![]() ![]() “You’re not going to put a station on a hill. One roadblock, according to Couch, is that stations must be located on flat ground. Other features important to make room for are trees, bike paths and sidewalks. The Blue Line, in particular, runs mostly along Riverside from the airport, making a turn over the lake at the Statesman building and ending up at Republic Square. “In the subsequent months, we’ll do the same thing with the Orange Line, and then in July we’ll come back and we’ll focus on the downtown section – the area where there are tunnels and other features like that,” Couch said. This month, Project Connect project workers are working on the alignment planning of the Blue Line from the airport into a bridge going downtown. “We are now starting to work on the other two lines, which will be the extension of the 803 line to Manchaca and also to Oak Hill,” Couch said. We’re also working towards getting surveys and finishing off the other components that are required under the federal environmental process,” said Dave Couch, program officer for Project Connect.īorings for the tunnel are also currently underway in the downtown sections of the project. ![]() to go ahead and get comments on those drawings … what the conflicts are. “We’ve been working in conjunction with all of our stakeholders, including the city staff. Presenters displayed images of partial plans for the Blue Line – called “15 percent design drawings” – and said that they would soon receive similar plans for the Orange Line. ![]() At the May 24 Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors meeting, board members heard updates on the progress of Project Connect. ![]()
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