Week of August 17, 2015 | KC Downtown Streetcar Construction Update

CROSSROADS

Main St viaduct: Sealing the surface Monday through Wednesday. Various lane shifts throughout the work.
20th: Continue reconstruction of northwest corner, including ADA ramps, curb and sidewalk.
19th, northwest corner: Reconstructing curb, sidewalk and ADA ramps.
18th, northeast and southeast corners: Reconstructing curb, sidewalk and ADA ramps.
Truman Road south, southeast corner: Reconstructing curb, sidewalk and ADA ramps.

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

12th - 7th: Installing overhead power poles
14th - 12th: Installing mast arms on power poles. Rolling traffic with KCPD officers.
14th Street southbound platform ('Power & Light' stop) construction starts. Anticipated completion by end of September.
9th Street southbound platform ('Library' stop) construction starts. Anticipated completion by end of September.
7th Street northbound platform construction (east side of Main): Anticipated completion by end of August.
Westbound 10th closed between Main-Baltimore.

RIVER MARKET

4th & Delaware: Streetcar stop construction. No parking on east side of street (in spaces directly across from work zone). Anticipated completion end of August.
3rd & Delaware: Installing poles and mast arms.

Streetcar platform construction is ongoing. Anticipated completion of all private (third-party) utility work is Summer 2015. KC Streetcar Constructors' track work continues in the Central Business District through July 2015. Systems work, such as the overhead power system, will continue through Summer 2015. Streetcar vehicles estimated to arrive in fall 2015. Systems testing estimated to begin in mid fall 2015.

About the Downtown Kansas City Streetcar Starter Line
The two-mile, north-south Downtown KC Streetcar will travel along Main Street and connect the River Market to Crown Center and Union Station, serving the Central Business District, the Crossroads Art District, and the Power and Light District, as well as numerous businesses, restaurants, art galleries, educational facilities and residents.

For more information visit us on the Web, Facebook and Twitter or contact the Project Hotline at 816-804-8882 or info@kcstreetcar.org.

About KC Streetcar Constructors
KC Streetcar Constructors (KCSC) is the project team building the two-mile KC Downtown Streetcar starter line. KCSC is a joint venture of St. Joseph-based Herzog Transit Contracting Corp. and California rail builder Stacy and Witbeck, Inc.

About this Update
This weekly construction update provides weekly, at-a-glance information related to the streetcar construction that is taking place this week. For more information, including upcoming work, check out the project website and follow the streetcar on Twitter @kcstreetcar and Facebook. All work activities and time frames are subject to change due to inclement weather or other unforeseen circumstances.