Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) awarded Tutor Perini/O & G joint venture a USD 1.37 billion contract to build the second section of the Metro Purple Line extension project to Century City. The Metro’s board also established a budget of USD 2.4 billion for the project.
The award is based on the company’s competitive proposal, which was about USD 500 million lower than other competitor bids.
In early January, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced USD 1.5 billion in new federal grants and loans to Metro to build section two of the project.
Completion of the second metro section is anticipated no later than 2026 per a funding agreement with the Federal Transit Administration and Metro is aiming to possibly finish the project at an earlier date. The second section will add another 4 km to the Purple Line with one station at Wilshire/Rodeo in downtown Beverly Hills and a station in the heart of Century City.
A third and final section will extend the metro to the Westwood/VA Hospital. Construction of the third section is planned to begin as early as 2019.
Metro is now building the first section of the Purple Line extension between the current metro terminus at Wilshire/Western and Wilshire/La Cienega with three new stations.
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