REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Update on the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority's Bart Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Project and Action on a Revision to the West Portal Early Works Construction Transportation Management Plan for the Project
Report
BACKGROUND
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority's (VTA) BART Phase II Extension Project (Project) is a four-station, six-mile extension of the BART system. The Project begins at the Berryessa/North San Jose BART Station and extends into San Jose with three stations in San Jose (28th Street/Little Portugal, Downtown San Jose, and Diridon), a final station in Santa Clara (i.e. Santa Clara BART Station), and a train maintenance and storage facility also known as the Newhall Maintenance Yard (Attachment 1).
Council has held previous study sessions related to the Project on April 23, 2019, January 5, 2022, May 10, 2022, March 21, 2023, and April 23, 2024. The City has also entered into a Master Agreement and two Cooperative Agreements with the VTA and adopted the findings of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (FSEIR) completed by the VTA for the Project. Additionally, on June 6, 2023, the City Council approved the West Portal Early Works Construction Transportation Management Plan (West Portal CTMP) for the Project (Attachment 2).
West Portal CTMP: As highlighted during previous Council study sessions, the VTA is moving forward with design and construction efforts for the Project in multiple packages. In May 2022, VTA awarded the Project's Tunnel and Trackwork contract (Contract Package 2 or CP2) to the joint venture of Kiewit Shea Traylor (KST). The initial phase of work (also known as Early Works) for KST is to prepare the West Portal site, located at VTA's Newhall Yard property, as this will be the launch site for the Project's tunnel boring machine (TBM) and staging area during major construction and tunneling operations. These Early Works activities include site grading, t...
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