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RTD Breaks New Ground on Airport Line P3
Transit Administration, we’re now on our way with a project that can serve as a model for our industry partners.” The nearly 500 local and federal officials and other key stakeholders who attended the ground-breaking ceremony aking the train to the plane in received a colorful commemorative “VIP Denver just got closer to reality. ticket to ride” one of the first trains to It happened on Aug. 26, when travel from downtown to DIA when the the Regional Transportation District line opens in early 2016. (RTD) broke ground on the East Corridor The Eagle P3 will build the East commuter rail line that will connect Corridor to the airport, the Gold Line downtown Denver with Denver Internathrough Arvada and Wheat Ridge, and tional Airport (DIA). The ground breaka short segment of the Northwest Rail ing marked a major milestone not only Line. The project also includes a new for the long-awaited airport line, but also commuter rail maintenance facility and for RTD’s Eagle P3 Project—the largest all the electric multiple unit vehicles transit public-private partnership (P3) of needed to operate the lines. its kind in the country. Two world-class teams competed for “It’s taken a lot of hard work, dedicathe contract to design, build, finance, tion, and innovation by our RTD board, operate, and maintain the project. In our staff, and agency and regional partJune, the RTD Board of Directors selected ners to bring the collective vision of this Denver Transit Partners (DTP), comprisP3 from concept to contract,” said Phil ing Fluor Enterprises Inc.; Macquarie Washington, RTD chief executive officer Capital Group Ltd.; Ames Construction, and general manager. “Largely because Balfour Beatty Rail Inc.; Alternate Conof our great partnership with the Federal cepts Inc.; HDR; and others. RTD hoped the endgame would reflect the current construction market, which it did. DTP offered the best technical proposal and a lower cost proposal of $2.085 billion to build out the project—$300 million lower than RTD’s estimate. “This is a great success story for the whole Denver metro region and the whole industry,” said RTD Crowds attend ceremonies commemorating the beginning of Board Chair Lee Kemp. “By work on RTD’s East Line.

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