Amtrak decided on the Kiewit and J.F. Shea Development three way partnership to construct the Frederick Douglass Tunnel in Baltimore, the rail company introduced in a Feb. 6 press liberate. It’s the second one of 3 main parts in an $6 billion program to interchange the 150-year-old Baltimore & Potomac Tunnel.
Omaha, Nebraska-based Kiewit and Walnut, California-headquartered J.F. Shea will ship the pair of rail tunnels thru a building supervisor at-risk supply manner, in step with the discharge.
The growing old B&P Tunnel has skilled over the top water infiltration and a sinking ground, and poses the most important bottleneck between Washington, D.C., and New Jersey. The tracks that run during the 1.4-mile-long tunnel below a number of Baltimore neighborhoods depend on a unmarried construction, so there’s no detour choice if it has to near.
The Frederick Douglass Tunnel will in large part substitute the B&P Tunnel, and is designed to hurry passenger and freight motion at the Northeast Hall. The brand new tunnel may have dual single-track, high-capacity tubes that may allow electrical Amtrak and MARC trains to shuttle as much as 100 mph. These days, trains are restricted to 30 mph because of the B&P Tunnel’s tight curves.
“We’re one step nearer to unlocking the most important passenger rail bottleneck at the Northeast Hall between Washington, D.C. and New Jersey,” stated Amtrak Govt Vice President, Capital Supply Laura Mason within the liberate.
Investment for the paintings is being break up some of the Federal Railroad Management, Amtrak and Maryland. The mission were given an as much as $4.7 billion infusion of investment from the federal Infrastructure Funding and Jobs Act in November 2023.
Up to now, Amtrak decided on a Clark Development/Stacy and Witbeck three way partnership to construct the Southern Means portion of the mission. Bethesda, Maryland-based Clark Development and Alameda, California-headquartered Stacy Witbeck will ship this $1 billion-plus section the usage of a building supervisor in peril supply manner.
There’s yet another main building contract nonetheless up for grabs: tunnel have compatibility out, which incorporates tunnel tune, programs and air flow amenities. Long run procurement main points haven’t begun to be introduced, however the award is expected in 2025 or 2026.
Tunnel building is scheduled to begin in 2026 and the mission is slated to complete in 2035.
