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Silver Spring Transit CenterNeighborhood Work Group
March 27, 2013
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Agenda
Welcome and Introductions
Project Update
Station Design
Silver Spring Transit Center
Silver Spring Library
Bonifant Street
Art-In-Transit
Table Discussions
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Project Update
Status
Began Preliminary Engineering/Final
Environmental Impact Statement in October 2011 PE plans moving toward completion by summer
2013
FEIS and technical reports under development
Ongoing coordination with resource andregulatory agencies
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Project Update
ScheduleNeighborhood Work Group Meetings Ongoing
Open Houses Spring 2013
Publication and Review of FEIS Spring 2013Record of Decision (ROD) Summer 2013
Completion of PE Plans Summer 2013
Start Right-of-Way Acquisition Summer 2013
Begin Final Design Fall 2013
Begin Construction 2015
Open to Service 2020
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Project Update
Cost
A recent project cost estimate resulted in anincrease from $1.9 billion to $2.2 billion (YOE)
Revised cost estimate is based on newinformation, including significantly advancedengineering, refined project scopes, more
detailed schedules and rigorous assessments
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Project Update
Funding
Current funding is sufficient to:
Complete FEIS/PE phase
Start Final Design
Initiate Right-of-Way acquisition process
Project is proposed at 50/50 State - Federal
funding responsibility
State share of funding requires additional staterevenues
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Project Update
Business Outreach
Developing ongoing relationships with thebusiness communities:
Complete door to door business canvassing (1,013)
Continue to identify and assist potentially impactedbusinesses
Continue to engage County, State and business andeconomic development agencies
Schedule business outreach meetings throughout thecorridor
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Project Update
Workforce Development
March 2013, MTA & Maryland Dept. of LaborLicensing and Regulation signed a partnership
agreement to: Tap the potential economic benefits the project can
provide for the region
Create sustainable employment through training,
apprenticeships and on-the-job training that lead tomarketable skills
Obtain job forecasts to identify total number and typesof jobs and required training
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Station Design
Station Design Well lit, attractive safe area
Pleasant patron experience
Distinguishable from Metro
Durable, low maintenance materials
Center platform or side platform
Station Elements Communications including next train information
Ticket vending machines
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Silver Spring Transit Center Station
Vertical circulation connecting Purple Line tostreet, WMATA, MARC, and Transit Center
Trail connection to transit, Metropolitan BranchTrail, and street
Integrated canopy and wind screen
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Silver Spring Transit Center Station
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Silver Spring Transit Center Station
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Silver Spring Transit Center Station
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Purple Line Station
Purple Line Mezzanine
Capital Crescent Trail
Escalator to 2nd Level ofSilver Spring Transit Centerand Purple Line Mezzanine
Metro Entrance
Stair and Elevators toPurple Line Mezzanine
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Silver Spring Transit Center Station
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Connection to MARC, Purple Line Mezzanine,and Silver Spring Transit Center
Connection to Capital Crescent
Trail and Purple Line Mezzanine
Stair and Elevator fromPurple Line Platform toMezzanine
Escalators from Purple LinePlatform to Mezzanine
Purple Line Station Platform
Stair from Purple LinePlatform to Mezzanine
Stair and Elevatorfrom Purple LinePlatform to Mezzanine
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Silver Spring Transit Center Station
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Silver Spring Library Station
Coordinating with Montgomery County
Library
Residential Building
Side Platform Station integrated into plazawithin library
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Silver Spring Library Station
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Bonifant Street
One-way roadway away from GeorgiaAvenue
Consensus on direction of travel lanes
Working with County and local businesses
Parking
Deliveries
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Art-In-Transit
Goal is to make the light rail station distinct in itsdesign and artistic impact; encourage civic pride;and reinforce meaningful neighborhood identities
Held a workshop to identify and prioritize opportunities forartistic enhancement along the entire project
Stations, structures, walls and fences
Developed an overall concept to tie together elements and
system-wide approaches for art along the Purple Line
Next steps: MTA will review and determine which projects to pursue
Issue Calls for Artists
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Examples of Art-In-Transit
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Plaza/ground planesPlaza/ground planes
Plaza/ground planes
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Examples of Art-In-Transit
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System-wide Bench Narrative
Station Pylons
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Table Discussions
Open discussion with project team members
Please allow all to participate and share theiropinions
Review comments, questions and input Wrap-up by 7:00 p.m.
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Contact Us
Questions?
Please contact Public Outreach at:
443-451-3706
Lnea telefnica en espaol:
443-451-3705
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