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Groundbreaking ceremony officially launches construction on BART Silicon Valley Phase II (BSVII) extension, in California
PHOTO CREDIT: VTA
VTA also recently said the Federal Transit Authority
(FTA) has committed US$5.1 billion, bringing the funding secured to the US$12.7 billion required for the project.
US: Hudson Tunnel Project For the Hudson Tunnel Project, the Gateway Development Commission (GDC) recently executed the US$3.8bn Federal-State Partnership (FSP) Grant agreement with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), completing the US$12bn federal contribution. The action triggered giving an initial sum of US$1.9bn. Together with the $US800m in New Starts Capital
Investment Grant Programme funding that has already been obligated, GDC now has US$2.7bn in grant funds available for the project. Along with the local share of funding contribution, US$4bn is available to advance construction of the Hudson Tunnel Project. The FSP Grant Programme was established by the
US: BART Project
A groundbreaking ceremony officially launched construction on the BART Silicon Valley Phase II (BSVII) extension, which is the largest transport infrastructure project in the history of Santa Clara County. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) held
the event at the future Santa Clara Station and Newhall Yard & Maintenance Facility, in San José and Santa Clara, CA. This is the site of the West Portal, from where a 16.5m-diameter Herrenknecht TBM will be launched to build the 8km-long tunnel from Santa Clara and through downtown San José. In 2022, Kiewit Shea Traylor joint venture (KSTJV) was
awarded the design-build contract for the tunnel and trackwork. The ceremony site will also include building a casting factory for the tunnel’s concrete segmental lining, and also a grout plant and much storage bins. Recently, VTA awarded Bechtel a 10-year contract for
construction management services to the project, which has a total length of 9.6km and includes four stations.
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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to fund capital projects that reduce the state of good repair backlog, improve performance, or expand or establish new intercity passenger rail service. GDC applied for an FSP Grant in March 2023 and all US$3.8bn requested was committed in November 2023. This grant is part of the historic US$12bn in federal
funding to the HTP – the largest federal funding commitment to a rail transport project in modern history. This federal commitment will cover 70% of the HTP’s cost, saving New York and New Jersey billions of dollars compared to the original planned 50-50 cost split between federal and local partners. Construction on the new river crossing is progressing.
The first concrete was recently poured for the new tunnel at the Tonnelle Avenue Bridge and Utility Relocation Project in North Bergen, New Jersey, and work is under way on Phase 2 of the Hudson River Ground Stabilisation Project, which is preparing the Hudson riverbed for tunnel boring.
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