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Commissioning tender for high-speed rail tunnel by CPK

As the second largest award in the country and the largest west of the Hudson River, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has committed to fund US$5.1bn of the BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension.

Considering that VTA has almost secured all the funding required for the US$12.7bn project, it is due to define the funding gap and work with the FTA to identify ways to ensure the project’s long-term success over the next 60 days.

According to VTA general manager and CEO Carolyn Gonot: “The federal commitment had greatly advanced the funding plan, but there was still a critical hole to fill.  We want to thank the FTA for their trust in the programme’s planning and in VTA’s ability to deliver it through this major award of US$5.1bn. VTA is fully committed to advancing the programme into engineering and applying for a Full Funding Grant Agreement at the appropriate time.”

Additionally, VTA’s extension of the regional BART system is known as the largest transport infrastructure project in Santa Clara County’s history.

During a ceremony on the site of what will be the West Portal, construction phase was officially started up with a groundbreaking in previous month.Also in order to building the 8km tunnel from Santa Clara and through downtown San José, the TBM will be launched from there.

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