Copyright 1999 The New York Times Company
The New
York Times
June 6, 1999, Sunday, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section 14NJ; Page 5; Column
1; New Jersey Weekly Desk
LENGTH: 146 words
HEADLINE: IN BRIEF;
Agreement Issued to Build Light
Rail Line in South Jersey
BYLINE: By BILL
KENT
BODY:
A long-delayed light rail
commuter line between Trenton and Camden came closer to reality
last week as New Jersey Transit agreed to award a contract to build the line and
to pay for right of way on a stretch of track.
The agency said it would
pay $67.5 million to the Norfolk Southern and CSX Railroads to use 34 miles of
track. Those railroads would run freight trains on the track
between 10 P.M. and 6 A.M. and New Jersey Transit would operate light rail
commuter trains the rest of the day. New Jersey Transit also
issued a letter of intent that it would award a $604.5 million construction
contract to a consortium led by Bectel Infrastructure, of Gaithersburg, Md., to
build the rest of the line.
State Transportation Secretary James
Weinstein predicted that construction will begin within 90 days, with the first
trains running in 2002. BILL KENT
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GRAPHIC: Map of New
Jersey highlighting proposed South Jersey Light-Rail line.
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