Funding for Capital Costs (Non-Recurring Cost)

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Funding for the Non-Recurring Costs as been secured through Metro using the SBCCOG’s Sub-regional Measure M funds as an infrastructure development project with a “transportation nexus”:

· Framed as a Transportation System’s as well as a Demand Management Project for enhancements to Signal Synchronization; Autonomous Vehicle Connectivity; and, “The Trips not Taken” (telework, distance education, telemedicine)

As proposed in the SBCCOG’s Metro Funding Agreement, the network will connect all cities so that opportunities to connect and test/use Metro’s Regional Integration of Intelligent Transportation Systems (RIITS) and Los Angeles County’s Information Exchange Network (IEN)
The scope identified Manhattan Beach and Torrance as the primary cities for this connection and demonstration
Based on the RFP, the design, construction, and equipment to construct the core ring and laterals to respective SBFN sites was initially estimated to be $4.5 Million
Subsequent review, surveys, fine-tuning of designated sites, as well as additional agencies/sites that wanted to join the new network revised the total scope of the project to be 35 sites at $6.9 Million
Additional funds were secured through an amendment to the $4.5 Million allocated in the original Metro Funding Agreement