After decade passes contractor is hired for West Rail Relocation project
Written by jrood
Cameron County officials have hired a contractor for the $26.5 million West Rail Relocation project after more than a decade passed upon the project's proposal. McCarthy Building Companies Inc., Texas division, will construct about six miles of new track and new international rail bridge between River Bend and San Pedro, Tex. Once the project is complete the B&M International Bridge will no longer carry rail traffic; the West Rail development is projected to begin in December and be complete by early 2012. Most of the funding is being provided by the federal government and the state; however, Cameron County is paying 10 percent. Cameron County Administrator Pete Sepulveda said early projections that construction would begin in 2003 and finish in 2005 were overly optimistic and that they didn't take into account coordinating and scheduling issues with Mexico. The West Rail Relocation Project is one of seven projects nationwide being funded through the Federal Railroad Administration's Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Program.
