Progress Report Link Light Rail Program The “Cloud” Artwork at the Angle Lake Station December | 2015 Prepared by Project Control & VE l Design, Engineering & Construction Management December 2015 Page 3 of 162 Link Light Rail Program Overview Map of Sound Transit’s current and future light rail projects. December 2015 Page 4 of 162 0;o` // Link Light Rail Program Overview Projects University Link Extension (U-Link): This project is a 3.15-mile light rail segment which is located entirely underground with tunnels traveling from Pine Street, under the I-5 freeway to an underground station at Capitol Hill, continuing north beneath SR 520 and the Lake Washington Ship Canal to an underground station on the University of Washington campus, near Husky Stadium. Revenue Service is projected in the 1st QTR 2016. The Sound Transit Board adopted the baseline capital budget of $1.76B in July 2008. Northgate Link Extension: The University of Washington Station (UWS) to Northgate project is a 4.3-mile extension of light rail from the UWS north under campus via twin-bored tunnels to an underground station at NE 45th Street continuing to an underground station at NE 65th Street and via tunnel, retained cut and elevated sections to Northgate. The project is in Final Design and Construction. Revenue Service date is September 2021. The Sound Transit Board adopted the baseline capital budget of $2.13B originally in 2012 and revised the baseline budget to $1.89B in October 2015 (deleted LRV and added the UW TOD Overbuild). Lynnwood Link Extension: Lynnwood Link Extension extends light rail 8.5 miles to Snohomish County along I-5 from Northgate Mall in Seattle to the Lynnwood Transit Center, with four new light rail stations. The configuration includes at-grade, elevated, and retained cut/fill alignment. The proposed budget for this project is $1.89B. East Link Extension: East Link Extension expands light rail to East King County via I-90 from Downtown Seattle to the Overlake Transit Center area of Redmond, with stations serving Rainier Avenue/I-90, Mercer Island, South Bellevue, Downtown Bellevue, Overlake Hospital, the Bel-Red corridor, Overlake Village and the Redmond Technolo- gy Center (formerly Overlake Transit Center). Revenue service to the Redmond Technology Center is forecast for early 2023 with a tunnel route in Downtown Bellevue. The Sound Transit Board adopted the baseline capital budget of $3.67B in April 2015. South 200th Link Extension: S. 200th Link Extension consists of a 1.6-mile extension of the light rail from the SeaTac/Airport Station to an elevated station at South 200th Street. The Project is being developed through a design- build (DB) delivery strategy and the anticipated service launch is September 2016. The Sound Transit Board adopted the baseline capital budget of $383M in 2011. Federal Way Link Extension: Sound Transit has identified the route and station location requirements for the ex- tension of light rail to the Federal Way Transit Center; with preliminary engineering to be completed on the segment extending from S. 200th St. to Kent/Des Moines in the vicinity of Highline Community College. The proposed budget for this effort is $41.8M. Tacoma Link Expansion: In partnership with the City of Tacoma and Pierce Transit, Sound Transit is studying the potential of expanding Tacoma Link in the context of the City and Pierce Transit service and capital plans. Link Operations and Maintenance Satellite Facility: Sound Transit is reviewing and evaluating current and fu- ture light rail storage and maintenance requirements to support the development, design, and construction of a future light rail operations and maintenance facility for proposed system expansion. ST2 Light Rail Vehicles (LRV) Fleet Expansion: This project includes the design, manufacturing, inspection, testing and delivery of 122 low floor LRVs for service requirements of Northgate, East Link and Lynnwood Link Ex- tensions. The Sound Transit Board adopted the baseline capital budget of $733M in September 2015. December 2015 Page 5 of 162 Link Light Rail Program Overview Program Budget Adopted Adopted Committed to Incurred to Estimated roject Budget Date Date Final Cost Budget vs. EFC University Link $1,756.0 $1,490.8 $1,463.8 $1,605.5 $150.5 Northgate Link Extension $1,899.8 $819.8 $620.8 $1,899.8 0 Lynnwood Link Extension* $487.9 $54.6 $51.8 $487.9 0 East Link Extension $3,677.2 $579.4 $405.8 $3,677.2 0 South 200th Link Extension $383.2 $317.9 $283.5 $343.8 $39.4 Federal Way Extension $42.9 $32.9 $20.0 $42.9 0 Tacoma Link Expansion $33.0 $7.4 $7.0 $33.0 0 Link O & M Satellite Facility $133.6 $33.1 $30.7 $133.6 0 ST2 LRV Expansion $733.0 $4.8 $1.1 $733.0 0 Total Link $9,146.5 $3,340.7 $2,884.4 $8,956.6 $189.9 Table in millions. *This period, the ST Board amended Tacoma Link Expansion’s lifetime capital budget to $33M. Program Schedule Schedules for active projects are summarized below. Changes this period: None. December 2015 Page 6 of 162 Link Light Rail University Link Extension Scope Limits: 3.15-mile extension of the Initial Segment light rail transit (LRT) system from the Pine Street Stub Tunnel (PSST) in downtown Seat- tle to University of Washington (UW) cam- pus near Husky Stadium. Tunnels: Two twin bored tunnels. Two contract seg- ments: U220 starts at Husky Stadium, contin- ues beneath SR 520 and the Lake Washing- ton Ship Canal and south to the Capitol Hill underground station. U230 commences at Capitol Hill Station and proceeds south un- der the I-5 freeway to the PSST. Stations: 2 underground center platform stations – Capitol Hill (U240) and University of Wash- ington (U250). U240 is approximately 65’ underground with three station entrances. U250 is about 100’ below ground, with three station entrances and connections to the UW campus by a pedestrian bridge. System: 27 LRV; direct fixation tracks, signals, trac- tion electrification, and SCADA communica- tions Budget: $1.948 billion including finance cost (capital subtotal of $1.756 billion) Schedule: Project completion in the 1st QTR 2016 Key Project Issues U830 Systems - SCADA software development continues to be the highest risk critical path in Systems—now in the commissioning and integration testing phases. Repaired 26kV splice continue to be problematic. As of writing, ST has now directed to the Contractor to use a new splice kits. Contractor will be finish repairing one tunnel but not the other by Revenue Service. Only one redundant cable is required for operations. U240 Capitol Hill Station /U250 UW Station - Level 3 inter–station testing on the Emergency Ventilation System seems to be challenging. Modification to the fan modes and installation of additional stair and elevator dampers, power door operators is progressing. As of this writing, this mitigation work seems to be working, buy off from the Seattle Fire Department is pending their witnessing the test. Substantial Completion was achieved on December 31, 2015. LRV Fleet Wide Repairs - Fleet wide defect was discovered in the LRVs’ traction motor/gearbox unit. Priority are giv- en to repair the older LRV. Without sufficient reliable LRVs by Revenue Service or Pre-Revenue Service, U-Link will be challenged to operate with six- minute headways. Cost is tracked and isolated from ULINK project. The goal is to complete all repairs by Opening Day or at minimum, sufficient LRV with required spares to operate six- minute head- ways. As of this writing, 39 repaired car sets has been put into service and is being monitored for performance. All the higher mileage LRV which were the most unreliable are now repaired. This risk is subsiding. Advance Opening: Projection for Revenue Service continues to be 1st QTR 2016, ahead of the original target of Sep- tember 2016. Testing and Start-Up Period is compressed - any impact or delay will be day for day. Coordination with regional stakeholders continues. Link Operation has initiated 6 minutes peak headways in the DSTT. Newly im- posed new federal requirement for additional safety oversight responsibilities -“System Safety Readiness Review” for U-Link alignment took place in November 2015, with Pre-revenue Phase starting in January 14, 2016. As of this writing, Revenue Opening has been announced for the weekend of March 19, 2016. December 2015 Page 7 of 162 Link Light Rail University Link Extension Project Cost Summary The U-Link project cost is summarized in two types of cost classifications. In the first table, cost is classified in accord- ance with Sound Transit’s Work Breakdown Structure (WBS); and in the second table, cost is summarized in accord- ance to the FTA’s Standard Cost Categories (SCC) format. (Both tables’ figures in millions.) Baseline Current Commitment to Est. Final Cost Adopted Budget WBS Phase Elements Incurred to Date Budget Adopted Budget Date* (EFC) vs. EFC ADMINISTRATION $ 115.23 $ 113.55 $ 75.97 $ 74.59 $ 103.55 $ 10.00 PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING $ 24.39 $ 24.26 $ 24.26 $ 24.26 $ 24.26 $ - FINAL DESIGN $ 77.94 $ 89.31 $ 86.74 $ 84.74 $ 89.31 $ (0.00) CONSTRUCTION SERVICES $ 68.53 $ 95.81 $ 84.20 $ 83.01 $ 93.80 $ 2.01 3rd PARTY AGREEMENTS $ 18.65 $ 18.65 $ 11.91 $ 10.99 $ 17.61 $ 1.03 CONSTRUCTION $ 1,180.00 $ 1,158.18 $ 982.94 $ 961.45 $ 1,047.77 $ 110.41 VEHICLES $ 103.91 $ 103.91 $ 99.20 $ 99.19 $ 101.91 $ 2.00 ROW $ 167.33 $ 152.33 $ 125.61 $ 125.60 $ 127.29 $ 25.04 Capital Total $ 1,755.97 $ 1,756.01 $ 1,490.82 $ 1,463.83 $ 1,605.50 $ 150.50 FINANCE COST $ 191.71 $ 191.71 $ 191.71 $ 162.15 $ 191.71 $ - Project Total $ 1,947.68 $ 1,947.72 $ 1,682.52 $ 1,625.98 $ 1,797.21 $ 150.50 (*)Totals may not equal column sums due to rounding of line entries.