Piedmont Improvement Program NC Society of Engineers August 5, 2011.

Piedmont Improvement Program

NC Society of Engineers

August 5, 2011

•Piedmont Improvement Program (PIP)

•Projects

•Budget

•Schedule

•Approach

•Coordination

•Risks

Objectives

• Modernized Rail and Highway• Efficient, Safe and Reliable• Freight, Intermodal and Passenger • Planning for the Future

Piedmont Improvement Program (PIP)

• 5 Projects totaling $20 million

• Purchase and rehabilitate 10 passenger cars

Equipment

• Purchase and rebuild 5 locomotives

• Equipment will support Service Expansion

• Anticipated Date of Completion November 2012

•8 Projects totaling $37 million

•Double Cary Station size, lengthen platform

•Burlington, lengthen platform

•Enhance security

•Expand maintenance facilities RGH and CLT

•Add canopy at Kannapolis

• Increase High Point Station parking spaces

•Security and Public Information Display Systems

Station and Facilities

•$129 Million

•Concrete Trench for CSXT’s Mainline Tracks

•Grade Separates Norfolk Southern Mainline Tracks and CATS North Corridor Tracks

Mainline Grade Separation

•Maintains Road and Rail Access to Archer Daniels Midland mill

•Charlotte Railroad Improvement and Safety Program (CRISP)

•38 Projects totaling $364 million

•28 miles of double track

•18 new bridges

•12 miles of new highway construction

•4 miles of passing sidings

•24 at grade crossings closed

•Expands capacity and mobility

•Improves transportation safety

Track and Structures

• Major funded corridor projects• New roadway grade separations and

crossing closures• Railroad alignment improvements to

allow future 90 mph operation• Major railroad signal system

improvements• Multiple contracts expected for

design and construction• Significant expansion of capacity and

mobility

Double Track Projects

Budget

Funding Source Total (Millions)

ARRA $545

$1.5

$4

PRIIA $22

NCRRNorfolk SouthernCity of Charlotte

$41$3.5

$5

Safety $16

Total $638

Rail Division:• Manages NEPA, PE, Final Design

- PEF’s Used

- Turn-key Designs- Project Management- RFP’s – Track, Structure, Roadway

• Coordinates with Division of Highways Preconstruction for review support, field Divisions on construction

• Coordinates with FRA, NCRR, NS, CSXT and Amtrak on contracts, design, scheduling, construction, and reporting

Approach to Management

Track and Structures

• 17 PEFs under contract through LSC

• 19 PEFs under contract or will be by Fall 2011 through RFP

• NCDOT Lets Highways, Grade Separations, and Railroad Roadbed Projects, Construction Substantially Complete 2013-2016

• Norfolk Southern Lets Track work and Railroad Signals – Predominately Constructed in 2015 -2016

NS/CSXT Mainline Grade Separation

• NCDOT Lets Trench, Associated Roadways, and Railroad Roadbed – Construction to be Done in 2014 – 2017

• Track work and signals Let by CSXT

Approach to Delivery

Highway Elements (roadway and structure)• NCDOT Central Let processRailroad Earthwork, grading and drainage for track (ballast

down)

Approach to Construction

• NCDOT Central Let process; NCDOT manages

Track (ballast up)• Railroads will utilize contractors

through Railroad Special LetRailroad “live track” and signal work• Railroad and force account labor

• Coordination with NCDOT Contract Standards and Development Unit to let contracts

• NCDOT Field Divisions will administer and manage grading contracts

Approach to Construction

• NCDOT Field Divisions will contract engineering and inspection services for grading and site work (CEI)

• NCDOT Rail Division provides oversight of railroad managed construction

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