Transcript RESOURCE AGENCY / PROJECT TEAM MEETING

Project Update
MARC Maintenance &
Layover Facility
September 18, 2012
Project History
• MARC Maintenance & Layover Facility
– Support existing and expanded Penn Line operations
@ MTA controlled facility
– Provide storage for rolling stock
– Transfer maintenance & layover from Amtrak facilities
• Site Selection Report – February 2012
– Evaluated five sites
• Narrowed options down to two
– APG
– Prologis
• Site Selected - 2012
– Prologis site (Edgewood – Harford Co.)
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Project Overview
• Why Prologis?
– Property acquisition & low risk of hazardous materials
– Traditional risks & challenges developing this site w/more
predictable resolutions & schedules
– Environmental Condition Report (ECP) for APG – Superfund
site
– Prologis is hydrogeologically upstream from APG site.
• Have entered Preliminary Engineering (PE) Phase
– Determine project Phasing
– Develop Preliminary plans
• PE concurrent with Environmental document
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Prologis Site
Location:
• North side of Amtrak (across
from APG Site)
• Part of a mixed commercial/
industrial facility
Zoned:
• General Industrial District 64
acres
• Urban Residential – 4 acres
Road Access: The Gap Drive
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Preliminary Engineering Phase
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Creation of a site master plan
Break project down into Phases
Develop storage layout for first Phase
No new interlocking on NEC
– Located between Magnolia & Wood interlocking
• Coordinate with Amtrak
• Determine new location for existing stormwater
management facility
• May be possible to reforest some in this location
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Project Schedule
September 2012 - Begin Preliminary Engineering &
Environmental Document
Fall 2013 - Complete Preliminary Engineering &
Environmental Document
Winter 2013/2014 – Begin Final Design
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Contact
Ms. Deirdre Smith, P.E.
Project Manager
(Jacobs)
Maryland Transit Administration
Project Development
410.767.3869
[email protected]
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