STV awarded CHSRA environmental and engineering documents contract

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor

STV was awarded a contract with the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) to prepare environmental and engineering documents for the Burbank to Los Angeles and Los Angeles to Anaheim project sections.

These segments include future high-speed rail stations at Union Station in Los Angeles and the Anaheim Regional Intermodal Transportation Center in Anaheim.

 

CHSRA is planning, designing and building a high-speed rail system that will connect the major population centers of California. Phase 1 will connect San Francisco to Los Angeles/Anaheim through the Central Valley and eventually connect to Sacramento and San Diego through the Inland Empire.

Prior to this award, STV had been under contract with CHSRA to perform environmental and engineering work on the 30-mile Los Angeles to Anaheim project section.

The corridor between Burbank and Anaheim is not lengthy in terms of mileage, but it is in one of the densest parts of the state, according to Tyler Bonstead, AICP, planning task manager on the current STV contract.

“It’s an incredibly busy and constrained corridor running through the heart of Los Angeles, so it’s important to work closely with the surrounding communities and railroad operators moving forward,” Bonstead said.

This section is the second busiest Amtrak corridor in the county, behind the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., and Boston, Mass. It is also one of the busiest freight lines in the nation, serving as the mainline for BNSF into the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

STV’s prime subconsultant is J.L. Patterson and Associates, a transportation-engineering firm, which provides engineering design, construction management and staff augmentation services for public and private sector clientele.

 

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