NCTD’S SPRINTER Rail Line wins national “Project of the Year” Award

Written by jrood

North County Transit District's SPRINTER rail line in he San Diego area, Calif., area has won the 2009 "Project of the Year" from the American Public Works Association, an international professional association of public agencies and private companies. APWA cited the SPRINTER as the Transportation Project of the Year for projects valued over $75 million.

The
SPRINTER was previously named the regional Project of the Year and then
submitted for national recognition. The APWA Project of the Year Awards are
presented annually to promote excellence in the management and administration
of public works projects.

"We are
tremendously proud and honored to receive a national award that recognizes the
quality of the work done by so many NCTD employees and contractors," said NCTD
Board of Directors Chairman Bob Campbell. "We are equally delighted that the
SPRINTER has become an integral and successful part of the daily transportation
lives of so many North County residents."

The
SPRINTER began service in March 2008 on a 22-mile route between Oceanside and
Escondido and currently carries more than 8,000 passengers each day, serving
the most densely populated and transit-friendly corridor in North County. It
links to various BREEZE bus routes along that corridor as well as to the
COASTER, Amtrak and Metrolink rail services out of Oceanside. It serves a wide
variety of passengers, ranging from shoppers and students to bikers and
surfers.

APWA’s
citation of the SPRINTER says, "By constructing 15 new station platforms and
associated parking lots and providing new drainage structures, bridges, track
grade crossings, signal and train dispatch systems, a dilapidated railway built
over a century ago in 1888 was put to good use moving people in a more
environmentally friendly way than cars on the freeways."

NCTD was
also recognized for "extensive coordination with local jurisdictions to address
traffic control requirements, pedestrian access and public safety during
construction."

The
SPRINTER project’s primary design consultant was AECOM, construction was
managed by Simon Wong Engineering and project construction was performed by
West Coast Rail Constructors, a joint venture of FCI and Fluor.

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