The 26-mile Cotton Belt line will stretch across North Texas from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to Plano.
An independent report from Jacobs Engineering also found that the rail system won’t be ready for service until September 2026.
The advancement is funded through Transportation 2050, a 35-year, multi-modal transportation plan approved by Phoenix voters.
The storm surge from 2012's Superstorm Sandy damaged the tunnel, leaving it in need of extensive repairs. The tunnel was flooded with seven million gallons of salt water leaving two adjacent 7,100-foot-long sections of the tunnel with significant damage.
The microgrid will be capable of supplying highly resilient power during critical times when the regional electric grid may be compromised due to storms or other events.
Three firms — HDR Engineering, AECOM Technical Services and Jacobs Engineering — have been shortlisted for the contract. City leaders have identified the project as a critical part of revitalizing downtown Tampa and catering to millennials who want alternatives to the automobile.
Will be the lead designer for the Dragados-Flatiron Joint Venture for the design-build contract and is responsible for the infrastructure design. Officials estimate the construction value to be $1.2 billion.
The five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award task order contract, awarded by the Volpe Center, has a maximum order limit of $70 million.
Jacobs Engineering Group will complete design and engineering work to transform a local rail yard into a permanent location to store railcars during a storm. The move comes after superstorm Sandy damaged nearly 400 of the agency’s railcars and locomotives when they were left in flood-prone rail yards last year.
The contract has a maximum value of $20 million.