RTD sets year-end goals for trio of Eagle P3 Project rail lines

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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Denver RTD

The East, Gold and the Northwest Rail Westminster Segment of the Regional Transportation District of Denver's (RTD) Eagle P3 project are in full construction and preparing for the testing and commissioning phase that will start in late spring of 2015.

 

Through the end of this year, RTD expects to accomplish a number of milestones that will lead to the 2016 openings.

On the East Rail Line, which will travel between Union Station and Denver International Airport (DIA), the remaining work for 2014 will focus on completion of track installation and roadway reconstruction and on systems connectivity and communications installation. Electrical wire will be installed on all of the overhead power poles from Union Station to DIA.

The remaining segments requiring track installation, the 5,000-foot I-70 Flyover Bridge and between Union Station and 40th Avenue, are on target for completion by the end of 2014.

The reconstruction of Moline Street and 33rd Avenue in Aurora is under way and will create a new and improved roadway that will be in place once the short segment of Smith Road between Moline and Quentin streets closes permanently.

On the Gold Line, between Union Station and Ward Road in Wheat Ridge, there are a number of milestones that we look to complete by the end of 2014.

The 41st/Fox Station pedestrian bridge, which will connect the Sunnyside and Globeville neighborhoods to the future passenger rail station platform, is scheduled to be completed. The steel span over the freight rail yards already is in place. The new pedestrian bridge, which will be accessible via elevator or stairs, replaces a 70-year-old pedestrian bridge at 43rd Avenue that was not accessible to disabled individuals.

The Gold Line will see a major transformation, with extensive rail construction occurring in Arvada from Alison Street heading east toward the 60th & Sheridan – Arvada Gold Strike Station. Within this area, the Moffatt Flyover Bridge west of Sheridan Boulevard is scheduled to be completed in the coming months.

On the Northwest Rail Westminster Segment, retaining walls and the station platform, along with a pedestrian underpass, will be under construction at the Westminster Station, located at 71st Avenue and Irving Street. Additionally, utility relocations around 64th Avenue are planned to be complete in late 2014.

 

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