Saturday, June 29, 2013

BART- see the biggest construction projects in the valley

Jun 26, 2013, 1:44pm PDT Updated: Jun 27, 2013, 11:03am PDT

BART: See the biggest construction project in the Valley

Vicki THompson
A construction worker prepares pre-fabricated rebar to be used for a column at the future BART Silicon Valley Berryessa Station in San Jose, which will feature above-ground boarding platforms. Three stations are part of the plan: Warm Springs (Fremont), Milpitas and Berryessa.
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Silicon Valley Business Journal
Brace yourself! After multiple near-death experiences and more than five decades after being rejected, the biggest construction project in Silicon Valley is under way along a 16-mile corridor that straddles three cities.
Bay Area Rapid Transit is racing south from the East Bay toward Silicon Valley.
News of a potential BART worker strike is grabbing headlines, but along the extension's route, it's all about construction. Until now, the project has been easy to miss. But BART is about to become unmistakable as construction ramps up at key intersections in Fremont, Milpitas and San Jose.
The work involves hundreds of construction workers, dozens of trades and billions of dollars. Getting from the existing Fremont station to the new Warm Springs station in Fremont -- the first leg -- will cost $890 million. The next phase to open, from Warm Springs to San Jose's Berryessa district, is slated to cost $2.3 billion.
Much of the current work is being focused on massive grade separation, or “trenching” work at intersections that will lift BART trains above cars or sink it below them so cars won’t have to stop for trains as they do now for VTA light rail.
The work is set to bring three new stations that could one day speed passengers toward San Francisco in less than an hour.
To see what’s happening along the tracks, click on the slideshow. Then check out the June 28 print paper for more on the project.
Linda Taaffe is Focus Editor at the Business Journal. Her phone number is 408.299.1840.
Nathan Donato-Weinstein covers commercial real estate and transportation for the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

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