third Street allows or normalized

intersections and better management o the

interace between regional and local trac.

In combination with the Washington Ramps,

Third Streets continuity through the Washington/

Memorial intersection builds greater capacity

or vehicle ow in and out o Lacledes Landing

Entertainment District. These key intersection

improvements eectively create a new ront door

that simultaneously opens up convenient interstate

access to and rom this district and improves

pedestrian interaces with taxi stands and

drop-o lanes.

The realignment o Third Street and the

continuation o Great Rivers Greenway planning

along the riverront set the stage or revitalizing this

area as a draw or downtown residents and visitors,

and as an incentive or more diverse development

within the District.

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ow o trac northbound onto the interstate, a

critical ramp addition is planned in conjunction with

the MRB project to create a similar improvement to

southbound I-70 trac entering the Downtown Core.

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south o the Eads Bridge abutment must be removed

so that the ramps and intersection at Washington

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which will acilitate sae pedestrian crossings at

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To eliminate the fve-leg intersection at

Eads Bridge and Washington Avenue and

accommodate new I-70 Washington Avenue

ramps, Washington Avenue east o Memorial

Drive to the riverront must be closed.

This portion o Washington Avenue traverses

60 eet o grade change. Historically, the challenges

o this grade change and the intensity o the

surrounding regional roadway inrastructure

have cut o the Riverront rom the City and

rendered the MetroLink Light Rail Station at the

Eads Bridge and the Riverront inaccessible.

The proposed removal o the garage opens

up a signifcant potential or park program

development, but most importantly it creates

the only opportunity in the vicinity to make an

accessible North Gateway that accommodates

a sae environment or pedestrians, bikes, event

vehicles, and a seasonal circulator. With this

reconfguration, the Arch Grounds will eectively

connect the Downtown Core, the Lacledes Landing

Entertainment District and the Riverront.

This reorganization o the north end

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a park drop-o or visitors and makes the

MetroLink Light Rail accessible, thereore

expanding the visitor transportation choices

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Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard (LKS) is a 1.6-mile

stretch o roadway that is the main north/south

City right-o-way adjacent to the Mississippi

River. By land, LKS accommodates special eventstaging, group tour buses, emergency vehicles,

delivery trucks, taxis and event parking. By river,

the roadway anchors the local barge businesses,

boat launches, Port Authority mooring sites, and

soon the return o overnight stay riverboats.

Currently the existing roadway oods

requently, restricting access and limiting the

economic viability o Riverront development. In

addition to lost jobs due to business closures, this

results in an average annual cost to the City o over

$200,000 or removal o deposition and repairo ood damage. The proposal or this stretch o

roadway is centered on the benefts o elevating

the road above the requently occurring ood

stage events, which typically coincide with peak

visitorship to the Gateway Arch and Riverront, the

season when riverront businesses are most active

and the most City-sponsored events take place.

Based on an analysis o historical ood

data, raising the road elevation by 2-3 eet will

decrease ood occurrences by 60 to 70 percent

in an average wet year, thus oering a dramaticreduction in risk o ood impacts and creating

reliable vehicular service to the Riverront,

improving accessibility and useulness to operations

and businesses moored in this location.

St. Louis has a long history o exploring

opportunities or new business along the riverront

and portgoing back to the origins o the historic

cobble levee as the stepping stone or commercethat drove this nations westward expansionand

the City, Great Rivers Greenway Districe (GRG),

TransRiver Authority (TRA) and the project

partners are eager to support the programming

o this unique stretch o roadway, once the

high-requency ooding is mitigated with the

implementation o the proposed port improvements.

The proposed port improvements also seek to

oster continuity across the monument, the historic

cobble levee, and the river. The project promises to

better integrate various modes o trac that needto traverse and cross LKS: tour buses dropping o

visitors, bicyclists using the riverront bike path, and

pedestrians moving between the Arch grounds and

the river. The improvements also accommodate the

mooring and utility needs o vessels docked at the

levee and brings visitors down to these riverront

businesses with accessible approach walks.

The connective potential o this proposal is

especially evident in the incorporation o a critical

link within the GRG River Ring Plan starting rom

the bike trailhead to the north at Carr Street, whichgoes on to connect to the Illinois Conuence

Bikeway at the McKinley Bridge crossing, and to

the south to Chouteau Avenue where the bike

route sponsored by the City o St. Louis connect.

Flooding along Leonor K Sullivan Blvd. (atEads Bridge) is a requent occurence onaverage wet years.

Existing inrastructure limitations do notsupport opportunities or new businessalong the Riverront

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As part o the 2011 Long Range Plan, adopted by

the MEPRD board, a regional bikeway network

spanning the Mississippi River will create

improved access between the MEPRD, GRG andthe Madison and St. Clair County Transit districts.

Concurrently, there is legislation in place or

the NPS to acquire land on the East Bank or an

expansion o the JNEM and the process o site

investigation or this potential acquisition has begun.

The key to seeing the uture park unit realized is

establishment o an eective set o connections

to the other side o the River. This proposal sets

orth a plan or implementing a frst phase o

linking the East side to the JNEM and Downtown.

The Conuence Bikeway rom the McKinley

Bridge to the Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park

(MMMP) along the east bank o the Mississippi Riverwill complete a loop across the east and west side o

the River. A portion o this east side extension will

exist within the Front Street right-o-way, which

currently unctions as the primary means o access

to MMMP, and will include roadway improvements

and a connection to the MetroLink Light Rail

station at the Illinois side o the Eads Bridge.

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II. Prct Partis

Missouri Department o Transportation (MoDOT)

TIGER Grant main applicant Has jurisdiction over the highway corridor, bridges, ramps and Memorial Drive.

25,000,000 bu

Great Rivers Greenway District (GRG)

GRG was ormed by the voters in November, 2000, and is responsible or thedevelopment o greenways, parks and trails in St. Louis City, St. Louis County and St.Charles County, Missouri.

$1,, bu

Metro East Park and Recreation District (MEPRD)

The MEPRD was ormed by voters in November, 2000, and is responsible or the

development o parks, trails, and green spaces in Madison and St. Clair Countiesin Illinois.

$8, bu

City o St. Louis

Has jurisdiction over the City Streets and Riverront.

$4, bu

CityArchRiver 2015 (CAR 2015)

CityArchRiver 2015 Foundation is a non-proft 501(c)(3) organization involved inplanning, design and undingv o the project.

$,, bu

TransRiver Authority (TRA)

TRA is a non-proft corporation organized by Bi-State Development Agency in

partnership with CAR 2015 and NPS to oversee and acilitate execution and

construction o the entire project.

Bi-State Development Agency (BSDA)

Created by an interstate compact between Missouri & Illinois, ratifed by the U.S.Congress. Its compact was modeled ater the New York-New Jersey Port Authoritycompact giving it many o the same, specifc powers, among them bonding capacity.

Supporting TRA in the letting and administration o projects proposed or the Archand River improvements.

National Park Service (NPS)

Landowner o JNEM, including Memorial Drive and North Gateway.

Partner with Bi-State Development Agency or 48 years.

East-West Gateway Council o Governments

Designated by state and ederal agencies as the metro planning organization or thebi-state area

Responsible or selecting the road, bridge and transit projects in the region that willreceive ederal unds.

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III. Grat uds Surcs

MoDOT is requesting $43,160,000 o TIGER

Discretionary Grant unding. This award is the

amount needed to und the completion o design

and subsequent construction o the transportation

improvements needed to realize the goals o the

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fnancial commitments rom unding sponsors

and partners or the 56.6% match are available

or review at the application website.

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MoDOT 70,288,000.00$ 25,000,000.00$CityofSt.Louis 400,000.00$

CAR2015 14,148,200.00$SubTotal 70,288,000.00$ 25,400,000.00$ 14,148,200.00$ 30,739,800.00$

2.LeonorK.SullivanBlvd.+PortImprovements 25,072,000.00$GreatRiversGreenwayDistrict 10,000,000.00$

CAR2015 5,046,600.00$

SubTotal 25,072,000.00$ 10,000,000.00$ 5,046,600.00$ 10,025,400.00$3.ConfluenceBikeway+FrontSt.Improvements 4,000,000.00$

MetroEastParksandRecreationDistrict 800,000.00$CAR2015 805,200.00$

SubTotal 4,000,000.00$ 800,000.00$ 805,200.00$ 2,394,800.00$TOTALPROJECT 99,360,000.00$ 36,200,000.00$ 20,000,000.00$ 43,160,000.00$

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LEGEND

The Gateway Arch

Tourist Zip Codes

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Draw additional tourists rom the region, country,and international locations to bolster the economy.

Encourage private development o underused

parcels located near the perimeter o the JNEM.

Optimize the utilization o private property

located near the perimeter o the JNEM (Lacledes

Landing Entertainment District, Chestnut, Market

and Walnut Streets, Washington Avenue).

Foster more ecient transitions between regional

highway inrastructure, city street networks,

neighborhood destinations and bike trails. Revitalize the national legacy o the Gateway Arch

and its inuence upon the prosperity o the city

and region.

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Bring together the Downtown Core, the JNEM and

the riverront as a cohesive economic entity.

Leverage the segment o riverront adjacent to the

JNEM as a regional draw and connectivity hub.

Transorm underutilized open space into public

space, capitalizing on its proximity to the Arch.

Elevate Leonor K Sullivan Blvd. to anchor a

comeback or local riverront business and

increase tourism opportunities along the

Mississippi River.

Extend the Conuence Trail along the Illinois banko the Mississippi River to provide recreation and

connections to the MetroLink Light Rail Station

and nearby communities.

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LIvABILITy

The CityArchRiver Bi-State Transportion Loop

project will improve multi-modal access or

communities on both the Missouri and Illinois

banks o the Mississippi River. As a multi-

jurisdictional, multi-sponsor project it includes

livability initiatives that will beneft every part

o the St. Louis region, and will demonstrate

that action undertaken by government agencies

at all levels, private and non-proft sectors

can help build greater value into interaction

between various members o the community.

Multiple aspects o the scheme will contribute

to the improved reliability, saety, and convenienceo multi-modal access to the Downtown Core, the

Old Courthouse, the Convention Center, the sports

stadiums, the MetroLink Light Rail System, the

JNEM, the historic Lacledes Landing Entertainment

District, East St. Louis Businesses, and Malcolm

W. Martin Memorial Park by providing a new land

bridge, highway ramps, bikeways and year-round

use o Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard. One aspect

o livability will be eorts to mitigate the existing

negative experience o air and noise pollution

at pedestrian crossings o Memorial Drive.The growing number o residents in

Downtown St. Louis will be better able to take

advantage o proximity to local and regional

destinations through improved access to a bi-

state transportation loop or motorists, transit

riders, pedestrians and bicyclists brought about

by the project. Several projects contribute to

the creation o convenient local and regional

pedestrian access to the Gateway Arch, which is

the symbol o St. Louis, and yet is very dicult and

hazardous to access rom the Downtown Core.In another high-profle improvement, pedestrian

connections or residents and visitors crossing

Washington Avenue at Memorial Drive will be

dramatically improved by the reconfguration o

a notoriously conusing and unsae intersection.

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This will lay the groundwork or an accessible

North Gateway between Downtown, Lacledes

Landing Entertainment District, Eads Bridge

MetroLink Light Rail station, the Arch Grounds

and LKS Riverront through proposed removal

o the garage and installing multi-modal

paths. Trac improvements at Walnut Street

and Washington Avenue will also contribute to

the increased consumer access to ground oor

retail and stronger economic competitiveness o

residential communities in Downtown St. Louis.

The economically depressed neighborhood on

the North Riverront, and the City o St. Louis, will

be given greater opportunity to prosper through

the elevation o LKS roadbed above seasonal

ooding, and reducing the $200,000+ averagestreet cleaning and repair expenditure attributed

to ooding in this area. The integration o LKS

into the growing regional bike trail networks on

both sides o the Mississippi River will urther

ortiy the social vitality o the riverront.

The project as a whole will increase the direct

use value tourists and other visitors place on the

Jeerson National Expansion Memorial, and the St.

Louis Mississippi Riverront, by converting paved

areas to green space and dramatically expanding

program opportunities and sae connections.

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SAeTy

The improvements proposed by the CityArchRiver

Bi-State Transportation Loop will address a range o

vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle saety issues.

First, the construction o the Land Bridge and the

re-routing o Memorial Drive trac will eliminate

the vehicular-pedestrian conicts that occur at theexisting Market and Chestnut Street crossings. These

crossings link two important JNEM destinations

the Old Courthouse and the Arch Grounds. The

crossing distance requently tempts pedestrians to

violate the walk signals rather than wait or two

signal changes to reach their destination.

Second, the relocation o the existing high-speed

through trac rom Memorial Drive to the City

arterials o Broadway and 4th Street, the project

will eectively calm incoming trac and improve

pedestrian crossings in the Downtown Core.Additionally, improved pedestrian crossing

points along Memorial Drive at Walnut Street and

Washington Avenue will make it easier and saer or

pedestrians to navigate these intersections.

Trac calming measures proposed along LKS,

including a slightly elevated table top at the base

o the Arch Grounds steps and designated bus drop

o zones, will create better opportunities or saely

accommodating visitor arrival and gathering spaces

while reducing vehicular-pedestrian circulation.

The existing LKS and Front Street right o ways

do not adequately provide sae vehicle-bicycle

separation. Improvements in bike route delineation

at both locatons will separate vehicle and bicycle

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High requency food events during spring andsummer can each last up to weeks. A single eventcould account or -% o the peak revenue-generating period or riverront businesses.The clean-up o food deposition costs the city$,+ annually.

Delamination o concrete is visible on the undersideo the bridges over the I-7 depressed lanes.

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Bridges, ramps and cantilevers to be removed at I-7depressed lanes.

STATe o GooD RePAIR

The existing roadways, cantilevered lanes and

bridges over the I-70 depressed lanes have aged

to the point that their replacement and increased

maintenance will become increasingly costly,

simply to adequately maintain the current level

o service needed or visitors and residents withinthe Downtown Core and Arch Grounds area. By

updating this inrastructure, the project will

specifcally alleviate the capital costs o replacement

and dramatically reduce uture lie cycle costs

associated with our critical collector road bridges

at Walnut, Market, Chestnut and Pine Streets, while

also improving the roadway system to better meet

current and uture demands.

Each bridge mentioned above requires a

dierent response based on its role within the

overall transportation network. The Market andChestnut Bridges will be replaced by the Land

Bridge. The Walnut Street Bridge will be replaced

with a wider, more unctional bridge. These bridge

structures will be designed and built to the most

current engineering standards in an eort to achieve

maximum lie expectancy and minimal operation

and maintenance costs. The Pine Street Bridge and

the cantilevered turn lanes will be demolished and

not replaced, eectively eliminating the higher

operations and maintenance costs required by these

elevated structures.

Taken as a whole, the ineciencies o the

existing trac network have the eect o limiting

the economic vitality o the region. The reconfgured

network will improve mobility and eciency or

visitors and residents and by providing a more even

distribution o trac across the network the project

will reduce concentrated wear and tear on roadway

suraces.

Raising the elevation o LKS will provide a

new roadway that is less costly or the City to

maintain and one that is less prone to annual ood

damage. Additionally, the improved LKS Boulevard

will provide greatly improved inrastructure with

greater reliability or year-round, long term, access

and support o Riverront businesses. Front Street

roadway improvements will address long-neglected

maintenance o the roadway surace and right-o-

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The downtown street widening program laidthe groundwork or the peak hours trac thatcurrently loads the I-7 corridor.

SUSTAInABILITy

Sustainable approaches have been integrated

as key components o the CityArchRiver

Bi-State Transportation Loop and CAR2015

planning. The project will result in a more ecient

trac network that reduces dependence on oil by

reducing vehicle idling time and providing new bikeroutes and connections with the existing MetroLink

Light Rail System. The key strategies are as ollows:

Reconfgure and improve eciency o the City

signalization system to improve trac ows

and reduce vehicle idling time, thus reducing

dependence on oil and reducing emissions.

Create better conditions or managing event

trac congestion through reconfguration o

the Washington/Memorial intersection and

providing the Third Street Punch-Through.

Additionally, the proposed removal o the

JNEM parking garage will relocate event

parking to other City garages with more direct

access to the interstate highway system.

Reduce dependence on oil by providing new

bicycle routes connected to the regional network.

Both the LKS and Conuence Bikeways, included

in this project, will connect to the MetroLink

Light Rail System to urther promote alternative

modes o travel that decrease the movement o

people through less energy-ecient vehicles. Improve and protect the environment

through sustainable construction

technologies and procurement protocol.

Replace fve acres o impervious roadway surace

with green space, thus reducing the quantity

o stormwater runo and treatment while

simultaneously improving air and water quality.

The MetroLink Light Rail System promotes rail andbicycle combined commuting within the region as analternative to less energy-ecient vehicles.

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Deadline for NEPA Approvals andObligations of TIGER Funding

BRIDGES, ROADWAYS

RAMPS

Permitting (NEPA MoDOT, NPS)

Permitting (Section )

Permitting (AJR FHWA)

Preliminary Design

Final Design

Letting + Construction

MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE

POPLAR STREET BRIDGE RAMPS

Permitting (NEPA)

Permitting (AJR)

Preliminary Design

Final DesignLetting + Construction

LEONOR K SULLIVAN BLVD.

PORT IMPROVEMENTS

Permitting (NEPA)

Permitting (USACE)

Preliminary DesignFinal Design


CONFLUENCE BIKEWAY

FRONT ST. IMPROVEMENTS

R.O.W./Easement Acquisition

Permitting (NEPA)

Preliminary Design

Final Design


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CityArchRiver Bi-State Transportation Loop

construction will create more than 800 jobs over the

course o the project. A preliminary economic impact

study showed that a very modest increase in tourism

alone(same number o people staying another hal-

day) would provide over 900 jobs in retail, dining,

lodging and entertainment, and multiplier eects

would add another 1,500 jobs.

The applicants are committed to air employment

and contracting practices [link to website] and job

opportunities or low-income and disadvantaged

workers. The new Transportation Loop links

will connect the job sites to low income and

disadvantaged neighborhoods in St. Louis, East

St. Louis, Brooklyn and Venice, all o which are in

Economically Distressed Areas.

Letters o support rom fve agencies that connect

disadvantaged workers with economic opportunities

show the availability o willing partners in that

endeavor.

PRojeCT SCheDULe

Planning and permitting stages are currently under

way on all parts o the project.

The construction phasing o the projects Bridges,Roadways + Ramps will be coordinated to

minimize disruptions to regional trac ow.

Bridges and Roadways and Ramps in the project

schedule include the ollowing: Land Bridge,

Walnut Street Bridge, Tucker and Washington

Avenue Ramps, Third Street Punch-Through, North

Gateway, and work on all city streets associated

with the above.

CAR 2015 and TRA are unding and providing

design services prior to AJR approval in orderto meet the project completion by the 50th

Anniversary o the Gateway Arch,

October 28, 2011.

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envIRonMenTAL APPRovALS

All environmental approvals are anticipated

to be completed during the course o 2012, in

compliance with requested scheduling or a DOT

TIGER unded project.

The NPS 2009 JNEM General Management

Plan and Environmental Impact Statement set

the groundwork or an international design

competition sponsored by CAR 2015.weblink

MoDOT and NPS have initiated NEPA processes

and anticipate separate Environmental

Assessments tiered o the 2009 JNEM General

Management Plan/Environmental Impact

Statement.weblink

The Section 106 review process required by the

National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), was

initiated in coordination with the NPS NEPAprocess.

Great Rivers Greenway and TRA have initiated the

U.S. Army Corps o Engineers (USACE) Individual

permit (weblink) and the NEPA application or

work on Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard. The NEPA

decision is anticipated to be an Environmental

Assessment tiered o the 2009 JNEM General

Management Plan/Environmental Impact

Statement.

Metro East Park and Recreation District willcomplete their NEPA process during design in

2012.

City o St. Louis Board o Public Service (BPS) will

review roadway projects during preliminary and

fnal documentation.

LeGISLATIve APPRovALS

MoDOT has the legislative authority in place to

move orward with the roadways, bridges and

ramps design and construction.

Legislative approval to organize TRA to oversee

and obligate construction and management

contracts is in place.

Great Rivers Greenway has the legislative

authority in Missouri to allocate dedicated tax

money to design and construct Leonor K Sullivan

Boulevard improvements.weblink

Metro East Park and Recreation District has

the legislative authority in Illinois to allocate

dedicated local tax money to design and construct

the Conuence Bikeway. View the MEPRD Act at

the ollowing location:weblink

STATe + LoCAL PLAnnInG

MoDOT has documented its transportation

planning process in regards to the MississippiRiver Bridge at the ollowing location:weblink

The City o St. Louis Director o Streets and

Director o the Planning and Urban Design Agency

have both participated in the development and

submission o this TIGER Discretionary Grant

application and ully support it on behal o the

City o St. Louis. Both o these cabinet ocials

have review and approval authority over Right-O-

Way changes and are committed to pursuing any

necessary administrative or legislative approvalsthat may be needed to allow the changes.

The City o St. Louis Regional Transportation

Plan 2040 o the East-West Gateway Council

o Governments regarding transportation

improvements and urban planning is documented

here:weblink

The City o St. Louis Downtown Development

Action Plan is the current City plan or the area,

and established the ramework and the key

projects that this TIGER application is designed to

achieve:weblink

GRG has documented its planning process in

the River Ring Plan which can be viewed at the

ollowingweblink

MEPRD has documented its planning process in

a Long Range Development Plan which can be

viewed at the ollowing website:weblink

East-West Gateway Council o Governments

is responsible or making transportation

investment decisions in the context o a 20-year

Transportation Plan which places the regionseconomic, community and environmental needs

at the top o its agenda. The agency works with a

variety o local government partners to acilitate

and assist coordinated community-driven

planning processes to ensure that development

enhances the quality o lie or present and uture

generations without compromising the regions

natural resource base.

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TeChnICAL eASIBILITy

The components o the Bi-State Transportation

Loop project (including the Land Bridge, the

Washington Avenue Ramps, the City o St. Louis

street work, the North Gateway, the Leonor K

Sullivan Blvd. Riverront and Conuence Bikeway+ Front Street improvements) come with their own

implementation issues related to project and sponsor,

but all are undamentally easible. All have been the

subject o extensive engineering and design studies

that have resulted in design approaches that are

consistent with the capabilities and limitations o

their sites.

Cost estimates have been developed along with

contingency allowances that are consistent with

each projects complexity and current state o design

resolution. The individual sponsors, including the

Missouri Department o Transportation, Great Rivers

Greenway District, Metro East Park and Recreation

District and the City o St. Louis Streets Division

have demonstrated their capacity to implement

projects o similar scale and complexity within

comparable time and budget constraints. TRA will

acilitate and oversee the implementation and

execution o the entire bi-state project to assure

uniorm schedules, standards and execution. The

resources o NPS, Bi State Development Agency and

other public partners are available to it.

For a more detailed description o the specifc

methods used to determine technical easibility or

each project, as well as the relevant qualifcations o

each project sponsor, please visit ourwebsite.

InAnCIAL eASIBILITy

Given the multi-aceted nature o the transportation

initiatives being coordinated through the

CityArchRiver Bi-State Transportation Loop, unding

will come rom a variety o sources. MoDOT willbe contributing $24.5 million rom the 20122016

Statewide Transportation Improvement Program

(STIP) budget or improvements related to the

Jeerson National Expansion Memorial ParK

The Great Rivers Greenway District, which has a

strong track record o managing ederal grants, will

be contributing $10 million or improvements to the

Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard + Port Improvements.

The MEPRD, which also has a strong record o

handling grants, and has no outstanding debts

or bonds, has committed up to $800,000 out o

its annual operating budget (FY 2012) or the

Conuence Bikeway/Front Street Improvementsrom McKinley Bridge to Malcolm W. Martin

Memorial Park. The City o St. Louis, which oversees

an annual budget in excess o $ 937 Million, o

which over $ 450 Million is rom locally generated

revenue, will provide $400,000 rom locally

generated unds.

In Addition, CAR 2015, which has spent over

$15 million to date in the development o the larger

design, has secured a legally binding charitable

pledge in the maximum amount o $20 million, $1

or each $2 awarded by TIGER grant to fnish theproject. Upon receiving the award, CAR 2015 will

cause the unds to be transerred into an appropriate

escrow to assure timely unding o costs or which it

is responsible.

TransRiver Authority was ormed by the Bi-State

Development Agency (BSDA) o the Missouri-Illinois

Metropolitan District in partnership with NPS and

CAR 2015 to acilitate implementation o the plan,

utilizing the powers and authorities o BSDA, to

issue bonds to fnance certain o the inrastructure

projects. Because BSDAs compact gives the agency

broad powers in two states, it has been called upon

requently to accomplish projects that individual

states or local governments or other entities fnd

dicult to do. Currently BSDA is managing over 25

construction grants totaling over $100 million and it

has a long history o successul grant administration

and management o capital projects valued well

in excess o $1 billion. Through the partnership

o CAR 2015 and NPS, TRA also has available to it

access to the engineering, design and construction

management services o NPS.

For a more detailed description o the fnancial

qualifcations o each project sponsor, please visit

our application website.

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InnovATIon

The project and this application were made possible

through a unique consortium o partnershipsassembled to guide and acilitate the planning

process, approvals strategy, and design reviews rom

the outset. In organizing the Technical Advisory

Group (TAG) during the competition process

brought together a spectrum o jurisdictional

administrators whose understanding o their

own agencies objectives and operations allowed

the project partners to devise ecient cross-

jurisdictional strategies and expedite approvals.

Similarly, the comprehensive and coordinated

decision-making that has resulted in plans orthe Bi-State Transportation Loop would not

have been possible without the ormation o

the TransRiver Authority (TRA). The TRA was

created specifcally to oversee and acilitate the

implementation o a complex bi-state, multi-party

public-private partnership. Without this type o

innovative partnering, the eciency and ecacy o

executing this complex project would be reduced.

With respect to implementation, the unique

partnership-based governance structure has allowed

the project team to be more resourceul whenconsidering potential transportation improvements.

In many cases, strategic adaptive reuse o existing

structures and and repurposing o existing urban

amenities have been used in lieu o dramatic

interventions or new construction. Inter-agency

cooperation allows or initiatives that simultaneously

address local and regional connectivity and

encourage more convenient multi-modal choices.

An innovative parking strategy, which resulted

rom a collaboration with city agencies, supports

new urban connections by coordinating use oexisting city parking and introducing integrated

wayfnding. This holistic approach allows the project

to leverage multiple benefts, including the proposed

removal o a parking garage rom the JNEM,

improved access rom Washington Avenue to the

Riverront, and increased use and economic vitality

o existing downtown parking garages.

A careully balanced construction implementation

plan, also the result o cross-agency planning,will minimize impact to trac ow during the

surveying and construction phases o the project.

For construction o Interstate improvements

MoDOT will be building upon its success using

Practical Design and Design/Build techniques

to deliver the project on time and under budget

while maintaining the highest standards or

sustainability and long-term maintenance.

PARTneRShIP

This project would not be possible without the

ormation o strong partnerships to acilitate

agile decision-making. This was initiated when

CAR 2015 partnered with NPS to hold the initial

design competition, which underscored the

value o jurisdictional partnerships. This led to

the ormation o The Technical Advisory Group

(TAG) during the competition, which is made up

o representatives rom over 23 ederal, state and

local entities. The TAG has counseled CAR 2015

and the design team throughout the competitionand subsequent planning and design phases.

MoDOTs partnership with CAR 2015

ollowing the competition was ormed around

the goal o developing innovative multi-modal

transportation improvements to support the

larger urban revitalization goals o the project;

this has resulted in the Bi-State Transportation

Loop proposed. As initial post-competition plans

were being developed, CAR 2015 also developed

an agreement with BSDA to orm the TransRiver

Authority (TRA) to plan, coordinate, and implementdevelopment on both sides o the Mississippi River.

Additionally, in the course o planning this

project, CAR 2015 and Great Rivers Greenway

District (GRG) have recently executed a partner

agreement or preliminary design services or the

Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard project improvements.

Scdar Slcti Critria

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A Beneft-Cost Analysis (BCA) was generated or

the project in August and September o 2011. The

Beneft-Cost Analysis was prepared by Development

Strategies in accordance with the beneft-cost

methodology recommended by the USDOT. in its

Notice o Funding Availability.The ull analysis is provided in the Appendix on the

application website.

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With a discount rate o seven percent, the BCA

shows that the quantifable benefts rom the project

exceed anticipated costs by a ratio o 2.06 to 1

(Table A).

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Increase Lie-Cycle Cost Savings: The replacement

o two bridges over the depressed lanes o I-70 and

the reworking o the intersection at Washington

Avenue, Memorial Drive, and Eads Bridge will

produce annual lie cycle cost savings

Capture Replacement Cost Savings: The proposed

removal o Washington Avenue between Memorial

Drive and Sullivan Blvd. will eliminate the need to

replace or heavily repair the roadbed in the uture.

The savings rom this eliminated uture cost will

produce a one-time cost savings.

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Ampliy Land Premiums: The properties inDowntown St. Louis near the changes proposed

at the land bridge and intersection along with the

properties bordering the proposed bike trail in

the Metro East are not oriented towards attracting

pedestrians or bicyclists. Many parcels are

underutilized. The proposed changes will prompt

property owners to redevelop property to capture

this new market.

Reduce Travel Time: Travel times per automobile

user are expected to decrease due to the

introduction o a more ecient transportation

network, resulting in a net economic beneft to

each automobile user.

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Increase Direct Use Value: The proposed changes

will support and enhance the use o an existing

National Park, the St. Louis riverront, Downtown

St. Louis, and the riverront in the Metro East. The

Rsults BftCst Aalsisadditional direct use value captured by residents

and visitors is estimated to increase to levels

similar to other cultural institutions and areas in

the region.

Increase Health Benefts: The improvements will

encourage easier connectivity to various partso the region by walking, bike or public transit.

While improvements to road inrastructure will

occur, the easier access to the region by alternative

transit modes will prompt increased use o bike

and public transit. This increase in physical activity

is linked to improved individual health along with

a beneft to society in the orm o reduced medical

expenditures.

Provide Recreational Benefts to Bicyclists: The

project will promote increased bike use or

recreational purposes along both sides o the

Mississippi River and throughout Downtown St.

Louis. This results in a net increase o recreational

bike riders in the region. The NHCRP estimates

that the recreational value o a one-hour bicycle

trip is $10.

Create Value or O-Street Bike Commuters:

Bicycle commuters are willing to spend 20.38

extra minutes per trip to use o-street bicycle trails

when presented along with traditional roadways

with parked cars. This mobility beneft can becaptured or all new bike commuters and existing

commuters able to utilize an o-street trail can be

captured on both the east and west banks o the

Mississippi River.

Decrease Auto Use rom Bike Commuting: All net

new bicycle commuters are assumed to replace

some o their existing auto commute with a bike

commute. We have assumed that the average

bike commute is approximately fve miles in each

direction. The average savings per mile or bike

commuters in urban areas is $0.13. These savingscan be applied to the beneft-cost analysis.

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Increase Tree Cover: The land bridge and

improvements to City streets will contain new

trees to be added as enhancements to the

area, providing benefts including stormwater

retention, energy conservation, and air quality



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improvements.

Reduce Emissions due to Vehicle Idling: The

improved signaling at the intersection o

Washington Avenue, Memorial Drive, and the Eads

Bridge will reduce vehicle idling time at street

lights.F

Reduce Vehicular Accidents: There have been

a minimum o 66 accidents at the intersection

o Washington Avenue, Memorial Drive, and

the Eads Bridge between 2006 and 2010. Many

o these accidents were reportedly due to the

conusing nature o the fve-way intersection

and poor signalization. The redevelopment o

this intersection into a more typical our-way

intersection with improved signalization willvastly reduce the number o accidents in the

immediate area.

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Capture Residual Values: The new bridges over the

depressed lanes o Interstate 70 and the bridge

over the train tracks in the Metro East have a lie-

cycle value o 50 years. Residual values beyond the

25-year BCA timerame are accounted or in this

analysis.

Capital Costs: Initial project costs include

engineering and design, construction, acquisition

o rights-o-way, other capital investments, and

contingency actors. These costs will be incurred

beginning in 2012 and ending in 2015. The project

will be operational in 2015.

Operations and Maintenance Costs: The annual

costs o operating and maintaining the proposed

components were included in the analysis.

Estimated O&M costs were compared against

the existing highway, roadway, parks, and trails

maintenance costs. Net costs were calculated

and used or the BCA.

TableA:BenefitCostAnalysisResults

DiscountRate 7.00%

RecurringBenefits(Costs)

StateofGoodRepair

LifeCycle $4,457,547

Replacement Costs $7,275

EconomicCompetitiveness

LandPremiums $16,911,182

TravelTime $10,725,416

Livability

DirectUseValue $100,295,280

HealthBenefitsofBiking $6,890,877

Recreational Valueof Biking $530,549

ValueofOffStreetTrailstoBikeCommuters $2,496,864

DecreasedAutoUse FromBikeCommuting $238,305

Sustainability

TreeCover $341,994

EmissionsduetoVehicleIdling ($126,664)

Safety

VehicularAccidents $61,644,580

ResidualValue $593,499

TotalRecurring

Benefits

(Costs) $205,006,704

OneTimeBenefits

ProjectConstructionEarnings $67,404,049

ProjectCosts

MatchingFunds $56,492,301

TIGERRequest $42,867,699

TotalProjectCosts $99,360,000

BenefitCostRatio 2.06

TableA:BenefitCostAnalysisResults

NetPresentValue(2011$)for20152039

v. Prct Radiss ad nePAPlanning and environmental approvals processes or the CityArchRiver Bi-State Transportation Loop arecurrently underway. The sponsors are prepared or Design Documentation phases and can act quickly upon

award o a TIGER discretionary grant to complete documentation and begin constuction in the all o 2012 as

shown in the Project Schedule (p.20). For supporting documentation please visit the applicationwebsite.

Sctis vI ad vIIFor Federal Wage Rate Certifcation and Changes to the Pre-Application please visit the applicationwebsite.
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