The design-build team of Walsh Construction, VINCI Construction. EXP and Systra has been chosen by the Chicago Transit Authority to engineer, design and build the 5.6-mile transit extension to the city's Far South Side.
CTA's plan calls for its Red Line L train to be extended 5.6 miles into Chicago's Far South Side with four new stations and a storage and maintenance facility.
A 100-ton hydraulic drill rig tipped over onto the street at the site of the Chicago Transit Authority's $2.1-billion Red/Purple line project. No injuries were reported and the cause of the incident is being investigated.
The largest project in Chicago Transit Authority history brings a modern aesthetic to the north side and creates a bridge over a traffic choke point that's frustrated riders for decades.