The Alameda Corridor: Lessons Learned

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The Alameda CorridorLessons Learned

• Presented to
• UCI Conference on the New Generation of
• Transportation Financing in California
• Costa Mesa, CA
• Gill V. Hicks and Associates, Inc.
• March 7, 2003

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Early Planning Efforts

• Southern California Association of Governments
  (SCAG) Ports Advisory Committee (1981-1984)
• - Highway Access Plan 1982
• - Railroad Access Plan 1984
• SCAG Alameda Corridor Task Force (1984 - 1989)
• Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority
  (created in 1989)

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Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority

• California Joint Powers Authority
• Created by the Cities of Long Beach and Los
  Angeles in 1989 (only two signatories)
• A single purpose agency
• Governed by a Seven-Member Board Representing the
  Cities and Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles,
  and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
  Transportation Authority (MTA)

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Container Traffic at California Ports (Millions
of TEUs)
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Dramatic Growth in Container Traffic Is Expected
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• Alameda Corridor
• eliminates
• conflicts at
• 200 grade
• crossings.
• Reduces congestion by
  15,000 vehicle hours of
• delay per day.

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Project Overview

• Consolidated four branch lines into one main
  route for port-related trains
• Eliminated conflicts at 200 at-grade
  intersections with surface streets
• Reconstructed Alameda Street from Interstate 10
  to Port Complex (20 miles)
• Built high-speed 3-track main line with
  centralized train control
• Depressed railway from State Route 91 north to
  Los Angeles (10 miles)
• Built at-grade railway and expanded storage areas
  from State Route 91 south to Ports

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Trench Excavation
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Sources of Funding(in Millions)
Total Project Cost 2.43 Billion
Federal Loan and Revenue Bonds must be
repaid.
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Partnerships

• Public sector federal, state, local
• Private sector railroads, consultants,
  contractors, utilities, vendors, suppliers
• Community mitigation measures, DBE, job
  opportunities and job training, economic
  development, outreach, public affairs, safety
  training, construction relations.

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Key Lessons Learned

• Compete aggressively for all funding
  opportunities.
• Demonstrate national significance of the project.
• Establish partnerships, create win-win solutions.
• Resolve third party agreements early.
• Identify champions.
• Use parallel processing.
• Use design-build and partnering.
• Reduce risk to owner and investors.
• Budget for contingencies.
• Emphasize product and schedule, not process.
  (Delay kills.)
• Be sensitive to community concerns.

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The Seven Cs of Project Development
1) Communication 2) Coordination 3)
Credibility 4) Compromise CAPITAL 5)
Consensus 6) Coalition 7) Champions