ARRIVAL COUNTDOWN WORK ON TRANSPORTATION HUB RECOVERS FROM STORM DELAYS.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - Metrolink service is tentatively set to begin at Palmdale's new transportation center April 25, officials said Monday. After delays from the winter's heavy storms, work on Palmdale's $10.8 million transportation center should be completed in time for Metrolink train service to begin next month. An official grand opening is being planned for June. City officials had hoped to begin service out of the center last month, but this winter's heavy storms pushed back its opening. Actual damage from the storm was minor, but some of the work was delayed by the water-saturated ground. ``The primary work left is the landscaping and polishing the interior,'' said Leon Swain, Palmdale's public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. director. ``Hopefully, it'll stay dry for a while.'' No firm date has been set for the start of bus service. Once the Antelope Valley Transit Authority Antelope Valley Transit Authority is the transit agency serving the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster and their suburbs. Antelope Valley Transit Authority is operated under contract by Veolia Transport, and is affiliated and offers connecting services with Metro and Metrolink. gets a date as to when the center will be ready, the authority will start a two-week information campaign before service begins. ``We are anxious to get in there as soon as we can,'' said AVTA AVTA Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity spokeswoman Pam Holland. The transportation center will have a Spanish-style, 3,150-square-foot terminal, a 45-foot-tall clock tower, a train passenger loading platform, a 300-space parking lot, a 200-space park-and-ride lot, and an eight-bus transfer center. The project also included the construction of a storm-water culvert, the realignment re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. of 6th Street East, and the installation of curbs, gutters and sidewalks. The bulk of the project's financing came from two sources, a series of Metropolitan Transportation Authority grants totaling $5.6 million and the city of Palmdale, which used $3.5 million of its Proposition A sales-tax revenue. Other financial contributors to the project included the state Transportation Department, AVTA, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County and the federal government. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Felipe Diaz of Rich Meier's Landscaping works in front of the newly constructed transportation center in Palmdale. (1 -- 2 -- color) Workers, above, put the finishing touches finishing touches finish npl the finishing touches → der letzte Schliff finishing touches npl → ultimi ritocchi mpl on pavement pavement, the wearing surface of a road, street, or sidewalk. Parts of Babylon and Troy are believed to have been paved; Roman roads were noted for their durable stone paving. Cobblestones were common from late medieval times into the 19th cent. surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. the transportation center in Palmdale. Heavy rains had slowed work on the $10.8 million center, which should start Metrolink service, left, on April 25. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Special to the Daily News |
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