DALLAS, Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs
(NYSE:J) was selected by Metra to provide engineering and
design services for the Rock Island Connection (P2), as part of the
Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE)
Program's 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project
(75th St. CIP). Combined for logistic and environmental
reasons, the 75th St. CIP is the CREATE Program's
largest project and addresses Chicago's top congestion point.
When constructed as part of the 75th St. CIP, P2, a
double-track flyover structure will help provide faster and more
reliable service on the Metra SouthWest Service line, which
frequently experiences freight interference, by routing this line
to join the Metra Rock Island line on its own track. The SouthWest
Service line Metra trains can then access LaSalle Street Station,
allowing for additional passenger rail capacity at Union
Station.
"What's important about this project is the opportunity to
collaborate with nine Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) firms
to make a positive impact in the 75th St. Corridor
community," said Jacobs People & Places Solutions
Executive Vice President Ken
Gilmartin. "Seven of the nine firms are based in
Chicago, and together, we can
create an extraordinary vision to revitalize the area – including
infrastructure enhancements, aesthetics and landscape
architecture in the impacted construction space, as well as
critical, local workforce development opportunities."
"The team that Jacobs has assembled to complete the design work
represents an exciting opportunity to involve a number of local
DBE's in this important project," said Metra CEO/Executive Director
Jim Derwinski. "We hope these firms
will leverage their experience working on the 75th St. CIP to
secure future contracts and grow their capabilities."
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Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 27, 2019, and in particular the
discussions contained under Item 1 - Business; Item 1A - Risk
Factors; Item 3 - Legal Proceedings; and Item 7 - Management's
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ended June 26, 2020, and in
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