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Metro Gold Line Extension Creates Thousands of Jobs for Building Trades Crafts

By Grace Young Lee BTN Staff Reporter click to enlarge The $898 million Metro Gold Line Extension project, set for completion in late 2009, is creating thousands of jobs for the building trades crafts. The project is a 6-mile extension through East Los Angeles of the existing Metro Gold Line Light Rail from Pasadena to Los Angeles. The MTA awarded the $600 million design build contract to Eastside LRT Constructors, a joint venture of Washington Group Intl.,Obayashi Corp. and Shimmick Construction Company. Among the subcontractors are Anthony Marmolejo  Construction, Penhall Company, Seville Construction, Stiney, Sudhakar, Cleaveland Wrecking, ARB Inc and ACE Fence. The project allows for a dual track configuration mostly in the selected streets and will create 8 new stations. The extension begins at the southern limit of the Los Angeles Union Station, the last Metro Gold Line station and continues either on bridge and embankment structure or at grade-point 1.5 miles along Alameda and First streets. At this point the at-grade guideway touches the beginning of an open “U” transition structure that is the beginning of the tunnels. click to enlarge The tunnel portions is underneath First Street for 1.7 miles. The project includes the construction of two stations at the cross streets of Boyle Avenue and Soto Street along First Street along First Street. The Eastside Extension is Metro’s highest-priority rail construction project. It will serve one of the most densely populated areas of Los Angeles County. With its construction, the communities of East Los Angeles and Little Tokyo will be connected by Metro Rail to Long Beach, Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley, Downtown Los Angeles, Pasadena and more. Meanwhile, Caltrans, in coordination with the MTA and the city of Los Angeles, is working to realign the southbound 101 between Alameda and Vignes streets. The $24.5 million  project will accommodate the future Metro Goldline Eastside light rail extension.

 

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