Posted Feb 12, 2020, 11:03 PM
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https://www.metro-magazine.com/rail/...tation-project
NY MTA selects firms to bid on Metro-North Penn Station project
February 11, 2020
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The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced the list of construction firms deemed qualified to submit proposals to design and build the MTA’s Metro-North Penn Access Project. The project will bring Metro-North Railroad service into Penn Station by 2023 and create four new ADA- accessible stations in the east Bronx.
Penn Station Access is expected to draw new riders to public transit and generate major time savings for existing Metro-North customers. The MTA anticipates up to 50,000 customer trips will be made per day on the new route, including up to 20,000 that start or end at the four new stations in the Bronx.
-Customers who travel between the east Bronx and Penn Station can save up to 45 minutes of travel time over current alternatives.
-Customers who travel between the east Bronx and New Haven Line stations can save up to 80 minutes of travel time over current alternatives.
-Metro-North customers who travel between existing New Haven Line stations and Penn Station (who now connect to subways to complete this trip) are projected to save 16 minutes each way.
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The qualified design-build entities will be invited to enter a competitive solicitation process in which a request-for-proposals will highlight the project’s emphasis on meeting project milestone dates and minimizing local community impacts of construction, among other priorities. No contract will be awarded until after the environmental review process is concluded, a formal “Finding of No Significant Impact” is issued by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and the contract is approved by the MTA Board. Contractors will be expected to include in their bids specific efforts to reduce the impacts of construction:
The qualified consortia announced today include:
-Halmar International, LLC/Railworks, JV (Ove Arup & Partners PC, Lead Designer)
-Skanska ECCO III Penn Station Connectors, JV (AECOM USA Inc., Lead Designer)
-Tutor Perini/O&G, JV (Parsons Transportation Group of New York Inc., Lead Designer)
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