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Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section
Grade Separation Information Meetings
March 2017
• California High-Speed Rail Program
• Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section
• Grade Separations
• Environmental Process
AGENDA
CALIFORNIA
HIGH-SPEED RAIL PROGRAM
HIGH-SPEED RAIL: Connecting California
•Approximately 119 Miles
•Madera to North of Bakersfield
•Approximately $3 Billion Investment
IT’S HAPPENING!
PROGRAM TIMELINE *
Program
EIR/EIS **
2005
Scoping
2010 2015
Official Groundbreaking in
Central Valley
Alternatives Analysis Process
Draft EIR/EIS **
Final EIR/EIS **
2020 2025 2030
High-Speed Rail
Testing/Certification
Silicon Valley to Central Valley
Passenger Service Begins
2029
Phase 1 Complete
ARTIC Ribbon Cutting for
1st HSR Station
Completed in the State
(Dec. 6, 2014)
* Subject to Change
** EIR/EIS = Environmental Impact Report / Environmental Impact Statement
In compliance with National Environmental Policy Act & California Environmental Quality Act (NEPA / CEQA)
BURBANK TO LOS ANGELES
PROJECT SECTION
• Length: Approximately 12 Miles
» Connect high-speed rail to downtown Los
Angeles
» Improve safety along historic rail corridor
• Two Stations
» Burbank Airport Station
» Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS)
• Key Considerations
» Improve operational characteristics for
passenger and freight services
» Improve safety
• Early completion of grade separations
» Reduce emissions and congestion
BURBANK TO LOS ANGELES PROJECT SECTION
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH BALANCES MULTIPLE PRIORITIES
Updated 10/15
BURBANK TO LOS ANGELES PROJECT SECTION:
URBAN CORRIDOR APPROACH
• Reduces impacts by remaining
inside existing railroad right-of-
way
• Minimizes potential impacts on
adjacent properties
• Builds upon partnership at Los
Angeles Union Station
• Enhances possible partnership
opportunities with LA River
revitalization efforts
• Provides opportunity to improve
other passenger rail services
HIGH-SPEED RAIL
GRADE SEPARATIONS
GRADE SEPARATIONS
• Benefits:
» Improved safety
» Reduced noise (no train horns)
» Decrease in traffic congestion
» Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
from idling vehicles
» Improved train operations reliability
A grade separation is a roadway that is re-aligned
over or under a railway to eliminate hazards
• Evaluate potential
impacts associated
with grade separation
elements, such as:
» Road realignments
» Utility relocations
» Property access
» Traffic circulation
» Construction-related
• Avoid, minimize &
mitigate impacts to
surrounding
properties
GRADE SEPARATIONS
Sample Impacts at Grade Separation
GRADE SEPARATIONS
High-Speed Rail Will Be Grade-Separated from Existing Roads
• HSR Grade Separations (5 roads)
City of Glendale
1. Sonora Avenue
2. Grandview Avenue
3. Flower Street
City of Glendale/ Los Angeles
4. Chevy Chase Dr./Goodwin Ave.
City of Los Angeles
5. Main Street
GRADE SEPARATIONS
• Metro or Caltrans Grade Separations (3 roads)
6. Buena Vista Avenue (Burbank) – Caltrans
7. Empire Avenue (Burbank) – Caltrans
8. Doran Street Project– Metro
HSR Grade Separation – Overcrossing
Conceptual Illustration Only
SONORA AVENUE
• Hybrid design concept with partially elevated tracks and partially
lowered roadway
• Maintains existing vehicular and pedestrian circulation patterns
• Currently, minimal anticipated impacts to adjacent properties
• Construction staging areas primarily located within rail ROW
• May cause temporary access impacts at adjacent properties
DRAFT: Images are conceptual and subject to change
GRANDVIEW AVENUE
• Hybrid design concept with partially elevated tracks and partially
lowered roadway
• Maintains existing vehicular circulation patterns
• Currently, minimal anticipated impacts to adjacent properties
• May cause temporary traffic impacts to adjacent streets
DRAFT: Images are conceptual and subject to change
FLOWER STREET
• Hybrid design concept with partially elevated tracks and partially lowered
roadway
• Maintains existing vehicular circulation patterns
• Currently, minimal anticipated impacts to adjacent properties
• May cause temporary traffic impacts to adjacent streets
DRAFT: Images are conceptual and subject to change
ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS & IDENTIFYING A
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE
Board
Concurs
or
Modifies
Scoping
Staff
Recommend
Preferred
Alternative
Extensive
Environmental
& Engineering
Analysis
Final
EIR/EIS
and
Approvals
Public &
Agency
Comments
Comments
Addressed
& Included
in Final
EIR/EIS
Release of
Draft EIR/EIS
&
Public Hearing
Preferred
Alternative in
Draft EIR/EIS
Refine Route
Concepts into
Alternatives
Develop
Route
Concepts
WE
ARE
HERE
Public and Stakeholder Outreach & Input
• Authority Strives to:
1. Avoid adverse impacts
2. Minimize impacts, when they cannot be
avoided
3. Mitigate impacts, when they cannot be avoided
or minimized
• Ongoing during Planning & Design» Based on community and stakeholder feedback
» Ongoing agency coordination
AVOIDING, MINIMIZING & MITIGATING POTENTIAL IMPACTS
Avoid
Minimize
Mitigate
BURBANK TO LOS ANGELES TIMELINE*
ADVANCE RANGE OF ALTERNATIVES
Engagement with Agencies & Community including Stakeholder Working Groups & Briefings
Summer 2017 IDENTIFY PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE
Ongoing Engagement with Agencies &
Community
Extensive Environmental Analysis
Preliminary Engineering
Fall 2017
Spring 2018
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT
Ongoing Engagement with Agencies &
Community including Public Hearing &
Stakeholder Working Groups
FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT
Community Open Houses & Briefings
Authority Board Decision (Notice of Determination)
FRA Decision (Record of Decision)
* Subject to Change
Spring 2016
Public
Hearings
Approve
& Adopt
Alternative
Development
& Public
Outreach
Community
Outreach
WE
ARE
HERE
STAY INVOLVED
Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section
(877) 977-1660
Southern California Regional Office
California High-Speed Rail Authority
700 N. Alameda St. Room 3-359
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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