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February 16, 2008
MTA Lawsuit Says Gold Line's Construction is Flawed
A lawsuit filed yesterday by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) against multiple contractors, including Kiewit, Washington Infrastructure Services, Inc., Parsons Corp., and more, who worked on the design and building of the Gold Line alleges that the work done was substandard and did not meet the obligations stipulated in their contracts.
According to KNBC.com, the lawsuit asks for "at least $25 million in damages and a court order requiring the contractors to fix the problems." The problems named in the suit "include deficient and inadequate storm water control and drainage, damaged and deteriorating materials, malfunctioning systems and 'dangerous, unsafe and hazardous conditions.'"
The MTA is currently in the middle of their $898 million dollar Gold Line extension, which adds 6 miles to the route, eight new stations (including two underground), tunnels in Boyle Heights, and a Park & Ride lot at Atlantic. The project is expected to open in late 2009. Let's hope the original 13.7 miles of the route don't crumble before then.
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Considering the intimacy with which I was
involved with the then Los Angeles to Pasadena
Blue Line Light Rail Project to the now Gold
Line Light Rail, I find MTA lawsuits most suspect
given Mr. Thorpe was CEO of the Blue Construction
Authority at the time of "Build then Design". MTA
Ordered and sanction construction without permits
while under CPUC hearings. AND the biggest smoke
and mirror was MTA never identified the type of
rail line the project technically was: Intercity,
Urban, , , which kept DC guessing as to regulatory
oversight and rulings.
Then during the alleged cost containment which is was purported to have removed close to 800 million from the project . . .all bogus . . . because those are now the things that MTA is suing on. . . .as far as that goes, these faulty construction material issues were raised in the CPUC hearing under guise of the "Long Beach Syndrome" water drainage issues were pointed out time and time again and disregarded. The drainage system that was to occur in Highland Park never materialized and It had went through Design Review by the HPOZ, BS, DOT, BE.
Frankly, I think this is gonna be a good legal
long fight with all of Parson's Money . . .well
all of us folks that ride public transit, look
for the fare to increase because of this litigation.