The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today announced that it is moving toward a series of public-private partnerships (P3s) that will deliver Measure M transportation projects to L.A. [continue reading]
[scribd id=234928358 key=key-8eI6gDGjkKbisuo6BYs9 mode=scroll] After a long discussion, the Metro Board of Directors voted 9 to 3 to approve a $1.6-billion contract with Skanska, Traylor and Shea, a Joint Venture (STS), on Thursday morning to construct the 3.9-mile first phase of the Purple Line Extension subway. The first phase — with a total budget [continue reading]
[scribd id=234267975 key=key-TCxAlyS6KI9uGr0CrIGk mode=scroll] The Metro Board of Directors’ Construction Committee Thursday morning took up the issue of the contract to build the 3.9-mile first phase of the Purple Line Extension between Wilshire/Western and Wilshire/La Cienega. The Metro staff report explaining the recommendation is above. Staff has recommended that the [continue reading]
This another step forward for the 3.9-mile Purple Line Extension project and puts the subway addition closer to construction. Utility relocations and some other prep work have are already underway. Three rail projects that are receiving Measure R funding are already under construction — the Crenshaw/LAX Line, the Expo Line [continue reading]
[scribd id=218151317 key=key-2cpd0gptuj98ddtz1dwv mode=scroll] Metro staff recommends a $927.2-million design/build contract with Regional Connector Constructors (a Joint Venture between Skanska USA Civil West California District, Inc., and Traylor Bros. Inc.) to build the Regional Connector project. The staff report is above. The 1.9-mile underground rail line, forecast to be complete in 2020, [continue reading]
Below is the news release from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the independent agency building the Measure R-funded project, including the bridge that will carry the tracks from the 210 freeway median across the eastbound lanes toward the downtown Arcadia station: MONROVIA – The I-210 Gold Line Bridge, [continue reading]
Local media were provided a nice tour this morning of the work being done on the “Iconic Bridge” being built over the eastbound 210 freeway for the Gold Line Foothill Extension in Arcadia. The Measure R-funded project will extend the existing Gold Line from its terminus at Sierra Madre Villa [continue reading]
