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storage for the trains and a range of
spare parts for train and track maintenance.
The rail maintenance yard was
constructed under a separate contract
by Hensel Phelps and follows the early
November 2021 news that the six stations
and mainline tracks for the project
reached substantial completion. Phase
2 of the Silver Line project will extend
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority's Metrorail system to Dulles
International Airport and farther into
Northern Virginia.
MassTransitmag.com/21248716
Phoenix, Valley Metro and FTA
sign $158.1 million FFGA for second
phase of light-rail project
▶ Federal, local and transit industry
officials came together in Phoenix,
Ariz., on Nov. 19, 2021, to celebrate the
signing of a $158.1 million full funding
grant agreement between the city,
Valley Metro and the Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) for the Northwest
Extension Phase II Light Rail Project.
The grant is provided through FTA's
Capital Investment Grants program and
MORE NEWS AT A GLANCE
▶ Metrolinx and Alstom have signed an
agreement that will see 94 GO Transit
coaches overhauled at Alstom's Thunder
Bay, Ontario, facility.
MassTransitmag.com/21248476
Valley Metro
FTA ADMINISTRATOR Nuria Fernandez,
right, signs the grant agreement with
Phoenix Public Transit Director Jesus
Sapien.
will help fund the $401-million project
that will add 1.6 miles, three stations,
three bridges, a parking structure and
a multimodal transit center to Valley
Metro's light-rail system. The extension
will serve a corridor where 18 percent
of households do not own a car and 31
percent of the population lives below
the poverty level. It is expected to serve
5,700 riders each day.
MassTransitmag.com/21247528
▶ The city of Calgary in Alberta, Canada,
has awarded a contract to CAF to supply
28 Urbos 100 light-rail vehicles for
the city's Green Line Light-Rail Transit
Project.
MassTransitmag.com/21247333
▶ GoRaleigh will utilize INIT's charge
management solution, MOBILEcharge,
to automate charging processes,
manage power demands, align service
schedules and proactively maintain its
new electric fleet.
MassTransitmag.com/21248304
▶ King County Metro has awarded a
$40-million contract to Walsh-Stantec
Progressive Design-Build Team to design
and build the electrification infrastructure
needed to charge and operate up to
120 battery-electric buses.
MassTransitmag.com/21248005
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