SCORT Annual Meeting Jacksonville, Florida September 20, 2010 Passenger Rail in Florida

Presentation Overview Status Update on Current HSR Activities Amtrak Service in Florida/Proposed FEC Passenger Rail Project SunRail Project Other Passenger Rail Activities

“Vision for High Speed Rail in America” competition Florida reacted quickly based on previous work Tampa-Orlando-Miami application submitted October 2009 Special Session Dec ‘09: Florida Rail Created Florida Rail Enterprise Provided mechanism for State contribution Overview of Florida HSR

Federal Railroad Administration Approvals Jan 28, 2010: President here in Tampa: Florida one of top three recipients in the nation $1.25 Billion for Phase 1 Tampa-Orlando ($2.7B requested) May 7, 2010: Administrator Szabo signed Record of Decision, completing environmental documents May 28, 2010: Sec. LaHood in Orlando: first grant $66.7 M August, 2010: Florida applied for an additional $1.1 Billion and offered a 20% match

Organizational  Federal Railroad Administration Lead person: Randall Brown Program Management Oversight Consultant: STV  Florida Rail Enterprise Executive Director: Kevin Thibault Chief Operating Officer: Nazih Haddad  Florida DOT Support at all levels  Consultant Team Program Manager: HNTB/WSA Legal: Freshfields Financial: KPMG

6 Tampa-Orlando-Miami Corridor

Phase I – Tampa to Orlando

Proven HSR technology. Steel wheel on rail. Trains at least hourly; additional frequency between Orlando Airport and attractions Ridership Estimate from 2002 study – Over 2 million. (Excludes captive Markets) New Investment Grade Ridership Study Underway Maximum Speed 168 MPH+. Tampa to Orlando Operations

Jobs and Economic Outlook 5,000 +jobs/ year during construction period ,000 permanent direct operating jobs and 500 indirect jobs. Contributes to creation of 10 th largest economic region in the nation with 7 th biggest population

Insert geotech crew drilling photo Floridians Already at Work!

Current Activities Five major Tasks with $66.7 million ARRA funds 1- Project development – setting up for the program 2- Advance Preliminary Engineering to firm up costs 3- Early Works Projects document preparation 4- Right of way Acquisition/Survey 5- RFQ/RFP to build the HSR System through PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

Two Procurements: 1-Early Works Projects Clears and prepares the corridor 2- HIGH SPEED RAIL construction Design-Build-Operate-Maintain &Finance (DBOM&F) Contract: Public Private Partnership(PPP)

Procurement Timeline if all the stars line up…  Early Works Timeline (Subject to FRA approval) Issue RFPs in November Begin construction spring 2011 Work completed in advance of HSR construction  PPP HSR Construction RFQ for teams Nov (subject to FRA approval) RFP issued to qualified teams March 2011 with ridership updates. Winning team selected /negotiations in late 2011 Construction starts 2012 Trains roll 2015

Amtrak Services in Florida Silver Star Silver Meteor Auto Train Sunset Limited (inactive since 2004) Palmetto (truncated in Savannah in 2004) Florida East Coast (proposed)

Passenger Service on Florida’s East Coast No FEC passenger service since 1968 Proposed new service  Splits Amtrak Silver Star daily service at Jacksonville w/1 round trip on Florida East Coast  One additional daily corridor service train  Estimated annual ridership: 222,600 passenger Stations  Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Daytona Beach, Titusville, Cocoa, Melbourne, Vero Beach, Ft. Pierce, Stuart, West Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami Submitted application on Aug 6 requesting $250 million

SunRail Phase I – DeBary to Sand Lake Road – 12 stations  2013 Phase II – DeBary to Deland; Sand Lake Rd. to Poinciana – 5 stations  2015

SunRail FTA approved final environmental clearances Sept. 10 Full Funding Grant Agreement with FTA expected early 2011 Phase I construction expected to begin 2011 Vehicle designs selected Sept. 10 Phase II PE now under way

Other Passenger Rail Activities Tampa Light Rail Project TBARTA Jacksonville Commuter Rail Study South Florida East Coast Corridor Study