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Houston Metro Reaches Milestone on New Southeast Light Rail Line

Houston’s Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (Houston Metro) marked a milestone in construction of its Southeast (Purple) light rail line Aug. 6 with the end of construction on an 80-foot bed for light rail track—the first the city has seen in 10 years.

The steel rail near Paige and Rusk, east of downtown, will be part of the 6.6-mile Southeast (Purple) Line. The line starts near the new Dynamo Stadium downtown and will run to Palm Center near the University of Houston Central Campus when it opens in mid-2014.

In spite of blistering heat, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and Houston Metro administrators and board members watched as a waiting cement mixer truck released a slurry mix of concrete through an open chute and onto the waiting track bed.

Metro Board Chairman Gilbert Garcia called the event “an exciting moment and an exciting day for the community, and certainly all of us at Metro. It’s been more than 10 years since we laid concrete for rail. We’re happy to be here today to tell everyone—light rail is coming to Houston."

The last time the agency poured concrete for new light rail track was for the Main Street Red Line in September 2001.

 

Construction workers pour concrete onto the frame as part of the installation process for light rail track. 

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