PB/STV joint venture wins LACMTA contract for Green Line extension

ConnectLAX, a joint venture of Parsons Brinckerhoff and STV, has been awarded a contract by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to provide environmental and preliminary design services for an extension of the Metro Green Line light rail to Los Angeles International Airport. The Green Line LAX Extension will link the planned station at Century and Aviation, about 1.5 miles from the airport, with the central terminal area of LAX, by one of three alternatives, an above ground or underground extension of the Green Line light rail or an automated people mover. ConnectLAX will prepare the alternatives analysis, final environmental impact statement/environmental impact report and conceptual engineering to support the final EIS/EIR. The contract includes two phases: Phase 1, for environmental approval and Phase 2, which includes preliminary design of the alternative chosen for the extension. Completion of the EIS/EIR is scheduled for late 2012.