Are future portions of the study funded?
A. The Alternatives Analysis will be followed by an environmental analysis. The environmental study is funded. After that, the next step would be Preliminary Engineering. Preliminary Engineering is not yet funded. The project would have to apply to FTA to enter preliminary engineering, and funds would be requested at that time. The amount of funding required for preliminary engineering and final engineering cannot be determined until the alternative is selected and defined. Typically design for this type of project would run in the range of 10% to 12% of total project construction costs for both preliminary engineering and final engineering.
