MaineDOT Work Plan Calendar Years 2014-2015-2016 January 2014 The purpose of this narrative to provide an overview of MaineDOT’s planned work for the next three years, outline the funding and prioritization that led to it, and provide a guide to using this Plan. 1. Work Plan Overview In early 2013, MaineDOT released its fi rst annual three-year, calendar year-based Work Plan—an easier-to-understand and more comprehensive summary of the work planned for the next three calendar years. Previous plans were for two state fi scal years, and focused on capital projects. In addition to capital work, MaineDOT Work Plans now describe all work including maintenance and operations, planning, and administration. The work in this Work Plan has a value of about $2.02 billion and includes over 1,600 separate work items for the next three years. For calendar year 2014 alone, the year with the most certain funding and therefore the most detailed scope and schedules, there are almost 800 work items including the following. • 425 Capital Projects - Estimated Cost: $455 million • 73 Miles of Highway Construction and Rehabilitation - Estimated Cost: $68 million • 258 Miles of Preservation Paving - Estimated Cost: $72 million • 600 Miles of Light Capital Paving - Estimated Cost: $27 million • 63 Highway Spot and Safety Improvements - Estimated Cost: $25 million • 54 Bridge Projects - Estimated Cost: $190 million • 128 Multimodal Capital Projects - Estimated Cost: $69.1 million • $136 million in Maintenance and Operations Activities, including over 160 maintenance projects - Estimated Cost: $16 million • 36 Transportation Planning and Research Activities - Estimated Cost: $7 million • $36 million for Administration • Numerous Multimodal projects and activities, including: a. 73 Aviation Projects and Activities - Estimated Cost: $29 million b. 8 Ports and Marine Projects and Activities - Estimated Cost: $23 million c. 13 Freight Rail Projects and Activities - Estimated Cost: $7 million d. 60 Transit Projects and Activities - Estimated Cost: $38 million e. 10 Ferry Projects and Activities - Estimated Cost: $11 million f. 21 Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects and Activities - Estimated Cost: $7 million 1.1 Capital Work This three-year Work Plan includes nearly $1.1 billion in capital-investment projects, including $904 million in highway and bridge projects and in $158 million multimodal projects. Capital projects are major projects with defi ned begin- and end-dates and with a useful life of ten years or more, which improve the transportation system. They include bridge replacements, highway construction, new sidewalks, acquisition of buses and ferries, and major improvements to airports, among other investments. Most capital projects in this Work Plan have undergone or are currently 1 0123456789 undergoing engineering, and will subsequently be constructed by private contractors selected by competitive bid. A. Highway and Bridge Capital Work The largest component of Maine’s transportation system is the state’s approximately 8,600-mile highway network. Our state’s need to invest in developing, upgrading, and maintaining highway infrastructure is signifi cant, as the great majority of people and goods travel on our highways. Highway construction and reconstruction, rehabilitation, preservation paving (PPP), Light Capital Paving (LCP), and safety and spot improvements all fall in the class of highway improvements. Over the three-year life of this Work Plan, MaineDOT anticipates delivering to construction: • 212 miles of Highway Construction and Rehabilitation - Estimated Cost: $244 million • 718 miles of Pavement Preservation - Estimated Cost: $213 million • 1,800 miles of Light Capital Paving - Estimated Cost: $83 million • 190 “Spot and Safety Improvements” - Estimated Cost: - $86 million • 126 Bridge Construction Projects - Estimated Cost: $295 million As one can see from the bar charts below, anticipated production levels for bridges will drop sig- nifi cantly from a high in 2014 as the use of extraordinary bridge funding such as state TransCap revenue bonding and federal GARVEE bonding winds down. Production in paving and highway reconstruction and rehabilitation are projected to stay relatively stable over the next three years. The charts below depict the total cost of the project (including construction, engineering and property acquisition); similar charts relating our Construction Advertise Plan (CAP) show esti- mates construction costs only. %ULGJH3URMHFWVE\&DOHQGDU<HDU %ULGJHV2WKHU0LQRU6SDQV %ULGJH&RQVWUXFWLRQ 7RWDO&RVW 0 6DUDK0LOGUHG/RQJ%ULGJHWREHGHOLYHUHGYLD&0*& 2 0LOHVRI+LJKZD\&RQVWUXFWLRQDQG5HKDELOLWDWLRQE\&DOHQGDU<HDU +:5HKDELOLWDWLRQ +:&RQVWUXFWLRQ 7RWDO&RVW 0 0LOHVRI+LJKZD\3DYLQJE\&DOHQGDU<HDU /LJKW&DSLWDO3DYLQJ 3UHVHUYDWLRQ3DYLQJ 7RWDO&RVW 0 3 Highway Safety & Spot Improvement Projects by Calendar Year 100 $50 HW Safety & Spot Improvements Total Cost ($M) $44.3 90 $43.9 $45 80 $40 $37.2 70 $35 $31.1 60 $30 50 $24.7 $24.1 $25 $23.3 93 89 85 86 40 $19.1 $20 $17.6 71 70 $15.1 63 64 63 30 61 $15 20 $10 10 $5 0 $0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014* 2015* 2016* B. Multimodal Capital Projects Ports and Marine Investments The Work Plan includes over $20 million in state funding for marine-freight investments for land- side and marine improvements to coastal public marine facilities. State funding is supplemented by local funding of about $5 million and a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Re- covery (TIGER) grant of $6 million. Major projects and programs include: • $11 million for reconstruction of the Eastport Breakwater, consisting of $6 million of the TIGER grant, $4 million in state funding, and $1 million in local funding • $6.9 million for capital improvements at the International Marine Terminal (IMT) in Portland (which does not include property acquisition costs) • $2 million for material-handling equipment at Mack Point in Searsport • $6.5 million for the Small Harbor Improvement Program (SHIP), a competitive grant program focused on waterfront improvements in Maine’s coastal communities; equal amounts of state and local matching funds • $1 million for improvements to the Portland Fish Pier Freight Rail Freight Rail Service is a major component of Maine’s freight transportation network, as it is especially cost-effective when moving high-volume commodities over long distances. Freight Rail 4 provides shippers with a transportation alternative to highway transport when moving products to market and moving raw materials inbound to production facilities. This Work Plan provides an estimated $4.4 million of state funds for the Industrial Rail Access Program (IRAP). IRAP is a minimum 50-50 share, public-private partnership program, meaning the state funds will leverage an additional $4.4 million in private funding. The Work Plan also includes $2 million for improvements to rail bridges, statewide. Transit Maine’s local and regional transit providers own and operate approximately 450 transit vehicles with a combined replacement value of more than $59 million. Though title to these vehicles resides with the providers, MaineDOT oversees procurement and proper management of the state fl eet, ensuring compliance with federal requirements and continued eligibility for federal funding. Over 110 of these vehicles are beyond their useful life, and yet are still in service. Demand for transit and ridership has been increasing with demographic changes and fuel costs. Aviation The Work Plan provides approximately $5.2 million in state funding to support federal grants for safety and infrastructure improvements at publicly owned airports throughout the state, leveraging approximately $3.5 million in local funding and about $67 million in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funds. Projects include runway and taxiway reconstruction, safety improvements and devices, and other enhancements to improve airport access, support economic development, and improve the safety of air services in Maine. Maine State Ferry Service This Work Plan provides approximately $2.66 million for projects for the Maine State Ferry Service (MSFS). Of that amount, approximately $2.2 million is federally funded, and the remainder funded by the state. Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities The Work Plan provides about $1.5 million in state funding for bicycle and pedestrian facilities, which will leverage over $11.5 million in federal dollars and $2.2 million in local funding. This provides for projects and initiatives that promote bicycle and pedestrian safety including sidewalk construction, highway bicycle lanes, safety spot improvements, and the federally funded Safe Routes to School Program. The federal Recreational Trails Program, which provides funding for off-road trails, including both non-motorized (hiking) and motorized (ATV/snowmobile) use, is included; these funds are administered by Maine’s Department of Conservation, Agriculture and Forestry. C. Statewide Capital Programs Statewide Capital Programs are capital programs and expenditures that are statewide or regional in nature, and that result in or support capital improvements to infrastructure. As can be seen in the table below, these programs total over $228 million in this Work Plan. Many of these programs 5 will become location-specifi c work in future years, but project selection has not occurred