Items Tagged with 'Chicago Transit Authority'

Chicago transit projects could halt within days as a $2.1-B federal funding freeze forces contractors toward demobilization. Compliance with department of transportation policy guidance on MWBE programs triggered the dispute.

Illinois lawmakers moved quietly overnight on a major transportation bill that could reshape how the state funds and manages transit.

Dept. of Transportation officials indicated the money would be frozen pending a review of DBE practices, which will be delayed by the government shutdown.

Utility work has begun on a $440-million project to rebuild the State/Lake station on the Loop Elevated Line. 

The design-build team of Walsh Construction, VINCI Construction. EXP and Systra has been chosen by the Chicago Transit Authority to engineer, design and build the 5.6-mile transit extension to the city's Far South Side.

Rail project moves into the design phase with $1.97 billion in grant funding from the Federal Transit Administration

CTA's plan calls for its Red Line L train to be extended 5.6 miles into Chicago's Far South Side with four new stations and a storage and maintenance facility.

A 100-ton hydraulic drill rig tipped over onto the street at the site of the Chicago Transit Authority's $2.1-billion Red/Purple line project. No injuries were reported and the cause of the incident is being investigated.

CTA, Stantec, Walsh-Fluor ready to begin the agency's biggest project, in terms of total cost, ever.