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Longmont, Colorado It has been used to rebuild Krische Construction five light rail intersections in downtown Denver, the Denver Regional Transportation District announced March 27.
Much of the existing downtown track infrastructure, commonly referred to as the Downtown Loop, has been in operation since the line was first built in 1994, according to RTD’s website. The agency is making $152 million, in-depth reconstruction of this section of the railway in order to improve safety and mobility and deal with the deterioration of the infrastructures.
The process involves removing all existing rail infrastructure, concrete, ties and ballast and repairing the drains below each segment before crews completely rebuild the structures, according to the agency. The work will be carried out in four phases, with the first phase starting in May on five sections of road at street intersections in the city centre. Phases two through four of the project will occur in 2025.
RTD also selected Denver-based Triunity Engineering for consulting services and project management support. Both Krische Construction and Triunity have experience with civil projects in the area, according to the agency.
In recent years, RTD has completed 17 isolated projects in the Central Corridor to replace sections of curved rail, switches, crossings, signals and other rail infrastructure, but the Center Rail Reconstruction Project is the first comprehensive reconstruction in the history of the agency
