Metropolitan Transportation Authority Requests to Reallocate FTA Section 5324 Resiliency Funding to MTA Repair Projects September 30, 2016 NY MTA Request for Reallocation of Resiliency Funds INTRODUCTION The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is pleased to submit the enclosed request to reallocate Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Section 5324 Competitive Resiliency (CR) and locally- prioritized resiliency (LPR) grant funds to support the recovery/repair of New York City Transit (NYCT) and Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) assets damaged during Hurricane Sandy. Requested Competitive Resiliency Reallocation With today’s request, the MTA is requesting to reallocate $324.9 million in CR grant funds to our recovery program. This will reduce the federal share of MTA’s CR projects to $1.3 billion, as shown in the table below. Table 1 Summary of Competitive Resiliency Funds Requested for Reallocation CR Application Federal Share Local Match Budget (Award) Current MTA CR Award $2,131,956,139 $1,598,967,104 $532,989,035 Requested Reallocation to Repair ($433,212,030) ($324,909,023) ($108,303,007) Remaining MTA CR Award $1,698,744,109 $1,274,058,081 $424,686,027 Table 1a – Detail: MTA NYCT Competitive Resiliency Reallocation Requests MTA CR Project Budget Federal Share Local Match Agency NYCT ROW Equipment Hardening in Flood Prone $61,443,249 $46,082,437 $15,360,812 Areas NYCT Protection of Street Level Openings in $141,895,903 $106,421,927 $35,473,976 Flood Prone Areas NYCT Flood Mitigation in Yards $152,170,003 $114,127,503 $38,042,501 NYCT Pumping Capacity Improvements $18,432,247 $13,824,185 $4,608,062 NYCT Protection of Tunnel Portals & Internal $31,676,267 $23,757,201 $7,919,067 Tunnel Sealing NYCT Emergency Communications $20,000,000 $15,000,000 $5,000,000 Enhancements Total Reallocated Funds $425,617,669 $319,213,253 $106,404,417 Table 1b – Detail: MTA LIRR Competitive Resiliency Reallocation Requests MTA Federal CR Project Budget Local Match Agency Share LIRR Flood Resiliency for LIC Yard – Reconstruction $7,594,361 $5,695,771 $1,898,590 of Tracks 9-12 Total Reallocated Funds $7,594,361 $5,695,771 $1,898,590 The reallocated CR funds will be divided across the five recovery projects listed in the following table. As discussed in greater detail in the request, all of the projects include assets that were validated as part of FTA’s damage assessment of MTA assets following Hurricane Sandy and included in the list of MTA’s updated repair and recovery needs submitted to the FTA in August 2015. September 2016 | 2 NY MTA Request for Reallocation of Resiliency Funds Table 2 MTA Candidate Recovery Projects for Reallocated Competitive Resiliency Scope MTA CR Funding Recovery Project Grant Number Agency Reallocation NYCT Yard Power and Cabling NY-44-X012 $61,706,653 NYCT Canarsie Tube NY-44-X012 $31,749,867 NYCT Rutgers Tube NY-44-X008 $19,530,826 NYCT 207th Street Yard Signals TBD $206,225,907 NY-44-X007 LIRR Long Island City Yard Restoration Project $5,695,771 NY-44-X008 TOTAL $324,909,023 Requested Local Priority Resiliency Reallocation MTA LIRR proposes to reallocate $10.3 million in approved LPR funding from the LIC Yard Resiliency Project to the LIC Yard Restoration Project. This reduces MTA’s total LPR allocation from $898 million to $888 million. September 2016 | 3 NY MTA Request for Reallocation of Resiliency Funds Contents MTA NYCT Right-of-Way Equipment Hardening in Flood Prone Areas (CR) ................................................. 5 MTA NYCT Protection of Street Level Openings in Flood Prone Areas (CR) ................................................. 9 MTA NYCT Flood Mitiigation in Yards (CR) ................................................................................................. 12 MTA NYCT Pumping Capacity Improvements (CR) ..................................................................................... 15 MTA NYCT Protection of Tunnel Portals and Internal Tunnel Sealing (CR) ................................................ 19 MTA NYCT Emergency Communication Enhancements (CR) ..................................................................... 23 MTA LIRR Flood Resiliency for Long Island City Yard (CR) .......................................................................... 26 MTA LIRR Long Island City Yard Resiliency Project (LPR) ............................................................................ 31 September 2016 | 4 NY MTA Request for Reallocation of Resiliency Funds Right-of-Way Equipment Hardening in Flood Prone Areas MTA NYCT RIGHT-OF-WAY EQUIPMENT HARDENING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS (CR) OVERVIEW The MTA is proposing to reallocate $46 million in federal Competitive Resiliency (CR) grant funding from NYCT’s Right-of-Way Equipment Hardening in Flood Prone Areas CR Project to NYCT’s Canarsie Tunnel and Rutgers Tube Restoration Projects. CANDIDATE COMPETITIVE RESILIENCY PROJECT FOR REALLOCATION Project Name (Discretionary ID) MTA NYCT Right-of-Way Equipment Hardening in Flood Prone Areas (D2013-RESL-026) Location 160 facilities along the NYC subway system right-of-way (ROW) in New York County, Queens County, Kings County, and Bronx County. Project Description This comprehensive flood resiliency project proposed to protect 78 pump rooms, 65 signal towers and relay rooms, and 17 above-ground circuit breaker houses (CBHs) located in yards or along NYCT’s right- of-way that are either in the Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes (SLOSH) Category 1 flood zone or in tunnels subject to flooding during a Category 1 storm event due to track elevation. The solutions are designed to protect against flooding to a minimum 100-year flood elevation + 2’, reduce the potential for future service outages, and result in a substantial savings in cost and time for capital equipment replacement. For all room types in this project, proposed methods of protection include installation of watertight flood doors, sealing of any wall penetrations, and provision of backwater check valves in floor drains. For the 34 pump rooms located in more critical locations, such as under-river tubes, the proposed scope also called for “major upgrades,” including elevation of controls and critical equipment, upgrades to discharge lines, and installation of emergency generators for pumps. The total project cost is $84.7 million which includes a federal CR award of $63.6 million matched by $21.2 million in MTA local funds. Project Component Proposed for Reallocation NYCT proposes to reallocate $46 million in CR funding by deprioritizing 142 of the 160 locations in this project, including 60 pump rooms, 65 signal rooms, and 17 CBHs. The 18 pump rooms remaining are located in under-river tubes and are thus critical to protecting these critical sections of the right-of-way. While the remaining 142 rooms are important to NYCT operations, many of these rooms will not be vulnerable to flooding and many not require protection for various reasons, including: NYCT’s Protection of Street Level Openings in Flood Prone Areas CR Initiative and Locally Prioritized Resiliency (LPR) initiatives to harden fan plants are providing primary flood protection for all assets located in underground tunnels that would otherwise be flooded during a SLOSH category 2 storm event. NYCT has initial results from an ongoing hydrological study that considers the presence of street level ingress protection on the vulnerability of underground assets. September 2016 | 5 NY MTA Request for Reallocation of Resiliency Funds Right-of-Way Equipment Hardening in Flood Prone Areas NYCT’s Protection of Tunnel Portals and Internal Tunnel Sealing CR initiative includes the protection of 148 St Yard Tunnel Portal, 207 St Yard Tunnel Portal, and Hunters Point Portal, which will protect underground assets along the Lenox Line/149 St Tube, 8 Av Line/Broadway-7 Av Line, and Flushing Line, respectively. The Flood Mitigation in Yards CR Initiative will provide various flood protection measures, which will meet or exceed 100-year flood elevation + 2’, for the 8 pump rooms, 7 signal rooms, and 10 CBHs located within rail yards. For the fewer than 10 locations that are located above-ground and would not be protected via other means, it is likely that these facilities could not be mitigated to a minimum 100-year + 2’ design flood elevation without significant structural reinforcement or reconstruction, which would be costly and beyond the scope proposed in the original CR application for this project. The overall project budget is provided in the table below. The budgets for the project components proposed for reallocation are highlighted in grey. The overall project budget is provided in the table below. The budgets for the project components proposed for reallocation are highlighted in grey. Table 3 Right-of-Way Equipment Hardening in Flood Prone Areas Project Budget CR application Federal Share Project Component Local match Budget (Award) Pump Rooms: Major Upgrades (18) $23,290,084 $17,467,563 $5,822,521 Pump Rooms: Major Upgrades (16) $20,704,234 $15,528,660 $5,175,574 Pump Room: Minor Hardening (44) $14,070,172 $10,552,629 $3,517,543 Signal Rooms (65) $20,785,481 $15,589,111 $5,196,370 Circuit Breaker Houses (17) $5,882,716 $4,412,037 $1,470,679 Total (160 Locations) $84,732,687 $63,550,000 $21,182,687 *Components shaded in grey are proposed for reallocation. Project Status Project Components Proposed for Reallocation The 12 pump rooms proposed for reallocation were included in a feasibility study, three of which proceeded into design. Design or feasibility has