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Central Valley construction: monthly expenditures, change orders and schedule targets
Summary
Executive Program Director Gary Walker reported May construction activity for construction packages 1–4, including expenditures, change orders for utility conflicts, right‑of‑way progress and railhead milestones, and provided target dates for track, maintenance facility and station work.
Dr. Gary Walker, executive program director for the Central Valley segment, told the Finance and Audit Committee the program recorded about $62 million in total expenditures for May 2025 and provided monthly progress metrics for construction packages (CP) 1 and 2/3.
Walker said CPs showed change orders totaling about $13.3 million in May — including a notable CP‑1 change for Monterey Street in Fresno tied to conflicts with existing water and sewer utilities — and that risk contingency is at 7.1 percent, down slightly from the previous report. He reported that construction labor increased by 29 workers month‑over‑month but that one period comparison showed a reduction of 291 full‑time equivalents on another reporting line; Walker provided structure and guideway progress: 54 structures complete (59 percent overall), 30 underway and eight not started; guideways stood at 70 with one mile completed and one mile started in May.
On utility relocations Walker reported 14 utilities relocated in May and an overall tally of 1,826 utilities relocated to date. Right‑of‑way delivery to design and builders stood at 99.3 percent with 2,275 parcels reported delivered; railroad parcels delivered for construction totaled 163 of an estimated 176. Walker said the railhead civil works are complete and that track and signal installation is underway at the railhead; he said BNSF is performing facility‑side work oversight and that railhead progress to date shows an estimated 25 percent completion for that facility.
Walker outlined near‑term schedule targets: track and overhead catenary system (OCS) work is scheduled to commence around April 2026; light maintenance facility work is projected to start around April 2026; station work is expected to begin in April 2027. Committee members asked for a clearer, consolidated schedule and budget summary, and Walker said staff is preparing a more detailed report for the next period that will provide a more visible on‑schedule/on‑budget snapshot.
No formal committee action was taken during Walker’s presentation.
