CTA awards 95th Street Terminal construction contract

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Board has approved the award of a construction contract for the new, modern and larger 95th Street Terminal, one of the largest rail station projects in CTA history that will modernize transit and promote economic opportunity on Chicago's south side.

 

The board approved the award of a $180-million contract to Paschen Milhouse Joint Venture IV, which will engineer, design and build new north and south passenger terminals at 95th/Dan Ryan, following a Request for Proposals process. The modern terminal project will replace an outdated, cramped bus and rail facility at 95th with a modern, spacious facility that will better serve the 20,000-plus bus and rail passengers who travel through 95th Street Terminal each day.

The passenger terminal work, which will begin next spring, follows extensive foundation and related construction that began in 2014. Over the past 16 months, CTA has overseen $26 million in advance construction work needed to prepare for construction of the north and south terminals, including foundations for the South Terminal, expressway sign and light relocation, fiber optic relocation and utility prep work.

The project will expand and improve the terminal, which is one of CTA’s busiest, with 24-hour Red Line service and more than 1,000 CTA and Pace bus trips on a typical weekday. This work will help improve the movement of train traffic in and out of the 98th yard and through the 95th Terminal with services the Red Line.

In addition, the project scope will include improvements to the tracks south of 95th Terminal to the 98th Street Yard, which stores Red Line trains and maintenance facilities. The work includes replacement of track and all elements in the right-of-way, including a complex interlocking, signal and traction power cabling and duct banks, ballast and other related materials. CTA is taking advantage of the ongoing terminal construction to make improvements while other work is ongoing. Doing this trackwork simultaneous with the station work will limit the need for any service disruptions after the new station is built.

The new station will begin to serve customers in 2017. The South Terminal will open in 2017 and the North Terminal will open in 2018. Funding for the $280-million project is provided through a variety of federal, state and local sources.

 

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