Agenda - 04-27-2017 - 1 - Consideration of the Final Draft Durham – Orange Light Rail Cost Sharing Agreement and Final Draft Orange County Transit Plan

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60 Orange County Transit Plan April 25, 2017 Chapel Hill Transit will continue with Project Development.The $6.1 million YOE included in the original Plan has been committed to the project. The D-O LRT Project will provide frequent, high-capacity light rail transit service in Durham and Orange Counties. As of � � December 2016, the scope of the project is 17.7 miles of dedicated light rail guideway with 18 stations between UNC proceeded from a conceptual level to a level sufficient for Hospitals in Chapel Hill and North Carolina Central University completion of environmental analyses and entry into the (NCCU) in Durham, connecting numerous activity centers Engineering phase of the federal New Starts program. within the two counties. Once service starts, the D-O LRT Project will provide approximately 50,000 annual hours of The opening of the D-O LRT Project has been delayed from additional transit service in Durham and Orange counties. The calendar year 2026 to 2028 to better match the anticipated proposed operating plan includes service 18.5 hours per day flow of funding from the federal government. Monday through Saturday, with 10-minute headways at peak times and 20-minute headways the rest of the day, and service The proposed financing for the project is summarized in 17.5 hours per day on Sunday with 20-minute headways most Section 5. of the day and 30-minute headways in the early morning and late evening. The D-O LRT Project also includes bicycle, pedestrian, and bus The estimated capital cost of the project is $2,476 million YOE. infrastructure improvements along the alignment. This capital cost was developed in accordance with FTA requirements for federal participation through the New Starts Compared to the project scope in the original Plan, the length program. It includes all eligible project expenses for project of the alignment is slightly longer, due to the choice of a New development, engineering, construction, start-up, and Hope Creek crossing alternative that is longer than the original financing that are expected to be incurred from the date the crossing included in the 2012 Alternatives Analysis, and the project entered New Starts Project Development (February addition of a new terminal station at NCCU. The design has 2014) to the final year the project is expected to receive a Final Page 36 of 65