Title: INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION AND TECHNOLOGY SHARING IN BRINGING LRT TO ST. LOUIS
Abstract: Metropolitan St. Louis, after 19 years of planning, is developing a dual-mode, cost-effective public transportation system integrating light rail technology with a vastly improved regional bus network. The light rail transit component, known as Metro Link, is an 18-mi continuous fixed-guideway rail line connecting the St. Louis, Missouri, central business district with the Lambert International Airport and McDonnell-Douglas complex to the northwest and with East St. Louis, Illinois, to the east across the Mississippi River. Complementing Metro Link are shuttle bus operations to major employment centers, and realigned routes that form an extensive feeder bus network in the corridor. The initial rail line will directly connect the principal retail, office, recreational, educational, medical, and transportation activity centers with the densest urban population areas. Existing infrastructure is being used, including right-of-way, structures, and facilities to be acquired from two railroads. Nearly all the railroad property is abandoned, but will be revived for this light rail system. Additionally, street and highway right-of-way and other public lands will be made availavle for permanent Metro Link easements. The capital expense budget for building Metro Link is $287.7 million, covering design and engineering, construction and procurement, testing and start-up, and project management. As a federally funded project, this capital expense is matched with railroad property and facilities acquired separately by the City of St. Louis and donated to the project with a value in excess of $100 million.
Publication Year: 1989
Publication Date: 1989-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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