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SANDAG Breaks Ground for $2 B Mid-Coast Trolley
The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) launched construction of the $2.1 billion Mid-Coast Trolley—the culmination of more than two decades of work to expand regional light rail service in the area—with a recent event attended by local and federal officials and several thousand guests.
SANDAG Chair and San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chair Ron Roberts called the event “a historic day for San Diego transit,” noting that the new line will serve “the second downtown of our region—the University City area, where we have some of the densest clusters of employers and jobs.”
The project, funded in part with a $1.04 billion federal Full Funding Grant Agreement, will extend the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System’s (MTS) existing Blue Line by 11 miles north of the city’s Old Town, adding nine new stations serving parks, beach areas, the VA Medical Center, UC San Diego, business clusters and a one million square foot shopping mall. Planners estimate that the trolley will provide more than 20,000 new trips every weekday when it enters service in 2021.
SANDAG will oversee the construction of the project and administer the local sales tax that matches the federal contribution. MTS will operate the line once it is complete.
Event participants included MTS Chief Executive Officer Paul Jablonski and Chair Harry Mathis, Reps. Scott Peters (D-CA) and Susan Davis (D-CA), FTA Region 9 Deputy Regional Administrator Edward Carranza Jr. and UC San Diego Vice Chancellor Gary Matthews.
Construction is expected to produce more than 14,000 jobs, and SANDAG officials predict the trolley will have an estimated $116 million annual economic impact on the region by taking cars off the road, reducing parking needs and increasing access to jobs. The Mid-Coast corridor supports more than 325,000 jobs.
The ground-breaking celebration was made possible by the project contractor, a joint venture of Stacy & Witbeck Inc., Skanska USA and Herzog Contracting Corporation—and other sponsors including PGH Wong Engineering Inc., Parsons Brinckerhoff, HDR, T.Y. Lin International, Jacobs Engineering and Modern Railway Systems.
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Crowds gathered for ground-breaking ceremonies and a community event to celebrate SANDAG’s Mid-Coast Trolley.
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