Bi-State Development Agency, 707 North First Street, St Louis, Missouri 63102

C -- EXPRESSION OF INTEREST CROSS-COUNTY METROLINK EXTENSION!! SOL N/A!! POC Rebecca Howe, Director Contracts & Procurement; Eugene K. Leung, Division Director, Contracting & Program Development by mail only EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE CROSS COUNTY METROLINK EXTENSION The East-West Gateway Coordinating Council, in cooperation with the Bi-State Development Agency and the Missouri Department of Transportation, is currently completing the conceptual design and planning phase for the first segment of the Cross-County MetroLink Extension. After the selection of the locally preferred conceptual design, the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council will transfer engineering design, land acquisition and construction responsibility to the Bi-State Development Agency in the summer of 1999. The Bi-State Development Agency, in coordination with the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council, St. Louis County, the City of St. Louis, and the St Louis County Municipal League, will take the conceptual (10%) design concept for the 7.5 mile segment and manage the preliminary engineering (30%), final design (100%), land acquisition and construction activities. The new double track, light rail alignment will extend westward from the current Forest Park MetroLink station to Clayton and then southward to Shrewsbury. Although the exact horizontal alignment and vertical profile are not known at this time, approximately nine new MetroLink stations are anticipated, two of which are anticipated to include park-and-ride facilities. Additional light rail vehicles will be purchased to supplement Bi-State's existing fleet and existing bus routes will be adjusted to feed the new MetroLink stations. The project is locally funded and system completion is expected by 2005. As with previous MetroLink extensions, the Bi-State Development Agency anticipates procuring project management services as well as facilities and systems design consultant services for the project. The design consultants will be under contract to the project management consultant for the duration of the project. It is anticipated that all consultants will be retained from the preliminary engineering phase through the construction phase. Solicitations are expected to be released during the summer and fall of 1999. The Brooks method for proposal evaluations will be utilized and a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal can be anticipated. All inquiries regarding this project shall be directed solely to Mr. Eugene Leung or Ms. Rebecca Howe at Bi-State Development Agency, Contracts and Procurement, M/S 132,, 707 N. 1st Street, St. Louis, MO 63102. Any firm that wishes to be included on the project mailing list should submit their request in writing to the attention of Ms. Rebecca Howe. BI-STATE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE MISSOURI-ILLINOIS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT WE ARE AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER M/F***** Posted 04/08/99 (W-SN317738). (0098)

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