Purple Line Extension

Construction Community Meeting

January 15, 2015

Tonights Agenda
Project Area Discounts/Eat, Shop, Play
Advance Utility Relocation Update and Look-Ahead
Tree removal, replacement and landscape overview
Design Builder Update
Animation Video pile installation/street decking

Break out session Q&A

Section 2
New Starts Engineering phase of the FTA Capital Investment Grant Program

Under Construction
Section 1

Forecasted Schedule
Section 2
Section 3

Length

3.9 Miles

2.6 Miles

2.48 Miles

New Stations

Wilshire/La Brea
Wilshire/Fairfax
Wilshire/La Cienega

Wilshire/Rodeo
Century City

Westwood/UCLA
Westwood/VA
Hospital

Pre-Construction Activities Current - 2016

2017 - 2018

2025 - 2027

Construction

2015 - 2023

2019 - 2026

2027 - 2035

Operations

2023

2026

2035

Project Area Discounts

Project Area Discounts is a program that provides exclusive offers to local

businesses in communities that are designated project areas.
Purple Line Extension currently has more than 30 businesses enrolled.
For a full list visit: http://www.metro.net/service/discounts/ple-pad/.
For information on how to participate, please contact
purplelineext@metro.net.
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Eat Shop Play

A new webpage will soon highlight the
ways the community can Eat at local
restaurants, Shop at local retail stores and
Play at local destinations.
Eat, Shop, Play will provide access to
exclusive offers and information about
participating local businesses. The
community will be asked to take a pledge
to support local businesses during and
after construction of the project.

Advance Utility Relocation

Project Update and Look-Ahead

Construction Activity Timeline

Optimal Schedule Without Restrictions
(Assumes extended work hours)

*Schedule is subject to change. Updated as of January 2015

*Subject to change without notice. Updated as of January 2015.

LA BREA STATION AREA - SECTION 1 PURPLE LINE EXTENSION PROJECT

YEAR
QUARTER

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Advanced Utility Relocations AUR

Piling

Piling

Decking

Remove Deck

Install Deck

Station Excavation/Shoring

Station Excavation/
Shoring

Tunneling

Tunneling

Station

Station

Testing

Testing

Below Deck

Revenue Service

*Subject to change without notice. Updated as of January 2015.

FAIRFAX STATION AREA - SECTION 1 PURPLE LINE EXTENSION PROJECT

YEAR
QUARTER

Advanced Utility Relocations

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

AUR

Piling

Piling

Decking

Decking
Station Excavation/Shoring

Remove Deck

Station Excavation/Shoring
Tunneling

Tunneling

Station

Station
Testing

Testing

Below Deck

Revenue Service

*Subject to change without notice. Updated as of January 2015.

LA CIENEGA STATION AREA - SECTION 1 PURPLE LINE EXTENSION PROJECT

YEAR
QUARTER

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Advanced Utility Relocations AUR

Piling

Piling
Decking
Station Excavation/Shoring
Tunneling
Station

Remove Deck

Decking
Station Excavation/Shoring
Tunneling

Station

Testing
Revenue Service

Testing

Below Deck

West and East Segments Map

West Segment, Mindy Lake: 1-3
1: Wilshire/La Cienega
2: Wilshire/Fairfax

East Segment, Michael Cortez: 3-5

4: Wilshire/La Brea
5: Tie-in at Wilshire/Western Station

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2

Tie-in at Western Station

Ongoing: Acquiring

properties on NE corner of
Wilshire/Manhattan Pl

Properties to be Acquired on NE Corner

Wilshire/Manhattan Pl

Summer 2016: Work is

anticipated to begin with

advanced utility relocation

Rendering of AUR Work

Crenshaw Yard Staging Site

Wilshire/Crenshaw
Will be used throughout Section 1
utility relocation and construction
Sound wall is complete

Installing sound wall on two gates

Property acquired at 675 Crenshaw

Mitigation Efforts and Maintenance:

Crenshaw Yard Sound Wall and Plywood Installation at the gates

Right Turn Only signs at Lorraine Gate

No Metro Contractor Parking on City
Street signs
Noise awareness training
Nightly noise readings
Maintenance inside and outside of yard
Maintenance work at Crenshaw Yard

Acquired property on 675 Crenshaw

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La Brea Utility Relocation

1 Year

*Schedule is subject to change. Updated as of January 2015

2014
Q1

Q2

2015
Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

2016
Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Fiber
Power
Water
LADWP Cable Pulling
AT&T Construction

Gas

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Q4

La Brea Station
Update
Metro Advanced Utility Relocation (AUR) Work
Completed:
Fiber-optic cable relocation
Electrical work (vaults/duct works)
Waterline work (fire services, meter, duct, iron steel
pipes)
LADWP Cable Pulling

Currently underway
February 2015: Gas anticipated to be completed
March 2015: AT&T Cable pulling anticipated to be
completed

Photo of AUR work at Wilshire/La

Brea

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La Brea Station
Update (continued)

Acquisition of Properties
665 S La Brea Ave (Abatement work underway)

Carling Way Alley Vacation

Alley temporary reroute exit to Detroit

Photos of former Lawrence of La Brea and Carling Way Alley

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La Brea Station
Mitigation
Project Area Discount Program
Business and resident advanced

communications
Night time mitigation efforts

Torching steel plates

Additional sound blankets
Signage
Louder work moved to daytime hours

Photos of sound blankets and torching

steel plates used during recent AUR
work at Wilshire/La Brea

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Fairfax Utility Relocation

2 Years

*Schedule is subject to change. Updated as of January 2015

2014
Q1

Q2

2015
Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

2016
Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Fiber

AT&T Construction

Power

Water

LADWP Cable Pulling

Gas

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Fairfax Station
Whats Happened So Far
Metro Advanced Utility Relocation (AUR) Work
Fiber-optic cable relocation ongoing
Electrical work underway
Work Hours:
Day work:

Monday Friday:

9AM - 3:30PM

Saturday:

8AM - 6PM*

Photos of trenching for Fairfax Station

Night work:
Sunday Thursday:
Friday

8PM - 6AM
10PM- 8AM
*as needed

Photo of concrete installation under existing

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utilities for Fairfax Station

Fairfax Station
Whats Next
Spring and Summer 2015: Water and gas relocation work

anticipated to start
Summer 2016: AUR work anticipated to be completed

Photo of contractor forming duct bank to vault for Fairfax Station

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Fairfax Station
Mitigation
Paving work is scheduled to occur on Saturdays
After 11pm activities are monitored and adjustments are made to the sound
blankets at the source to stay below allowable noise levels

Alternatively, the type of construction activity is changed to reduce noise levels

Project Area Discount program

Businesses Are Open During Construction signs

Photos of Businesses Open During Construction sign and sound blankets at Wilshire/Fairfax

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La Cienega Utility Relocation

30 Months

*Schedule is subject to change. Updated as of January 2015

2014
Q1

Q2

Q3

2015
Q4

Q1

Q3

Q2

2016
Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

2017
Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Fiber

Water, Sewer, Storm, Drain, Power

AT&T Construction

Gas

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Q4

La Cienega Station
Whats Happened So Far
Metro Advanced Utility Relocation (AUR) Work
Completed: Fiber relocation on Wilshire between Gale and San Vicente
November 2014: Potholing work began on Wilshire and is anticipated to
be completed by end of January 2015

Photos of potholing work for the La Cienega Station

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La Cienega Station
Whats Next
January 2015: Notice to Proceed

for AUR contractor has been

announced.
Late 2016: Utility relocation
anticipated to be completed. This
includes:
Day work:
Monday Friday:

7AM - 4PM

Sunday:

9AM - 6PM*
*as needed

Photo of Staging Site at Fairfax. A similar site will be created for

the La Cienega Station

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La Cienega Station
Mitigation
Businesses are Open signs
Parking relocation program
Project Area Discount Program
Plate lock system utilized for sidewalk steel plates

Photos of sound blanket for noise mitigation and plate locks at Wilshire/La Cienega

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Noise Mitigation
Night time work permit: Ambient +5 Db
Wilshire/La Brea

Wilshire/La Cienega

Crenshaw Yard

Wilshire/Fairfax

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Tree Removal, Replacement and

Landscape Overview

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Tree Removal and Relocation

Estimate 101 trees need to be removed
12 at Western Station Tie-in
37 at La Brea Station
52 at Fairfax Station

Relocation can be difficult due to condition, cost,

timing, size
Metro has reached out to 30 organizations to gauge
interest
Tree People, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Griffith
Park

Will relocate some trees to Crenshaw Yard

Mexican fan palms around

Wilshire/La Cienega

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Tree Removal Process

City of Los Angeles
Metro will submit tree removal application to Urban
Forestry Division (UFD)
30-day posting period to allow for public comment

Tree removal notification system:

http://bsspermits.lacity.org/treepostings/

UFD will submit report to Board of Public Works for

approval; public meeting held
Trees will be removed incrementally based on
construction phasing
Anticipate first removals at La Brea in spring 2015

Fairfax removals in summer 2016

La Cienega removals in late 2016

Lagerstroemia around
Wilshire/Fairfax

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Landscape Plan Overview

Metro will replace all trees 2:1

Design-Builder responsible for landscape plan

Will review existing plan to ensure all trees are necessary to remove

Landscape palate dictated by existing palate and city

requirements
Miracle Mile Civic Coalition will be included in draft
discussions
Workshops will be hosted by Design-Builder for community
input
City of Los Angeles has agreed to 36 box trees and 20-25
palms
New irrigation, controllers and lighting for affected areas
Furnish and install new Miracle Mile median signs

Phoenix dactylifera around

Wilshire/Fairfax

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Landscape Exhibits

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Design-Build Update
July 2014: Metro Board Awards Design-Build Contract

Skanska, Traylor Bros. and J. F. Shea, a Joint Venture (STS)

Notice To Proceed (NTP) given January 12, 2015
Contractor first steps:
Design Engineering Plans

Potholing beginning February 2015

Contractor will be present at March 2015 Community Meeting

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Design-Builder Major Construction

April 1, 2015 Detroit Parking Lot to close permanently
Next steps:

Undergrounding of overhead utilities in Detroit lot

Construct temporary alley relocation, Carling Way to exit west to

Detroit at northern end of parking lot
Demo former Metro Customer Service Center, Blockbuster,
Lawrence of La Brea
Construct staging yard sound walls

Late 2015 Pile Drilling begins at La Brea

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Pile Installation and Street Decking

Animation Video

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Future Community Meetings

Next Community Meeting: March 19, 2015
Anticipate Design-Builder will attend
Community Meetings held on the 3rd Thursday of every other

month
Community Meeting location will rotate along the alignment
Section 1 Advisory Group will meet as needed to discuss station
specific issues. Meetings will be open to the public.
Next meeting will focus on La Brea Station/Detroit Lot

For monthly updates, look out for our newsletter!

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213.922.6934
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