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The Potomac Yard Metrorail station, which opened final week in Alexandria, Virginia, is positioned between two present stops.
Revealed Might 23, 2023
The $370 million Potomac Yard station is positioned on Metrorail’s Blue and Yellow strains.
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The latest cease on the Washington, D.C., space Metro system opened final week in Alexandria, Virginia.
Constructed by a three way partnership of world contractors Halmar and Schiavone, the $370 million Potomac Yard station is positioned between the Ronald Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport and Braddock Highway stations on Metrorail’s Blue and Yellow strains.
Potomac Yard might be Metro’s 98th station and its second infill station, constructed between present stations, according to a press release.
The addition of the station enhances connectivity to and from Alexandria, which has seen substantial inhabitants progress and new growth in the previous couple of a long time, in response to the discharge. New growth instantly adjoining and north of the station is a mixture of retail, residential and industrial growth, together with the brand new Virginia Tech Innovation Campus.
Work on the undertaking started in August 2018 and its proposed 2022 completion date was delayed final 12 months because of sudden structural website circumstances, in response to The Alexandria Times. Development crews found soil points that affected the structural stability of the bottom beneath the tracks which prompted the necessity for a remediation plan, the Instances mentioned.
The approximate 100,000-square-foot undertaking consists of two 800-foot-long platforms, an entry pavilion, a number of pedestrian and bicycle bridges, energy upgrades at six different stations, a brand new AC switchgear room and re-alignment of the Metrorail tracks by means of the brand new station, according to Halimar.
The station was funded by tax revenues and developer contributions generated by deliberate new growth within the Potomac Yard neighborhood, in addition to state grants, loans and regional sources.
An early adopter of the LEED for Transit Stations pilot program, the station is concentrating on Gold stage certification.
