New Orleans – Canal Street Contract
Rail Transit Online, November 1999
A joint
venture of Parsons Brinckerhoff and the New Orleans-based firm C&S
Consultants, Inc., has been selected by the Regional Transit Authority to
prepare the final design of the Canal Streetcar project. This will mark the
completion of planning and design efforts prior to construction. Major
elements include:
- The Canal Spine – two
tracks reoccupying the neutral ground, or median, along the entire 3.5-mile
length of Canal Street. Trolleys last ran here in 1963.
- Riverfront Streetcar
Line – improvements at the Esplanade Station for better operational flexibility;
- The Carrollton Spur –
a new dual-track branch off of Canal Street at North Carrollton Avenue running
approximately one mile to Beauregard Circle on Esplanade Avenue;
- Constructing a new
storage, inspection and service building;
- Modifications to the
historic Carrollton Barn maintenance facility.
The estimated
construction cost is approximately $139 million, and the RTA hopes to begin work
next year. |
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