Purple Line Extension Section 1 Construction Community Meeting - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Purple Line Extension Section 1 Construction Community Meeting January 17, 2019 1

Agenda Section 1 • MOW 64 Facility • Project Construction Updates: • Fossils • Project-wide Tunneling • Wilshire/Western • Wilshire/La Brea • Wilshire/Fairfax • Wilshire/La Cienega 2

Purple Line Extension Project Alignment 3

Sections 1, 2 & 3 Status *Subject to change. The PLE project team is working to deliver the project consistent with Measure M Forecasted Schedule Section Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 3.92 Miles 2.59 Miles 2.56 Miles Length New Stations Wilshire/La Brea Wilshire/Rodeo Westwood/UCLA Wilshire/Fairfax Century City/ Westwood/VA Wilshire/La Cienega Constellation Hospital 2014 – 2015 2016 – 2018 2018 – 2020 Pre-Construction Activities 2015 – 2023 2018 – 2025 2019 – 2026 Construction 2023 2025 2026 Operations 4

Purple Line Extension Section 1 Alignment 5

Purple Line Extension Section 1 Schedule *As of January 2019, subject to change 6

Purple Line Maintenance Facility Maintena tenance nce Faci cility ity • Located in the Arts District, north of 6 th St Bridge • 590 S Santa Fe Av Current ent Work • Started installing exterior steel building panels • Installed windows • Finishing interior walls • Location 64 Site utilities complete 7

Purple Line Maintenance Facility Working on electrical pathways in Sealant being installed around windows. storage area. 8

Purple Line Maintenance Facility Finish coat applied to the third floor. 9

Project-wide Tunneling One of two tunnels, looking into tail of TBM. 10

Fossils The treasure trove grows 11

Fossils “One of the most unsual digs in the country” - CBS 12

Wilshire/Western Connection Schedule Schedule *As of January 2019, subject to change 13

Wilshire/Western Connection Upcoming Work Construction activities between Wilshire Bl/Manhattan Pl and Wilshire Bl/Western Av behind work zone: • Excavation • Dewatering • Instrumentation Work zone will be in place until the end of January 2019 Location of construction on Wilshire Bl at Western Av, instrumentation and dewatering work will intermittently extend onto Manhattan Pl 14

Wilshire/Western Connection Excavation Leveling the ground to create the TBM slab 15

Wilshire/La Brea Station 16

Wilshire/La Brea Station Box Rendering shows length of the Wilshire/La Brea underground station box on Wilshire Bl from Orange Dr to Detroit St 17

Wilshire/La Brea Station Schedule *As of January 2019, subject to change 18

Wilshire/La Brea Station Station Construction Shoring for future concourse deck. 19

Wilshire/La Brea Station Station Construction Construction the interior walls. 20

Wilshire/Fairfax Station 21

Wilshire/Fairfax Station Box Rendering shows length of the Wilshire/Fairfax underground station box on Wilshire Bl from west of Fairfax Av to just west of Ogden Dr 22

Wilshire/Fairfax Station Schedule *As of January 2019, subject to change 23

Wilshire/Fairfax Station Excavation Excavation progress. 24

Wilshire/Fairfax Station Concrete and Rebar – Winter 2019 • Concrete and rebar (steel) work anticipated to start in February 2019 • Work will require worksite traffic control on the south side of Wilshire Bl from Orange Grove Av to Ogden Dr • Night time work: 7pm – 6am • Ventilation vans now running at full capacity during nighttime hours for safety of workers and to continue excavation Concrete work shown from the street level at • More details to be provided in future Wilshire/La Brea. Concrete is being pumped construction notices and briefings underground from the street level. Similar work will be done at the Wilshire/Fairfax. 25

Wilshire/Crescent Heights Tunnel Investigation, January 2019 • Investigative drilling in advance of tunneling anticipated at Wilshire Bl/Crescent Heights Bl beginning January 2019 • Expected traffic control: • Non-rush hour weekday lane reductions on Wilshire Bl • Typical work hours, 9am – 3:30pm • Weekend directional closures of Wilshire Bl and/or Crescent Approximate work locations at Heights Bl Wilshire/Crescent Heights. • Typical work hours 7am – 11pm. • Intermittent sidewalk closures with pedestrian detours 26

Upcoming Restoration Work Bus Pads and Water Crossings Beginning February 2019, The following traffic control will be in place: design-builder will restore bus pads • Wilshire Bl in the work area will be and water crossings at the following reduced to one lane locations: • This lane reduction will be begin on Saturday mornings and will be removed • Wilshire Bl/Bronson Av on Monday mornings • Wilshire Bl/Lorraine Bl • More details will be provided in future • Wilshire Bl/McCadden Pl construction notices • Wilshire Bl/Citrus Av • Wilshire Bl/Cloverdale Av • Wilshire Bl/McCarthy Vista • Wilshire Bl/San Vicente Bl Example of bus pad on Wilshire Bl

Wilshire/La Cienega Station 28

Wilshire/La Cienega Station Box Rendering shows length of the La Cienega underground station box on Wilshire Bl from La Cienega Bl to Tower Dr 29

Wilshire/La Cienega Station *As of January 2019, subject to change 30

Wilshire/La Cienega Construction Staging Yards Typical Activities/Equipment: • Excavation • Steel work • Deliveries • Hauling Typical hours are 7am – 11pm; • yard use is permitted 24/7 • All noise levels must remain in compliance with MOA and FEIR requirements Excavator in the La Cienega shaft 31

Wilshire/Gale Intermittent Daily Gale Closure *Pending City of Beverly Hills Approval • Gale Dr will be intermittently closed Monday to Friday, 6am to *10pm, and Saturday 7am to 6pm • This closure is a public safety measure due to high volumes of ingress/egress from the property • Access to N Gale Dr will be maintained from San Vicente Gale Dr from north of Wilshire Bl Bl 32

Wilshire/La Cienega Excavation Moving excavated material to the removal shaft 33

Wilshire/La Cienega – Upcoming Work Instrumentation Work & Street Maintenance When: Winter r 2019 Instrume ument ntation ion work on Wilshire ire Bl and La Cienega ga Bl • Intermittent lane reductions on Wilshire Bl, La Cienega Bl, and side streets during off-peak hours (non-rush hour) Street Maintenanc nce, e, Dewatering ing Well Maintenanc nce, e, and Utility ty Work on Wilshire ire Bl Bl • Intermittent lane reductions on Wilshire Bl and side streets during off-peak hours (non-rush hour) 34 Example of instrumentation drilling

Staging Yard Mitigation La Cienega ga Yard Gale Yard   Active ventilation fans and fan 14’ fences with sound blankets placed lines were wrapped with sound around the crane (reduced the noise by 3 blankets dbA)  Applied an acoustic dampening material  24’ steel frame placed around to the 895 crane engine enclosure  the ventilation system with Added a muffling panel on the exhaust sound blankets door and engine compartment door  Relocated slew alarm  Added a noise barrier rubber mat to the lower engine panels  Acoustic plate under mounted on the crane counterweight  Adjusted the crane start up schedule, when possible  Started closing the gate, when feasible 35

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BIF Information and Eligibility > Financial assistance to small “mom & pop” businesses with 25 or fewer employees directly impacted by Metro Rail construction along three project areas > Businesses must be located immediately adjacent to the rail corridor and meet other eligibility requirements > Grant amount determined by loss of business revenue related to period of construction disruption > To date, 809 grants have been awarded with a total value of more than $18.9 million along all three projects 40

BIF Grant Award Update > Purp rple le Lin ine Ext xten ensio sion, n, Secti tion on 1 > BIF Grants Awarded: 181 > BIF Grant Amount Awarded: $4,604,665.33 > Number of small businesses awarded: 71 > BIF Business Advisor: Brian Lazo > Pacific Coast Regional Small Business Development Corporation (PCR) > Phone: 213.739.2999 41

BIF Grant Award Update > Purp rple le Lin ine Ext xten ensio sion, n, Secti tion on 2 > BIF Grants Awarded: 29 > BIF Grant Amount Awarded: $780,320.11 > Number of small businesses awarded: 19 > BIF Business Advisor: Darrell Smith > Pacific Coast Regional Small Business Development Corporation (PCR) > Phone: 213.739.2999 42