MANAGEMENT PLANS
Project Management Plan, University LRT Project, Salt Lake City, UT

Project Description
The University LRT Project, at 2.5-miles and $120 million, was designed and constructed immediately prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics. The project included four station platforms, a double track, street-running light rail system requiring complete roadway and sidewalk reconstruction, light rail vehicles, traction power substations, fare collection equipment, right of way, and major utility reconstruction. The Project was entirely within Salt Lake City, in the center of one of the Utah Department of Transportation’s major east west corridors and major arterials feeding into downtown Salt Lake City, and ended in the overcrowded University of Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium parking lot. The major stakeholders for the project included the Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City, UDOT, and the University of Utah. This project was slated to provide the transportation services to and from the site of the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Talk about pressure!!!!

Challenges
As an employee of the Utah Transit Authority, Steve was charged with the preparation of the Project Management Plan. This project was federally funded by the Federal Transit Administration using an 80% federal/20% local ratio. Using this level of federal funding initiated a significant amount of federal oversight. The technical competency of the Project team was judged based on the information related in the Project Management Plan.

Success Story
The University LRT Project was a huge success; completed under budget and on schedule for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.