| Name |
Transportation Expansion (T-REX)
Project |
| Location |
Denver Metropolitan area |
| Mode |
Highway and Light Rail |
| Description |
- Widen 17 miles of interstate
(one or two lane additions)
and reconfigure interchanges
in most congested
corridor in the region.
- Reconstruct eight interchanges
and replace 13 bridges
and widen others.
- On same right of way,
construct a 19 mile
Light Rail Transit
(LRT) line extension
in median, including
13 new stations and
improvements to the
existing Broadway
station.
- LRT line will connect
to the Central Corridor
LRT, providing service
to downtown Denver
and to the Southwest
LRT line, providing
service to Englewood
and Littleton
|
| Sponsor |
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT)
Regional Transportation District (RTD) |
| Cost |
$1.67 million |
| Type of Finance |
Transit:
FTA Full funding grant
agreement of $525
million
$30 million of local
funds
$324 million of bonds
backed by future sales
tax revenueshighway:
GARVEE bonds of future
federal allocations
Highway:
$680 million GARVEE
bonds of future federal
allocations
$115 million state sales
& use tax revenue
|
| Revenue Sources |
See above |
| Project Delivery / Contract
Method |
DBOM |
| Private Investor Partner |
None |
| Project Advisors |
Carter & Burgess, Inc. |
| Lenders |
|
| Status |
ROD issued March 2000
Request for Proposal released
November 2000
Contract awarded to Southeast
Corridor Constructors, led by
Kiewit Construction Company
and Parsons Transportation Group,
June 2001 |
| Innovations |
First federal highway grant anticipation notes to pledge
revenues beyond the current authorization period
Public/private partnership and four separate contracts
used to get around state design-build prohibitions
First long-term warranty used in the U.S. |
| Related Links / Articles |
The
Transportation Expansion Project
(T-REX) Homepage
Close
up project coverage
from the FHWA
FTA
project description
|
| Contacts |
Mr. Larry Warner
T-REX Project Director
216 16th Street
Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80220
Tel: (303) 820-5227
Terri Randolph
T-REX Project Controls
Manager
Tel: (303) 820-3095
Ms. Heather Dugan
Director of Finance
Colorado Department of
Transportation
4201 East Arkansas Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80222
(303) 757-9168
Ms. Liz Rao
Manager for Systems Planning
Regional Transportation District
1600 Blake Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 299-2485
|
| Last Updated |
May 2001, Carter & Burgess, Inc. |
