Fluor
Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the Denver Eagle P3
Commuter Rail Project completed and opened the six-mile B Line from
Denver’s Downtown Union Station to Westminster Station located in the
growing Denver-Boulder corridor. This milestone marks the second major
commuter rail line opening on the public-private partnership (P3)
project this year for the Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD),
following the April 2016 opening of the University of Colorado A Line
serving downtown Denver and Denver International Airport.
The new B Line transports riders from the historic center of Westminster
to the dynamic Union
Station Transit Center where they can connect to the C, E, and W
light rail lines, the new University of Colorado A Line to Denver
International Airport, as well as local and regional buses.
The B Line will run every half an hour during peak times and every hour
during off-peak times. This new electrified line serves the northwest
region of the Denver-metro area and marks the first phase of Denver
RTD’s plan to eventually build an extension between Westminster and
Longmont when funding becomes available. Westminster Station has 350
parking spaces and 20 bike lockers to encourage carpooling and to
accommodate alternative modes of transportation.
Using the Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain model Denver Transit
Partners, a Fluor-led joint venture, will also operate and maintain the
B Line along with the University of Colorado A Line, G Line and the LEED
Gold-certified Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility for the next 28 years
under contract to Denver RTD.
“The B Line opening is an outstanding milestone for the Denver metro
region as it increases mobility and transit access for commuters linking
downtown to the Westminster area,” said Aaron Epstein, executive project
director and CEO of Denver Transit Partners. “The Fluor-led joint
venture and our partners worked as one team with RTD to advance this
project and use our integrated and innovative solutions approach to
deliver the B Line.”
The Eagle P3 project is a public-private partnership that was awarded by
Denver’s RTD to the Fluor-led joint venture of Denver Transit Partners
(DTP). DTP is comprised of a partnership between Fluor; Denver Rail
(Eagle) Holdings, Inc., a unit of John Laing plc; and Aberdeen
Infrastructure Investments (No. 4) USA LLC, a unit of Aberdeen Global
Infrastructure Partners LP. Other team members include Balfour Beatty
Infrastructure, Inc., Alternative Concepts Inc., Ames Construction,
Hyundai Rotem and HDR.
The Eagle P3 project is part of the RTD’s voter-approved FasTracks
program to build 122 miles of commuter rail and light rail, 18 miles of
bus rapid transit service, add 21,000 new parking spaces, redevelop
Denver Union Station and redirect bus service to better connect the
eight-county district. For more information, visit www.rtd-denver.com.
About Fluor Corporation
Fluor
Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is a global engineering, procurement,
fabrication, construction and maintenance company that designs, builds
and maintains capital-efficient facilities for its clients on six
continents. For more than a century, Fluor has served our clients by
delivering innovative and integrated solutions across the globe. With
headquarters in Irving, Texas, Fluor ranks 155 on the FORTUNE 500
list with revenue of $18.1 billion in 2015 and has more than 60,000
employees worldwide. For more information, please visit www.fluor.com
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Fluor CorporationMedia RelationsBrian Mershon, 469-398-7621orBrett Turner, 864-281-6976orInvestor RelationsGeoff Telfer, 469-398-7070orJason Landkamer, 469-398-7222