Green Line selects Graham Design to build 78th Avenue Challenge
Pursuing analysis of the Ask for For Proposal, the Environmentally friendly Line Board has picked Graham Infrastructure LP to construct the 78 Avenue S.E. Grade Separation and Ogden Pedestrian Tunnel Job (“78th Avenue Project”). Before making the Ogden LRT station and tracks, the 78th Avenue Job will entire car and pedestrian tunnels beneath the Canadian Pacific Kansas Town Railway (CPKC) railway corridor to enhance mobility and pedestrian safety all around the potential Green Line LRT Ogden Station.
Headquartered in Calgary, Graham brings its considerable practical experience from important infrastructure jobs throughout North The usa to the Green Line LRT Project. With about 26 trains for each day working on CPKC’s primary line, this sophisticated enabling operates task will decrease task and timetable chance as Green Line prepares for major LRT design. Once the tunnel at 78 Avenue S.E. is finish and open to website traffic, the automobile crossing at 69 Avenue S.E., east of Ogden Road, will be permanently closed.
“Green Line has prioritized alternatives that progress building, decrease threat, and aid nearby career generation. Partnering with Graham to produce this significant undertaking speaks right to this determination,” mentioned Darshpreet Bhatti, CEO, Eco-friendly Line LRT Program.
With building commencing shortly and extending by to summer 2025, Environmentally friendly Line will do the job carefully with the Ogden group to mitigate impacts, as very best as probable. General public information and facts periods commence on June 13, 2023, with details obtainable at: 78 Avenue Project | Green Line LRT (calgary.ca).
As Green Line moves via the Progress Phase for Stage 1, from Shepard to Eau Claire, extra prospects for neighborhood contractors, trades and suppliers will continue on. The begin of the Implementation Stage and primary construction continue being on monitor to start out in 2024.
For further information on the Inexperienced Line LRT Project, such as the present-day Growth Stage and Early Functions jobs, check out: Development | Inexperienced Line LRT (calgary.ca).
