STATION BUILDING TO BEGIN ROADS, UTILITIES TO BE INSTALLED.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - Work will begin next month on the Metrolink station in Palmdale, delayed because contractors' initial bids were much higher than expected. Granite Construction Granite Construction is a member of the S&P 400 Index, and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. has since been awarded a $4.7 million contract to build three entry roads, install water and sewer lines Noun 1. sewer line - a main in a sewage system sewer main main - a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage , plant landscaping and make other improvements starting in December. A second contract, scheduled to be awarded in January, will cover the construction of the station building, an access platform and other work. ``It's going to be beautiful,'' Mayor Jim Ledford said of the Spanish- Mediterranean style for the transportation center. There also will be room for buses and pool cars or vans. The center, south of Avenue P-8 at Sixth Street East, should be completed in early 2005, city officials say. The project was initially expected to be completed in August 2004, but construction bids opened last summer came in at $9.4 million, which city officials considered excessive. City officials then decided to split the work into two separate contracts in an effort to lower the cost by widening the pool of potential bidders. Under the original plan, the project might have been too expensive for companies to get bonding. The work also involved two different types of construction - building construction and asphalt and concrete work - that might have made the work less appealing to companies that specialize in one or the other. The bids might also have been a victim of bad timing, officials said. Bids on other major capital projects, including the county sheriff's proposed new Palmdale station, also came in higher than expected. By splitting up the rail station contract, city government will save almost $2 million, said Leon Swain, 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. Including land acquisition and design work, the project is expected to cost $10.8 million. The 3,150-square-foot station is being built on 26 acres west of Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling and south of Technology Drive. The style will resemble the Civic Center's. There also will be a domed clock tower, 45 feet tall. Also planned are 600 parking spaces and a bus transfer facility with parking bays for eight buses. Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Transit Agency, Greyhound greyhound, breed of tall, swift, sight hound developed nearly 5,000 years ago in Egypt. It stands about 26 in. (66 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs about 65 lb (29.5 kg). or Amtrak Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run buses could use the bays. The center is being funded through a variety of sources, including $5.6 million in grants from the 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 Metropolitan Transportation Authority, $3.5 million from the city's own coffers and $1 million from federal transportation funding. Other funding was provided by the Antelope Valley Transit Agency, the state Department of Transportation and county government. Preliminary work for the center started last fall with an $800,000 contract to create an underground storm drain storm drain n. 1. A storm sewer. 2. A catch basin. . The storm drain replaced an open boulder-lined channel that crossed where the Metrolink passenger platform is planned. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com |
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