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Northeast Corridor One-Year Implementation Plan Fiscal Year 2017 September 2016 Congress established the Northeast Corridor Commission to develop coordinated strategies for improving the Northeast’s core rail network in recognition of the inherent challenges of planning, financing, and implementing major infrastructure improvements that cross multiple jurisdictions. The expectation is that by coming together to take collective responsibility for the NEC, these disparate stakeholders will achieve a level of success that far exceeds the potential reach of any individual organization. The Commission is governed by a board comprised of one member from each of the NEC states (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland) and the District of Columbia; four members from Amtrak; and five members from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The Commission also includes non-voting representatives from four freight railroads, states with connecting corridors and several commuter operators in the Region. 2| NEC One-Year Implementation Plan: FY17 Contents Introduction 6 Funding Summary 8 Baseline Capital Charge Program 10 1 - Boston South Station 12 16 - Shore to Girard 42 2 - Boston to Providence 14 17 - Girard to Philadelphia 30th Street 44 3 - Providence to Wickford Junction 16 18 - Philadelphia 30th Street - Arsenal 46 4 - Wickford Junction to New London 18 19 - Arsenal to Marcus Hook 48 5 - New London to New Haven 20 20 - Marcus Hook to Bacon 50 6 - New Haven to State Line 22 21 - Bacon to Perryville 52 7 - State Line to New Rochelle 24 22 - Perryville to WAS 54 8 - New Rochelle to Harold Interlocking 26 23 - Washington Union Terminal 56 9 - Harold Interlocking to F Interlocking 28 24 - WAS to CP Virginia 58 10 - F Interlocking to PSNY 30 25 - Springfield to New Haven 60 11 - Penn Terminal 32 27 - Spuyten Duyvil to PSNY* 62 12 - PSNY to Trenton 34 28 - 30th St. Station to 36th Street 64 13 - Trenton to Morris 36 29 - 36th Street to Thorndale 66 14 - Morris to Holmes 38 30 - Thorndale to Harrisburg 68 15 - Holmes to Shore 40 31 - Amtrak System Wide 70 Special Projects 72 Appendix 134 *Segment 26 is from Poughkeepsie and Spuyten Duyvil and is exempt from the Plan Northeast Corridor Commission |3 Special Projects 72 1. Boston South Station 74 31. New Brunswick Station 104 2. Ruggles Street Station 75 32. Delco Lead Safe Haven Facility 105 3. Mansfield Station 76 33. New Jersey HSR Improvement Program 106 4. South Attleboro Station 77 34. County Yard 107 5. Pawtucket/Central Falls Station 78 35. Princeton Junction Station 108 6. Pawtucket Layover Facility 79 36. Levittown Station Improvements 109 7. Kingston Track and Platform 80 37. 30th Street to Arsenal Signals and 110 Capacity Improvements ROW Improvements 8. Shore Line East Track and Catenary 81 38. 30th Street West Catenary 111 Improvements Replacement 9. New Haven Yard Master Complex 82 39. Philadelphia 30th Street Master Plan 112 Improvements 40. Claymont Station 113 10. New Haven Line Station Improvements 83 41. Wilmington MOFE Facility 114 11. Devon Bridge Replacement 84 42. Delaware Third Track Program 115 12. Norwalk Bridge Replacement 85 43. Newark (DE) Regional Transportation 116 13. Pelham Bay Bridge Replacement 86 Center 14. Penn Station Access 87 44. Susquehanna River Bridge 117 Replacement 15. Harold Interlocking 88 45. Martins Airport Storage Facility 118 16. Sunnyside Yard 89 46. Baltimore Penn Station Master Plan 119 17. River-to-River Rail Resiliency (R4) 90 Projects 47. Baltimore and Potomac Tunnels 120 18. East River Tunnel ROW Infrastructure 91 48. West Baltimore Station 121 Improvements 49. BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Station Interim 122 19. East River Tunnel Rehabilitation 92 Improvements 20. Penn Station New York - 93 50. Maryland Section Reliability Improvements 123 LIRR Projects 51. Hanson Interlockings 124 21. Penn Station New York - 94 52. Ivy City Traffic Upgrades 125 NJ TRANSIT Projects 22. Moynihan Station 95 53. Washington Union Station 2nd 126 Century Plan 23. Gateway Program 96 54. New Haven Hartford Springfield Rail Program 127 24. Hudson Tunnel Project 97 55. Ardmore Station Improvements 128 25. Portal North Bridge 98 56. Villanova Station Improvements 129 26. NJ TRANSITGRID 99 57. Paoli Station Improvements 131 27. Newark Penn Station 100 Washington 58. Frazer Rail Shop and Yard Upgrade 132 DC 28. North Elizabeth Station 101 59. Exton Station Improvements 133 29. Elizabeth Station 102 60. Harrisburg Line Station Improvements 134 30. Edison Station 103 4| NEC One-Year Implementation Plan: FY17 Albany Boston 2 1 3 Springfield 4 Providence 5 53 6 7 New Haven 8 9 10 11 19 20 21 New Newark 22 23 York City 24 25 26 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Harrisburg 35 60 59 56 55 57 54 58 36 37 38 Philadelphia 39 40 41 42 Wilmington 43 Baltimore 47 46 45 44 48 49 50 52 51 Washington DC Northeast Corridor Commission |5 Introduction The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is a critical network of rail infrastructure connecting the largest cities, markets, and population centers between Boston, Massachusetts and Washington, District of Columbia. Service operators include eight commuter railroads (MBTA, Shore Line East, Metro-North Railroad, Long Island Rail Road, NJ TRANSIT, SEPTA, MARC, and Virginia Railway Express), Amtrak, and several freight railroads. Main line infrastructure owners in various locations include Amtrak, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro-North Railroad, the Connecticut Department of Transportation, and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. The Northeast Corridor Commission (the Commission) coordinates planning and investment across infrastructure owners and service operators. The Northeast Corridor One-Year Implementation Plan: Fiscal Year 2017 (the Plan) is a consolidated cross-agency record of the anticipated capital project activity in the upcoming federal fiscal year based on available capital funding. The foundation for the Plan is the Northeast Corridor Capital Investment Plan: Fiscal Years 2017-2021 (CIP) which identified how available capital funding is anticipated to be spent over a five-year time horizon, plus how additional capital funding could be used to eliminate the state-of-good-repair backlog and improve performance of the railroad. This Plan and the CIP were created to comply with the Northeast Corridor Commuter and Intercity Rail Cost Allocation Policy (the Policy), approved by the Commission in 2015. The Policy calls for the collection of capital project budget, scope, and schedule information such that reports on the implementation of capital projects can be generated on a quarterly and annual basis. Also, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act calls on the Commission to report annually to Congress on the delivery of the CIP. This Plan will serve as the baseline against which those reports will measure performance in FY17. Baseline Capital Charge Program The first half of the Plan contains the Baseline Capital Charge (BCC) Program. BCCs are charges allocated to service operators based on relative use to fund the normalized replacement of existing capital assets (excluding major bridges and tunnels) based on the methods described in the Commission’s Policy. This portion of the Plan contains a record of all anticipated BCC-eligible investments in FY17. According to the Policy, any operator’s BCCs must be invested within the service territory of that operator. To that end, this portion of the document is divided into 31 BCC segments defined by points on the NEC where the mix of operators changes. Each segment then has a distinct set of operators whose BCCs may be applied to investments in infrastructure. Some investments are location-specific within the segment, while others are portions of programmatic investments covering larger geographies that are forecasted to occur within the segment. Special Projects The second half of the Plan covers Special Projects. Special Projects include any investments which are not the normalized replacement of existing capital assets. Such projects may include new infrastructure above and beyond existing assets, the replacement of existing assets with markedly superior assets, or the replacement of major bridges and tunnels. Many of these projects are multi-year, complex initiatives that include multiple funding sources, inter-agency resource coordination, specialized procurement, and track outages. The Plan includes information both on the overall scope of each special project, as well as information specific to expenditures and project activities expected to take place in FY17. 6| NEC One-Year Implementation Plan: FY17 The foundation for the One-Year Implementation Plan is the five-year Capital Investment Plan, available at: http://nec-commission.com/capital-investment-plan Northeast Corridor Commuter and Intercity Rail Cost Allocation Policy 17 September 2015 The One-Year Implementation Plan was produced for compliance with the Northeast Corridor Commuter and Intercity Rail Cost Allocation Policy, available at: http://nec-commission.com/nec-allocation-policy Northeast Corridor Commission |7 Funding Summary Investment by Type and Location Amtrak-Maintained Metro-North: New CTDOT: State Line - Main Line and Total Rochelle - State Line New Haven Connecting Corridors Baseline Capital Charge Program $404,137,102 $20,202,444 $111,000,000 $535,339,546 BCC-Funded $369,209,247 $20,202,444 $111,000,000 $500,411,691 Other Funded $34,927,855 - - $34,927,855 Special Projects $867,254,919