The public transit agency in Seattle metropolitan area, Sound Transit awarded Walsh Construction Company a USD 108 million contract to build the Hilltop Tacoma LRT extension and construct seven new platform stations.
The project will extend the rail line from the Theater District in downtown Tacoma to the Stadium District and Hilltop neighborhoods.
The contract includes relocation of utilities, construction of five traction power stations, an overhead contact system, new traffic signals, new ADA curb ramps, roadway restoration and expansion of the existing Tacoma Link Operations and Maintenance Facility and rail yard. The project is also procuring five new light rail vehicles to add to the Tacoma Link fleet.
The USD 217 million Hilltop Tacoma extension project expands the existing Tacoma Link system an additional 3.8 km up Stadium Way, 1st Street, Division Avenue and down Martin Luther King Jr. Way to S. 19th Street. This project is funded through a partnership between Sound Transit, the City of Tacoma and a USD 75 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration which received support from the region’s Congressional delegation.
Service on the new extension is schedule to begin in 2022.
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