Regional Transportation District officials yesterday officially announced plans for a $2.1 billion light rail expansion project to Denver International Airport, Arvada-Wheat Ridge and south Westminster. The plans include designs for a new state-of-the-art commuter rail vehicle and train control system.
The private engineering consortium, consisting of two major sponsors, was unanimously chosen by RTD Board members on Tuesday
The consortium, Denver Transit Partners, has promised to save taxpayers $300 million on the FasTracks project and open the line to DIA
Denver Transit Partners, including Irving, Texas-based Fluor Enterprises Inc. and Australia-based Macquarie Capital Group Ltd. is
It is a remarkable achievement for RTD to get a project of this magnitude through a public-private partnership that meets our goal of
The voter-approved FasTracks project as a whole, however, remains drastically over-budget. Other lines promised to voters may not be
An 18-mile line from Union Station to Northglenn and Thornton; a 10.5-mile line along Interstate 225 in Aurora; a 41-mile line from
Jon Caldara, president of the libertarian Independence Institute and a vocal critic of the FasTracks project, sarcastically joked yesterday
To be a little less massively over-budget is certainly better than being a little bit more massively over-budget, so I take it and I don’t
RTD officials say they will apply the $300-million savings from the Eagle P3 Project to other FasTracks projects. Eagle P3 includes
Denver Transit Partners is expected to bring about $1.3 billion up front to the project, while RTD would cover the additional estimated The consortium will operate and maintain rail service on the lines for 40 years. RTD is also counting on $1 billion from the federal government to assist with the Eagle P3 Project.
Denver Transit Partners beat out Mountain-Air Transit Partners during the bidding process. But Mountain-Air Transit Partners, including Early construction work could start as soon as late this summer. The project is expected to create up to 5,000 new jobs.
New high-quality commuter rail vehicles are intended to be state-of-the-art, with greater seating capacity, storage for bicycles/luggage Phil Washington, RTD general manager, hailed his transit agency for securing the deal.
RTD has always been on the front line of finding innovative methods for delivering projects, she said. Now this project can get on with (转自Denver Daily News) |