Project Management Oversight (PMO) Capital Projects
The RTA is responsible for ensuring that the Service Boards are spending capital funds and managing their capital projects effectively and efficiently. The RTA conducts periodic project reviews with Service Board project managers to ensure that capital projects are being implemented according to scope, on schedule, within budget and according to established project management guidelines.
Each project listed below is being actively monitored by RTA’s PMO team. Reporting data is provided that includes, Project Start Date, Project End Date, Budget Status, Schedule Status and Current Activities. These projects are also part of the overall Regional Capital Program which can be viewed separately here.
PMO also produces semi-annual reports that cover all projects that are being monitored. These reports can be found on the Project Management Oversight site. The latest report is the December 2023 Project Management Oversight report.
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| + | CTA | Tactical Traction Power (Equipment/Cable/Enclosures) | Track & Structure | Rail | $0 | $0 | On Schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Project DetailsDescription
State of Good Repair projects and replacing obsolete equipment on CTA rail signal system
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PMO:
^Total Project Budget is the project budget being tracked by the RTA PMO Group Current Status
Permits for the project were received in the last reporting period. Currently, the General Contractor is submitting process plans for start of construction and mobilization on site. Delivery of onsite storage containers is ongoing. CTA is working with the contractor to start the first phase of the project, which is the electrical shop equipment relocation.
Last Updated 12.14.2023 |
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| + | CTA | 2022 - Bus Maintenance | Rolling Stock | Bus | $0 | $0 | On Schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Project DetailsDescription
Funding for this project will provide for an ongoing capital maintenance program that consists of tasks necessary to keep buses in service through systematic inspection, detection, and prevention of incipient failure. CTA’s scheduled maintenance program consists of planned preventive maintenance work to maintain bus performance. While major overhaul work is performed on a mid-life cycle basis, additional focused maintenance work is required at certain intervals, outside of the mid-life overhaul, during the life of buses. When certain maintenance tasks are needed to repair or replace, before it reaches its end of useful life and failing with an increased frequency, specific component campaign work is conducted.
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PMO:
^Total Project Budget is the project budget being tracked by the RTA PMO Group Current Status
Bus maintenance activities began on this project during this reporting period. Major rehabilitation elements will include, but not limited to, body work, vehicle wiring, and brakes.
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| + | Metra | Zero-Emissions Locomotives | Rolling Stock | Rail | $0 | $0 | On Schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Project DetailsDescription
Metra investment in innovative, cleaner energy locomotives will be funded in part by this project which will procure locomotives that produce zero mobile emissions. This multi-year, multi-phase project will acquire state-of-the-art technologies and pilot their performance capabilities given Metra’s track profile and the Chicago region’s inclement weather patterns. Metra estimates that replacing one old diesel locomotive with a zero-emission locomotive will reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions by more than 30 tons per year, thus significantly reducing the agency’s greenhouse gas footprint and greatly improving air quality in the region. Funds programmed in 2022 will finance engineering and design services for yard facilities to prepare for the new technology.
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^Total Project Budget is the project budget being tracked by the RTA PMO Group Current Status
Metra put the bid on the street in May 2022 and Metra continues to work on the procurement activities for this project.
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| + | Metra | Elmhurst Station | Stations & Passenger Facilities | Rail | $0 | $0 | On Schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Project DetailsDescription
This project will fund Metra’s portion of a larger station renovation/expansion in Elmhurst. It will leverage CMAQ funds obtained by the Village of Elmhurst to construct a larger station to accommodate the growing ridership.
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^Total Project Budget is the project budget being tracked by the RTA PMO Group Current Status
Preliminary engineering and NEPA process were completed. The Village of Elmhurst is leading the design with their consultant. The designer achieved the 60% design milestone and continues to proceed to 90% design.
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| + | Metra | Replace Bridges - 18th to 55th - RID | Track & Structure | Rail | $0 | $0 | On Schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Project DetailsDescription
Phase 1 and 2 design and construction are complete. The Phase 3 design task wasissued an NTP in August 2018. The Phase 3 design was completed in July 2019. ThePhase 3 construction contract and construction management contract were bothawarded in September 2020. Construction started with site work in March 2021and is ongoing. Current activities are related to obtaining permits. The estimatedproject completion date for construction is December 2021 to allow enough timefor phase 3 construction.
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^Total Project Budget is the project budget being tracked by the RTA PMO Group Current Status
Phase 1 and 2 design and construction are complete. The Phase 3 design task was issued an NTP in August 2018. The Phase 3 design was completed in July 2019. The Phase 3 construction contract and construction management contract were both awarded in September 2020. Construction started with site work in March 2021 and is ongoing. Current activities are related to obtaining permits. The project reached substantial completion in December 2021. This will be the final update on this project.
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| + | CTA | Forest Park: Phase 1 - Advance Utility | Track & Structure | Rail | $0 | $0 | On Schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Project DetailsDescription
The CTA's Forest Park Blue Line Upgrades Project is the first of four phases of the Forest Park Branch.This project will provide for new trackwork from Halsted to IMD, an accessible station at Racine,advanced utility work, and a new substation and traction power equipment upgrades at Hermitage. Thiswork will enhance service quality via speed, reliability, and comfort, and improve operational efficiency onthe Forest Park Branch of CTA's rapid transit Blue Line service.
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^Total Project Budget is the project budget being tracked by the RTA PMO Group Current Status
The contractors for all four surveys completed their work during this reporting period and two are in final comments. Invoicing continues and all four contracts are considered to be in financial closeout. This will be the last update on this project.
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| + | CTA | Purchase up to 70 Electric Buses and up to 9 Charging Stations | Rolling Stock | Bus | $0 | $0 | On Schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Project DetailsDescription
Purchase up to 70 Electric Buses and up to nine Chargers - Bus funding provides for a future order of up to 70 40-foot battery-powered, zero-emission, all-electric, fully accessible, public transit buses with en-route charging capabilities. CTA will retire up to 70 1000-Series New Flyer buses that are over 14 years old. Turnkey project to procure Electric buses and associated charging infrastructure.
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^Total Project Budget is the project budget being tracked by the RTA PMO Group Current Status
The charging stations were received and installed and reached substantial completion in January 2021. In Q4-2021, seventeen (17) production buses were completed and delivered to CTA. The installation of revenue fare collection systems, communication equipment, network systems were completed in Q2-2022. A total of twenty-three (23) buses were delivered. Nineteen (19) are in service and four are being used at the 74th Garage for operator training. In this reporting period, CTA has exercised an option for an additional twenty-two (22) buses. CTA’s Infrastructure department is working with Bus Engineering to finalize the budget breakdown and scope for the 103rd Garage.
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| + | Metra | Clarendon Hills Station | Stations & Passenger Facilities | Rail | $0 | $0 | On Schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Project DetailsDescription
This project redevelops the Clarendon Hills Station on the Metra BNSF line. The station improvements include new platrofm canopies, enclosed shelters, benches, and covered bike parking. The shelters will feature green roofs. The parking lot improvements will feature kiss?and?ride areas on both sides of the tracks. Landscaping improvements will also be included.
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^Total Project Budget is the project budget being tracked by the RTA PMO Group Current Status
Metra entered into an Intergovermental Agreement (IGA) with the Village of Clarendon Hills for the reconstruction of the station. This project is part of the Village of Clarendon Hills downtown revitalization project. The Village procured a contractor and led the construction project. The substantial completion was reached in the first quarter of 2022. This is the final update on this project.
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| + | CTA | Life Extending Bus Overhaul - 430 Standard (1000 Series) | Rolling Stock | Bus | $6,737,430 | $6,737,430 | On Schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Project DetailsDescription
Life Extending Overhaul - Up to 430 Standard (1000 Series) - This project will overhaul the engine and other major sub-components to provide the minimal amount of work necessary to keep the fleet going. By end of FY2020 630 buses will have met their estimated 12 year life expectancy. This extension would extend the bus life by four years. The life extension for the 40 foot 1000-1629 New Flyer Bus is essential to keeping a majority of the CTA fleet running in optimal condition. The current fleet of 40 foot NF buses is over 1000 buses. This project is essential to meet availability requirements for CTA. These buses were purchased in 2006-2007 and this life extension is essential to maintaining peak availability requirements at all 7 bus garages.
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^Total Project Budget is the project budget being tracked by the RTA PMO Group Current Status
The CTA Team drafted technical specs and project scope are under review as of this reporting period. The team completed testing the pilot Haldex air dryers on two buses and the buses were put back in service. The Team continues to complete the project independent cost estimate and release the updated specifications to the Purchasing Department to start the bid review/release process.
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| + | Metra | Ties & Ballast MWD-W | Track & Structure | Rail | $0 | $0 | On Schedule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Project DetailsDescription
Metra’s track renewal crew will rehabilitate dozens of miles of track along the Milwaukee District West (MD-W) Line in 2022. The project will be the most comprehensive investment in track conditions since Metra acquired the MD-W in 1987. Metra forces will Replace ties, clean or replace ballast, and replace switch components to provide smoother, faster, and safer track conditions. Metra partners with the Canadian Pacific Railroad to fund improvements to particular portions of the MD-W as freight train traffic degrade track conditions more rapidly than Metra trains.
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Track and structure improvements ongoing. Major elements include ironworkers; track, signal and utilities work. Canadian Pacific (CP) funded a portion of the costs, and additional locations were added to the project.
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