Metropolitan Transportaon Authority’s East Side Access Network Expansion Project CG/LA North American Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum Michael Horodniceanu, Ph.D., P.E. President, MTA Capital Construc.on Updated 10/29/13 MTA Capital Construc1on 9:45am 1 *Licensed in California East Side Access New Terminal Staon for Long Island Rail Road on the East Side of Manhaan, saving east bound commuters 30-40 minutes daily • Total Investment $9.3 B • Completion 2019 East Side Access Alignment New York’s MTA NetworkMTA Capital Construc1on – Lifeblood of $1.4 trillion Regional Economy2 Why Build East Side Access? • Capacity limitations were choking new growth of the entire transit system in New York City – LIRR is at capacity – Penn Station is at capacity – About 50% of LIRR customers ultimately go to the east side of Manhattan – First expansion of LIRR in 100 years • East Side Access provides a new link to the city’s economic center, protecting New York’s competitive standing in the global economy • ESA is supporting 2,400 direct jobs and tens of thousands more indirect jobs throughout the national economy MTA Capital Construc1on 3 • Provides a one seat ride for 162,000 East Side Access passengers per day Benefits • Saves East Side bound commuters 30-40 minutes per day • Improves flow at Penn Station by relieving congestion • Increases East River tunnel capacity by 50% • Supports job growth in area surrounding Grand Central Terminal • Improves operational flexibility through Harold Interlocking (Amtrak, Long Island Rail Road, New Jersey Transit) • Improves access to John F. Kennedy airport MTA Capital Construc1on Platform and lower mezzanine elevator4 rendering East Side Access • Breaking Ground October 2002 • Queens and Manhattan • Tunnels – 8 Newly bored Manhattan Tunnels: 6.1 miles hard rock – 4 Newly bored Queens Tunnels: 2 miles soft ground – Existing 63rd Street Tunnel: 3.2 miles • Grand Central – New Terminal Station Profile Around GCT – 8 tracks, 4 platforms – Mezzanines and Grand Central Concourses Terminal – 47 Escalators and New Concourse 22 Elevators MTA Capital Construc1on 5 New Platforms beneath Park Ave Mined Caverns and Shafts Below Grand Central Vanderbilt Park Avenue Avenue MNR Upper Level MNR Lower Level Off Street Freight Entrances 91’-0” 140’-0” Elevators LIRR Concourse Passenger Escalator Upper Elevators Shafts at 30⁰ Platform LIRR Mezzanine West Cavern East Cavern Lower Platform 61’-2” Terminal Caverns 10’-7” Section Looking North 13’-0” 9’-5” 27’-4” MTA Capital Construc1on 6 51’-11” Financing – East Side Access • $8.245 B • Local Funding: $5.546 B $10,000 Federal Funding: $2.699 B $9,000 • All Federal funding approved $8,000 Federal 32% through a New Starts Full Funding $7,000 Grant Agreement with the FTA $6,000 • An additional $463 M budgeted for ESA rolling stock is included in $5,000 a reserve in the 2010-2014 MTA $4,000 Capital Program $3,000 Local 68% • An additional $590 M budgeted $2,000 for Regional Investment ($297 M $1,000 FRA funded) • Total Investment $9.3 B $0 $ in millions MTA Capital Construc1on 7 Capacity Building • Investments in the system began a rebirth of NY that began in the 1990’s. The MTA must continue to invest in its system in order to achieve 2030 levels of forecasted population and employment growth. § NYC Forecasted Population: 9.4+ M by 2030 § Regional Forecasted Population: 26+ M by 2030 MTA Capital Construc1on 8 Regional Economic Investment • The New York region, whose economy is second only to Tokyo’s, could not exist without the MTA • Rebuilding the MTA was critical to establishing New York’s competitive position, but now capacity limitations choke new economic growth – Long Island Rail Road cannot meet the needs of Long Island, which has a population equivalent to the nation’s third largest city (Chicago), to reach jobs in Manhattan • East Side Access provides new links to our economic center, keeping jobs in the US and New York’s competitive standing in the global economy MTA Capital Construc1on 9 To support this economy, the MTA… • Provides 8.5 million transit rides a day • Manages a 2013 annual operating budget of $13.2 billion • 2010-2014 Capital Program is $35 billion – $24 billion core – $10.7 billion for Hurricane Sandy • Creates Jobs – The 2010-2014 Capital Program generates 350,000 jobs in NY State and nearly 300,000 jobs nationally* – $44 billion impact on NY State* MTA Capital Construc1on 10 *per APTA economic model ESA Procurements Contract Range Timeframe CM006 - North of Caverns Tunnel Linings & Structures 0ver $100M 2014 CM014B - GCT Concourse & Cavern Finishes 0ver $100M 2014 CM012 A - Queens Bellmouth Closure $10M - $50M 2014 CH057 - Harold Structures (Part 3) $50M - $100M 2014 CS084 - Traction Power 0ver $100M 2014 CS284 - System Package 2 0ver $100M 2015 CM007 - Caverns & Access Tunnel Interfaces 0ver $100M 2015 CH061 - Tunnel A Approach Connection $10M - $50M 2015 CM015 - 48th Street Entrance $10M - $50M 2015 CH058 - Harold Structures (Part 3) $10M - $50M 2015 CQ033 - Mid-Day Storage Yard Facilities 0ver $100M 2015 MTA Capital Construc1on 11 Contact Informaon • David K. Cannon • MTA Capital Construction • Sr. Director and Chief Procurement Officer • [email protected] • www.mta.info/capital MTA Capital Construc1on 12 .