After secured USD 1.6 billion in federal funding, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has recommended the Tutor Perini/ O&G joint venture to build the USD 2.4 billion Purple Line extension. For the project.
Metro’s staff recommendation will be presented to the Metro Board of Director’s Construction Committee and is based on the firm’s competitive proposal of USD 1.37 billion, which is approximately one-half billion dollars lower than other competitor bids. The recommendation is scheduled to be considered on January 26.
The project involves the construction of a 14.5 km line extension and seven new stations.
Completion of the second metro section is anticipated no later than 2026 per a funding agreement with the Federal Transit Administration and the authority is aiming to possibly finish the project at an earlier date. A third and final section will extend the metro to the Westwood/VA Hospital. Construction of this last section is planned to begin as early as 2019.
Metro is now building the first section of the Purple Line Extension between the current subway terminus at Wilshire/Western and Wilshire/La Cienega with three new stations. The second section will add another 2.6 miles to the project with one station at Wilshire/Rodeo in downtown Beverly Hills and a station in the heart of Century City.
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