Granite Construction to build $78 million rail corridor in California
15 July 2010US-based Granite Construction Incorporated has announced that its subsidiary, Granite Construction Company, has secured a $78 million rail project in California, US.
The contract has been awarded by the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board of Caltrain for a rail project, approximately 10 miles south of San Francisco in San Bruno, California.
As per the contract, Granite Construction would be responsible for elevating Caltrain’s two mainline rails from South Linden Avenue to Scott Street with bridges over San Bruno, San Mateo and Angus Avenues to accommodate uninterrupted traffic at these intersections.
Besides, the company is also responsible for a new San Bruno station, reconstruction of surface streets, a new pump station and extensive signalization and communication systems for the new alignment.
Work at the site is anticipated to begin in October 2010 and is expected to be completed by 2012.
