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6 <br /> <br /> Appendix C (continued) <br /> FEDCRi4LFJ?!4Rl~E.S E) <br /> E'CtrfVE ~Iltfd~?sl?Y <br /> Executf:ve .Su;mmary <br /> TRANSPQRTATlt]N <br /> Springfield Station: lane Transit District:and the ~y of Sptingflelti seek the $2.8 million <br /> balance of fundng needed-to construct a new'trans#er station in down#ovrm Springfield. <br /> Congress appropriated $Z mil~on in'EY 02 for. this urgenttyr needed project, and k~cai funds <br /> are m place to match-the. federal share. The station. wiq increase safety and make the bus <br /> sysietn mo+'c.effident'by locating the station on the train eastwest':aderial. Springfield <br /> Station wail serve as the easfern:te>rninus of the fast phase of:the tws rapid transit system: <br /> Bus: Rapid Transit: Lane Transit pistrictanditspartner. jurisdicNonsseekfunding for the: <br /> Infeiij~ent Transportation System ccrrmponents required for irnpiementation of bus rapid <br /> transit {6RT). It is atatiapated:that.a total of ~4 miiGOn over twa years wip be needed to <br /> purchase and install:signal pritSr+tizattoll.de~ices; autctniatic~passenger ixrurtNng sys~teims artcl <br /> automatic vehicle locators. This imrestment Vtn'tl provide the infrastructure for future data;, <br /> collection to rrneasue the effectiveness' of bua-rapid transit. <br /> Sus Maintenance Facility, Fleet Replacem*rttt: Lane Transit bistrict seeks $3 million for <br /> improvements;needed irrthe t~stricYs bus maintenance facility t4 acx;ommodate articulated <br /> buses. Articulated vehides:w~lf be needecl;:l~oth" as replacement buses for an aging fleet and' <br /> for BRT vehicles. Currently; the. District is w>abie to servico several used articulated buses <br /> that previously were pqrchased, and without :tt?is eig~ansion, lTR Hn'11 be hard pressed to <br /> service the view BfiT buses, <br /> Eugene Airport: The'City of Eugene Seeks $706,500 for an Airport.F3escue/Fire Fighting; <br /> (ARFF) Vehicle to oornpy wig Fetleral Avlatipn Adrnfiistration:standardsfor amergeney <br /> response preparedness. Eugene Airparf must'reptace'a ~i-year-old ARFF vehicle <br /> developing significant perfomarrce deficiencies: <br /> Tfie Airport also seeks $45,500 in: discretionary AIP' funds for a Deking. Collection System. <br /> Currently, the Eugene Airport has no capability to recover .deicing matenais frorrr surface <br /> payemerrts and runoff drains fo.grassy fields. Although the akpart is in compliance with <br /> thr..esholds set forth in its National Pollutant Discharge:: Elimination ,Sys#etn (NPpESj pe+init, <br /> the airport's Sfonn Water Managarnetit'Plan anti. application :of best. practice cfiCtate that <br /> environmental pmfectiort should;.he:erlhanced by a systiem to cbifect; store, and process <br /> deicing materials <br /> 1`ederai Caurthau"se 7ransportatiott..limproveri~ents: The City ~ Eugene seeks $~'fitY0Q0 <br /> in highway planning fuhdg to study to greater detail improvements necessary to meet the <br /> infrastructure needs df a new Federal ~outthouse. In addition,'the Ciry'requests $450,000 to <br /> make the minimum trar~sportatrori improvements required for the Courthquse ta: open Fin. a; <br /> timely manner. ' <br /> kulBelttine fioad tntercharige: Project. update. TF,A-21 included $3 million for tip <br /> environmental assessment.arid pretitrilnary`engineeringtor the 1-5/Beitlitte Road interchange <br /> reconstructiar? In the Eugene/Springfield metropoUtan area. Together with the $375,000 k~caf <br /> thatch from the Oregon Department of Transportation (C?DOT), full funding is. provided for <br /> project design. The esdma#ed construction' cost v~iQ range from $50 to $75 miliign. <br /> Page 2 <br /> -12- <br /> <br />