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21 <br /> <br />• Make bus service faster and more competitive <br />• Provide more frequent service <br />• Provide more all-day service <br /> <br />GoTriangle Short-Range Plan (graph) <br /> <br />What are the project timelines? (graph) <br /> <br />Light-Rail Project Update <br />• Project remains eligible for approximately $1.25 billion in federal funding (Full Funding <br />Grant Agreement anticipated September 2019). <br />• Durham County confirmed its intent to provide an additional $57.6 million in dedicated <br />transit revenue. <br />• Updated cost-sharing agreement and transit plan anticipated January-February 2019. <br /> <br />Light-Rail Financial Plan (Year of Expenditure) October 2018- table <br /> <br />Tentative Federal Grant Application Schedule <br />• Undergo next FTA review October 2018. <br />• Finalize agreements and secure remaining nonfederal funds including public and private <br />donations through the GoTransit Partners Capital Campaign by early 2019. <br />• Submit federal grant application by April 2019. <br />• Anticipate Full Funding Grant Agreement September 2019. <br /> <br />Supplemental Environmental Assessment <br />• Updated environmental document will be available for public review and input at the end <br />of October. <br />• Proposed project refinements and enhancements include changes to: <br />o Blackwell/Mangum station, Gateway Station, Erwin Road, Pettigrew Street, MLK <br />Jr. Station park-and-ride lot, Shannon Road, Patterson Place Station, and Alston <br />Avenue. <br /> <br />John Tallmadge said there are some other relevant issues: changing the width and the <br />length of the platforms from a 3-car to a 3-car platform as a value engineering measure; and <br />use of a single track bridge crossing over New Hope Creek, lessening the impacts and costs. <br />He said neither of these changes will negatively impact service. He resumed the presentation: <br /> <br />Erwin Road <br />Design considerations: <br />• Avoid hospital utility relocation. <br />• Maintain access to medical centers. <br />• Minimize property impacts. <br />Proposed solution: <br />• Realign and elevate a portion of the Erwin Road tracks. <br />• Elevate the LaSalle Street station and Duke/Durham VA Medical Center station. <br /> <br />Pettigrew Street <br />Design considerations: <br />• Avoid possibility of large vehicles getting stuck with the required change from sloping <br />roadways to flat tracks at railroad crossings in downtown Durham.