Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section

Grade Separation Information Meetings

March 2017

• California High-Speed Rail Program

• Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section

• Grade Separations

• Environmental Process

AGENDA

CALIFORNIA

HIGH-SPEED RAIL PROGRAM

HIGH-SPEED RAIL: Connecting California

•Approximately 119 Miles

•Madera to North of Bakersfield

•Approximately $3 Billion Investment

IT’S HAPPENING!

PROGRAM TIMELINE *

Program

EIR/EIS **

2005

Scoping

2010 2015

Official Groundbreaking in

Central Valley

Alternatives Analysis Process

Draft EIR/EIS **

Final EIR/EIS **

2020 2025 2030

High-Speed Rail

Testing/Certification

Silicon Valley to Central Valley

Passenger Service Begins

2029

Phase 1 Complete

ARTIC Ribbon Cutting for

1st HSR Station

Completed in the State

(Dec. 6, 2014)

* Subject to Change

** EIR/EIS = Environmental Impact Report / Environmental Impact Statement

In compliance with National Environmental Policy Act & California Environmental Quality Act (NEPA / CEQA)

BURBANK TO LOS ANGELES

PROJECT SECTION

• Length: Approximately 12 Miles

» Connect high-speed rail to downtown Los

Angeles

» Improve safety along historic rail corridor

• Two Stations

» Burbank Airport Station

» Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS)

• Key Considerations

» Improve operational characteristics for

passenger and freight services

» Improve safety

• Early completion of grade separations

» Reduce emissions and congestion

BURBANK TO LOS ANGELES PROJECT SECTION

COLLABORATIVE APPROACH BALANCES MULTIPLE PRIORITIES

Updated 10/15

BURBANK TO LOS ANGELES PROJECT SECTION:

URBAN CORRIDOR APPROACH

• Reduces impacts by remaining

inside existing railroad right-of-

way

• Minimizes potential impacts on

adjacent properties

• Builds upon partnership at Los

Angeles Union Station

• Enhances possible partnership

opportunities with LA River

revitalization efforts

• Provides opportunity to improve

other passenger rail services

HIGH-SPEED RAIL

GRADE SEPARATIONS

GRADE SEPARATIONS

• Benefits:

» Improved safety

» Reduced noise (no train horns)

» Decrease in traffic congestion

» Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions

from idling vehicles

» Improved train operations reliability

A grade separation is a roadway that is re-aligned

over or under a railway to eliminate hazards

• Evaluate potential

impacts associated

with grade separation

elements, such as:

» Road realignments

» Utility relocations

» Property access

» Traffic circulation

» Construction-related

• Avoid, minimize &

mitigate impacts to

surrounding

properties

GRADE SEPARATIONS

Sample Impacts at Grade Separation

GRADE SEPARATIONS

High-Speed Rail Will Be Grade-Separated from Existing Roads

• HSR Grade Separations (5 roads)

City of Glendale

1. Sonora Avenue

2. Grandview Avenue

3. Flower Street

City of Glendale/ Los Angeles

4. Chevy Chase Dr./Goodwin Ave.

City of Los Angeles

5. Main Street

GRADE SEPARATIONS

• Metro or Caltrans Grade Separations (3 roads)

6. Buena Vista Avenue (Burbank) – Caltrans

7. Empire Avenue (Burbank) – Caltrans

8. Doran Street Project– Metro

HSR Grade Separation – Overcrossing

Conceptual Illustration Only

SONORA AVENUE

• Hybrid design concept with partially elevated tracks and partially

lowered roadway

• Maintains existing vehicular and pedestrian circulation patterns

• Currently, minimal anticipated impacts to adjacent properties

• Construction staging areas primarily located within rail ROW

• May cause temporary access impacts at adjacent properties

DRAFT: Images are conceptual and subject to change

GRANDVIEW AVENUE

• Hybrid design concept with partially elevated tracks and partially

lowered roadway

• Maintains existing vehicular circulation patterns

• Currently, minimal anticipated impacts to adjacent properties

• May cause temporary traffic impacts to adjacent streets

DRAFT: Images are conceptual and subject to change

FLOWER STREET

• Hybrid design concept with partially elevated tracks and partially lowered

roadway

• Maintains existing vehicular circulation patterns

• Currently, minimal anticipated impacts to adjacent properties

• May cause temporary traffic impacts to adjacent streets

DRAFT: Images are conceptual and subject to change

ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS

ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS & IDENTIFYING A

PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE

Board

Concurs

or

Modifies

Scoping

Staff

Recommend

Preferred

Alternative

Extensive

Environmental

& Engineering

Analysis

Final

EIR/EIS

and

Approvals

Public &

Agency

Comments

Comments

Addressed

& Included

in Final

EIR/EIS

Release of

Draft EIR/EIS

&

Public Hearing

Preferred

Alternative in

Draft EIR/EIS

Refine Route

Concepts into

Alternatives

Develop

Route

Concepts

WE

ARE

HERE

Public and Stakeholder Outreach & Input

• Authority Strives to:

1. Avoid adverse impacts

2. Minimize impacts, when they cannot be

avoided

3. Mitigate impacts, when they cannot be avoided

or minimized

• Ongoing during Planning & Design» Based on community and stakeholder feedback

» Ongoing agency coordination

AVOIDING, MINIMIZING & MITIGATING POTENTIAL IMPACTS

Avoid

Minimize

Mitigate

BURBANK TO LOS ANGELES TIMELINE*

ADVANCE RANGE OF ALTERNATIVES

Engagement with Agencies & Community including Stakeholder Working Groups & Briefings

Summer 2017 IDENTIFY PREFERRED

ALTERNATIVE

Ongoing Engagement with Agencies &

Community

Extensive Environmental Analysis

Preliminary Engineering

Fall 2017

Spring 2018

DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT

Ongoing Engagement with Agencies &

Community including Public Hearing &

Stakeholder Working Groups

FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT

Community Open Houses & Briefings

Authority Board Decision (Notice of Determination)

FRA Decision (Record of Decision)

* Subject to Change

Spring 2016

Public

Hearings

Approve

& Adopt

Alternative

Development

& Public

Outreach

Community

Outreach

WE

ARE

HERE

STAY INVOLVED

Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section

(877) 977-1660

Burbank_Los.Angeles@hsr.ca.gov

Southern California Regional Office

California High-Speed Rail Authority

700 N. Alameda St. Room 3-359

Los Angeles, CA 90012

www.hsr.ca.gov

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