MN LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT
CPM 474 – Project Implementation:
Sue Doucette, Cindi Erickson, Pam Schwartz, Jerilyn Wilson, Chris Zorzin
CONTENTS
Project purpose
Problem solving
Scope and Priorities
Performance and Variance measurement
WBS
External influences/Issues
Milestones
Goals change process
Project controls
Project management systems
Controls and process
Stakeholder communication
Cost and performance
Project termination
Data collection and monitoring Grant close out
Methods and procedures
Follow up projects
Organizing and summarizing data Project output and summary review
Review meetings
Forecasting
Review reports
Conclusion and Q & A
The primary purpose of the Minneapolis Light Rail Train
(LRT) Project is to bring mobility and accessibility to communities and to ease congestion in the region.
Commuters in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint
Paul were looking for transportation that would lower their costs and shorten their commute. Parking, gas prices and time commuting are a serious concern for people looking to relocate to the Twin Cities, as it is for the existing employment base. As suburban areas expanded, the commuting times grew and buses became overcrowded.
The Light Rail Train Project focused on solutions that would save commuters money and address concerns.
SCOPE AND PRIORITIES
Meeting
the demands of workers, businesses, students and growing elderly population
Provide alternative means of efficient, effective transportation
Relieve traffic congestion
Reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality
Cost and timing to deliver
PROJECT WORK BREAKDOWN
STRUCTURE
Deliverables
Hiawatha Blue line
Bottineau Blue line
Minneapolis to northwest suburbs
Central Green line
Minneapolis to Mall of America
Additional track in downtown
Minneapolis
Southwest Green line
Target Field to St. Louis Park, Hopkins,
Minnetonka, and Eden Prairie
MILESTONES AND WORK
AUTHORIZATION
Metro
Transit
Milestones
Hiawatha
LRT Blue Line
Bottineau LRT Blue Line
Southwest LRT Green Line
Central LRT Green Line
PROJECT CONTROLS
Metropolitan
Council
Appointed
by Governor of the State of MN
17 members
Responsible for long-range planning for the region Solely
accountable to the Federal
Transit Administration for completing the project on schedule and within budget PROJECT CONTROL PROCESS
Tracking
cost of work
Minnesota
Dept. of Transportation
Metropolitan Council
Financial
Start-up
Control Measures
Check-list form
PROJECT CONTROLS CONT.
Grants
$675.4
million committed for the project
State of Minnesota – over $100 million
Office of the Legislative Auditor
Complete
accounting of all federal, state, and local costs relating to the Hiawatha light rail transit line
University of Minnesota – Board of Regents
Mitigation
plan
PROJECT COST AND PERFORMANCE
Variance
Limits
Part of initial budget planning
Capital Improvement Program
Transportation Improvement Program
Governed by sub-recipient agreement
DATA COLLECTION AND
MONITORING
Monitoring
Cost Maintenance
Metropolitan
Council is grantee of federal
funds
Inspector General of Auditing
Monthly committee meetings
Disbursement schedule
Monitoring and Reconciliation of payments
Post project Audit
DATA COLLECTION AND MONITORING
Sub-recipient monitoring checklists
Quarterly
reporting
Contracted work
Materials
Assets and other expenses
Cost Monitoring reports
Project
sponsors, Project Governing bodies,
Committees, State and Local Stakeholders, other project teams and surrounding committees METHODS AND PROCEDURES
Project
Budget and Approval
Project
Start-up Check-List form
Metropolitan Council Capital Improvement and Transportation Improvement programs
Grant project oversight
