Third Street Light Rail Start-Up Now Scheduled for June 2006 Fourth Street Bridge in LIquidated Damages of $25,000 per day

Construction activities are currently ongoing
throughout the entire Third Street Corridor. As of
January 31, 2005 the project has spent approximately
63% of the total budget, including soft costs. With
construction 58% complete, various contracts are
approaching completion. All contracts are currently
within budget and most of them are scheduled to
complete in time to support the opening to revenue
service.

MUNI is now tentatively projecting revenue service in
June 2006, due to issues with Segment A. Segment A,
the 4th Street Bridge, has been plagued with delays
caused by unforeseen site conditions, quality control
problems, and the contractor's inability to prosecute
the work efficiently. DPW, which is managing the
contract, proposed a global agreement to the
contractor in an effort to mitigate the issues and
deliver the site to MUNI in time for testing and startup.
Unfortunately, the negotiations have broken down
and, as a result, DPW began assessing liquidated
damages at the rate of $25,000 per day starting on April
1 in accordance with the contract.

On March 3, MUNI re-advertised for bids the Metro East
Maintenance facility (MME) and bids are expected by
mid-April.  

Efforts continue to address environmental concerns
along Third Street, and MUNI continues to publish its
air monitoring results.   During February 2005, 80% of
the tests were below the action threshold.

Completion of the rail line is now scheduled for late
2005, followed by six months of operational and
simulated revenue testing leading to the start of
revenue service in June 2006.

The Metro East Facility is expected to be ready for
move-in in April ‘08.   

Source: San Francisco County Transportation
Authority Status Report on the Third Street Light Rail
Project, April 5, 2005.

click here for a pdf version of the entire 4/5/05 SFCTA report
to the Plans and Programs Committee

Muwekma Ohlone Park On January 12, 2005 Francisco DeCosta reported in the San Francisco BayView on the Muwekma Ohlone Park and Sanctuary.   Did the MTA waste $30 million of taxpayer money and jeopardize the electrical transmission lines to the Third Street Light Rail Line?   click here to read the article

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