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Project Overview<br />
Client<br />
• East West Gateway Council of Governments<br />
• Loop Trolley Company<br />
Government Coordination<br />
• FTA<br />
• City of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Louis</strong><br />
• City of University City<br />
• <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Louis</strong> County<br />
• MetroLink & MetroBus<br />
• Forest Park<br />
• Great Rivers Greenway District
Project Overview<br />
Client<br />
• Loop Trolley Company<br />
• East West Gateway Council of Governments<br />
Government Coordination<br />
• FTA<br />
• City of <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Louis</strong><br />
• City of University City<br />
• <strong>St</strong>. <strong>Louis</strong> County<br />
• MetroLink & MetroBus<br />
• Forest Park<br />
• Great Rivers Greenway District
Project Team<br />
CH2M HILL, Inc. – Management, Civil Design, Utility<br />
Coordination, Maintenance Facility Design<br />
Subconsultants<br />
• URS – Civil/Bridge Design<br />
• <strong>St</strong>one Consulting – Project Management, Guideway<br />
• ABNA - Surveying<br />
• Geotechnology – Subsurface Utility Investigations<br />
• TSI – Geotech Investigations<br />
• UTRS – Corrosion<br />
• Kwame Engineering - Constructability<br />
• Webb Engineering - Mechanical<br />
• Core10 Architecture - Architecture<br />
• KPFF Engineers - <strong>St</strong>ructural<br />
• Hudson and Associates – Public Involvement
Project History<br />
Below:<br />
DeBaliviere Ave/Pershing Ave Intersection, 1964<br />
(Source Unknown)<br />
Above:<br />
DeBaliviere Ave/Pershing Ave Intersection, 1964<br />
(Source Unknown)
Project History<br />
Below:<br />
West on Delmar Blvd, 1940<br />
(Source Unknown)<br />
Above:<br />
East on Delmar Blvd in University City, 1962<br />
(Source Unknown)
Project History<br />
Looking east on Delmar Blvd to the DeBaliviere Ave Intersection, 1959<br />
(Source Unknown)
Project Map
Delmar Boulevard<br />
Track Location<br />
• Concrete track slab with a 2” mill and overlay<br />
• Located over old Trolley Tracks<br />
• Single Track – 8’ wide track slab; Double Track – 19’ wide track slab
DeBaliviere Ave.<br />
• 100’ R/W Multi-Modal Corridor<br />
• Road diet 5 lanes to 3 lanes<br />
Track Location<br />
• 11’ wide Trolley corridor on turf track within 30’ wide green space<br />
• Trolley runs adjacent to 16’ wide Great Rivers Greenway shared use<br />
path
Track Location
DeBaliviere Ave.<br />
DeBaliviere looking<br />
north at Waterman<br />
Varies<br />
~ 8’<br />
~ 36’<br />
~ 19’<br />
~ 11’<br />
~ 16’<br />
Ex-Ped<br />
Realm<br />
to<br />
Remain<br />
New<br />
Parking<br />
Lane<br />
3 Lanes for Cars<br />
Green Space,<br />
<strong>St</strong>ation <strong>St</strong>op Areas<br />
Trolley Located to<br />
Reduce Utility<br />
Conflicts<br />
Multi-Use<br />
Trail/Ped<br />
Realm on<br />
East Side
DeBaliviere Ave.<br />
• DeBaliviere Ave – Great Rivers Greenway
DeBaliviere Ave.<br />
• DeBaliviere Ave – Turf Track (Kenosha, WI)
Project Connectivity<br />
DEBALIVIERE AVE.
Track Location<br />
Forest Park Parkway to History Museum <strong>St</strong>op<br />
• Contra-flow trolley lane<br />
FOREST PARK PKWY<br />
TROLLEY<br />
DEBALIVIERE AVE.
Contra Flow Section
10 <strong>St</strong>ation <strong>St</strong>ops along corridor<br />
Delmar Boulevard (6 <strong>St</strong>ation <strong>St</strong>ops)<br />
• Kingsland Avenue (University City Library)<br />
• Leland Avenue<br />
• Limit Avenue<br />
• Pageant Theatre<br />
• Metrolink-Delmar (Des Peres Avenue/Hodiamont Avenue<br />
• Laurel <strong>St</strong>reet<br />
DeBaliviere Avenue (4 <strong>St</strong>ation <strong>St</strong>ops)<br />
• DeBaliviere Avenue/Delmar Intersection<br />
• Kingsbury Place (Crossroads School)<br />
• Metrolink-Forest Park<br />
• MO History Museum/Forest Park<br />
<strong>St</strong>ation <strong>St</strong>ops
<strong>St</strong>ation <strong>St</strong>ops
Maintenance and <strong>St</strong>orage Facility<br />
• Former Delmar High School<br />
and originally car dealership<br />
• Build is on National Historic<br />
Register
Maintenance and <strong>St</strong>orage Facility
Maintenance and <strong>St</strong>orage Facility
Maintenance and <strong>St</strong>orage Facility<br />
26,705 SF – First floor remodeled area<br />
Second floor unfinished – Potential future office or<br />
retail space<br />
5 employees initially expanding to 17 in future<br />
Four track bays –<br />
• Two Trolley Maintenance Bays<br />
• Trolley Washing Bay<br />
• Paint Booth Bay (Future)
Trinity Ave Round-a-bout<br />
Round-a-bout with Landscape Enhancements
<strong>St</strong>reet Cars<br />
Rehabilitated Historical Double Ended <strong>St</strong>reet Car
Headways<br />
Trolley Operations<br />
• 20 minute headways initially<br />
• Consider shorter headways after operations are established<br />
• 20 – 30 second average duration of station stop<br />
Ticketing<br />
• Pricing similar to MetroLink<br />
• No automated ticket sales<br />
• Tickets will be sold at retail outlets and on board the Trolley<br />
Hours of Operation<br />
• Sunday - Thursday: 11:00AM to Midnight<br />
• Friday - Saturday: 11:00AM to 1:00AM<br />
• Possible to flex hours of operation due to special events
COST ESTIMATE &<br />
CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE<br />
Cost Estimate – $42 million overall cost<br />
• FTA grant - $25 million<br />
• DeBaliviere Bridge Grant - $4.7 million<br />
• Great Rivers Greenway Grant and Match- $3 million<br />
• Round-a-bout CMAQ Grant - $1.25 million<br />
• Private Donations<br />
Construction Schedule<br />
• 18 month construction schedule<br />
• DeBaliviere Bridge – Close DeBaliviere Ave at Forest Park Pkwy<br />
• Demo and Construct DeBaliviere during bridge construction<br />
• Construct trolley rails along Delmar at 1-2 block intervals to<br />
limit interruptions
Traffic Model Simulation Video<br />
Traffic <strong>St</strong>udy
Questions<br />
Tim Nittler<br />
Tim.Nittler@ch2m.com<br />
314 335 3034<br />
Chris Boyd<br />
Christopher.Boyd@ch2m.com<br />
314 335 3047<br />
Conclusion
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