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Task Order for St. Charles Streetcar Downtown Loop Track Replacement, Phase IV - Preliminary Engineering and Design Work
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DESCRIPTION: Request Board authorization to approve a task order for Infinity Engineering Consultants, LLC to complete preliminary engineering and design work for the St. Charles Streetcar Downtown Loop, Phase IV.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute a task order with Infinity Engineering Consultants, LLC (Infinity) for preliminary engineering and design work for the St. Charles Streetcar Downtown Loop Track Replacement, Phase IV in an amount not to exceed $524,821.
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The streetcar tracks around and in the immediate vicinity of Harmony Circle contain complex track and special trackwork that are aging and in urgent need of replacement. Consequently, the RTA must initiate engineering work to replace the track and related infrastructure. This work-Phase IV of the Downtown Loop Track Replacement project-is part of RTA's broader effort to keep the streetcar system in a state of good repair.
The rail replacement work around Harmony Circle also presents an opportunity to "future proof" the track for streetcar modernization efforts, including but not limited to the possible extension of the Rampart Loyola Streetcar down Howard Avenue to Harmony Circle. Thus, an essential component of this project will be to examine minor changes to track geometry to accommodate not only current St. Charles Streetcar service but also future streetcar service, consistent with RTA's streetcar modernization study which is recently underway. Given the range of possible design outcomes and project costs, this task order will only authorize preliminary design work on the track replacement project, on the order of 15% design. This will allow RTA to examine the feasibili...
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