LA metro line to be extended

The Skanska joint venture with Traylor Brothers, Inc. and J.F. Shea Construction has been awarded a design-build contract by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to extend the Los Angeles Metro Purple Line.
November 10, 2014 Read time: 1 min

The 7136 Skanska joint venture with Traylor Brothers and J.F. Shea Construction has been awarded a design-build contract by the 1795 Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to extend the Los Angeles Metro Purple Line.

The contract is worth a total of US$ 1.6 billion and project includes a 6.3 kilometre extension of the Purple Line, as well as train control and signals, communications, traction power supply and distribution, and fare collection systems that will connect and operate with the existing system.
 
The project schedule requires substantial completion in June 2023.

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