Project Management Oversight (PMO) Capital Projects

Purchase up to 70 Electric Buses and up to nine Chargers - Bus funding provides for a future order of up to 70 40-foot battery-powered, zero-emission, all-electric, fully accessible, public transit buses with en-route charging capabilities. CTA will retire up to 70 1000-Series New Flyer buses that are over 14 years old. Turnkey project to procure Electric buses and associated charging infrastructure.

The Rail Facilities State of Good Repair Program focuses on critical improvements at CTA rail yards, which include improvements to the yard infrastructure itself (ties, rail, fasteners, ballast, contact rail etc.) as well as the yard fire suppression systems and lighting. The Des Plaines Yard project will include the reconstruction and reconfiguration of the inner and outer lead tracks, including associated special trackwork. Replacement and reconfiguration of the special trackwork in the east yard storage, including the road crossings to the yard shops will also be completed.

North Main Line - RPM The purpose of the Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Program is to expand capacity to meet growing ridership demand; reduce travel times; improve access to job markets and destinations; better utilize existing transit infrastructure; bring the existing infrastructure to a state of good repair; and improve access to the system for patrons with disabilities. FY2021-2025 funds will continue RPM Phase One funding stream.Red Purple Modernization phase one project consists the following interrelated and concurrent projects, as defined in the environmental documents to be developed by the CTA:RED-PURPLE BYPASS PROJECT. This element would construct a fifth track bypass flyover immediately north of the CTA Belmont Station to separate northbound Brown Line trains that currently conflict with southbound Purple Line trains and both northbound and southbound Red Line trains. This project includes construction of a new fifth track bypass flyover and replacement or renovation of approximately 0.3 mile of associated mainline track.LAWRENCE TO BRYN MAWR MODERNIZATION PROJECT. This modernization project would replace 1.3 miles of the existing rail line from Leland Avenue on the south to approximately Ardmore Avenue on the north. This section of track includes four stations - Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn, and Bryn Mawr. The project would expand and modernize these four stations. The project would also provide ADA access to transit customers with disabilities in a two-mile stretch of the north Red Line that currently does not have accessible stations.CORRIDOR SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS. This project would improve the signal system and special trackwork generally between Belmont and Loyola stations. Improvements would occur within CTA's existing right-of-way. The scope of work includes planning, design, procurement, and installation of wayside equipment and special trackwork that are significantly past their useful lives. This project also includes improvements to existing special trackwork.CONTINUED INTERIM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. This project would improve track infrastructure conditions between Belmont Station and Linden Station in order to maintain service along existing rail lines. This work would take place within the CTA's existing right-of-way.

Subway Waterproofing & Track - Funding will provide for critical waterproofing patchwork needed to continue rail service through the Blue Line O'Hare branch.. Due to funding restrictions CTA cannot move forward with original scope of work to mitigate water infiltration in the Dearborn subway.

This project involves the purchase of up to forty-two (42) remanufactured diesel locomotives. The contract has a base order of fifteen (15) locomotives with three (3) Options to order nine (9) additional locomotives each. Metra ancipicates these locomotives to have increased horsepower, lower emissions, and greater fuel efficiency than the current fleet average.

Phase 1 and 2 design and construction are complete. The Phase 3 design task wasissued an NTP in August 2018. The Phase 3 design was completed in July 2019. ThePhase 3 construction contract and construction management contract were bothawarded in September 2020. Construction started with site work in March 2021and is ongoing. Current activities are related to obtaining permits. The estimatedproject completion date for construction is December 2021 to allow enough timefor phase 3 construction.

The scope of this project will provide for the engineering, purchase, and inspection of fully accessible, air conditioned Clean Diesel buses; including a spare parts inventory. Engineering includes: development of specifications, pre-bid engineering meetings, onsite inspections of prospective bidders and/or their vendors’ plants, inspection of buses during production and acceptance of vehicles after delivery. 5 Year funds will continue funding stream for the Option(s) to replace up to 500 additional buses. Option(s) to the Base (100) contract order consist of up to an additional 500 buses that will initiate multiple orders to replace the 1000 Series New Flyer buses that have been in service since FY 2006.

Construct a new non-revenue vehicle maintenance facility for maintenance and repair of non-revenueequipment. Facility will also include covered storage tracks for track maintenance equipment. Thepurpose of the new Non-Revenue Rail Vehicle Maintenance Facility is to provide facilities formaintenance and repair of over 125 pieces of non-revenue equipment used for right-of-way maintenanceand other rail-mounted non-revenue vehicles.

Replace the existing video system on the 5000-series rail cars which is obsolete and no longer supported by the vendor. Replace existing video system on the 3200-series rail cars with a more reliable system. Useable components removed from the 3200s will be re-used to support the same system on the 2600-seriese rail cars.

This project involves the purchase of various pieces of equipment to be utilized by Metra’s Engineering Department. Equipment purchased under this project will include end loaders, track backhoes, hi-rail equipment for track inspection, track tampers, track stabilizers, tie cranes, and other equipment.