BART - Warm Springs Extension News

Warm Springs Extension Line, Track, Station and Systems Contract Authorized for Award

BART Warm Springs Extension Ground Breaking: The Way to San Jose

Warm Springs Extension Art Program

In keeping with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) guidelines to incorporate art into mass transit projects, BART will procure artwork for the Warm Spring Extension (WSX) project. BART is soliciting qualifications from professional artists to consider for the commissioning of artwork for the new Warm Springs Station and for the concrete seating areas at the existing Fremont Station. Among the goals of the BART art program are to provide a strong visual identity for the station and to attract new riders by creating more vibrant and welcoming stations.

Tentative Schedule

December 30, 2011 – RFQ submittal deadline

January 2012 – Pool of potential artists selected and invited to participate in community meetings to gather additional ideas and input regarding the final artwork product

January 25, 2012 – Community meeting held

View the community meeting invitation.

Questions

Download the WSX Art Program RFQ.

Questions and Answers for Artists interested in the WSX Art Program

For more information regarding the BART RFQ, please view our posting at www.callforentry.org (Café) or email questions to arts@bartwsx.com.

BART Warm Springs Extension Line, Track, Station and Systems Contract Authorized for Award

On Thursday, June 23, 2011, the BART Board voted to authorize award of the Design-Build Line, Track, Station and Systems Contract for the Warm Springs Extension to Warm Springs Constructors, a joint venture of Kiewit Pacific Company and Mass Electric. For additional information regarding the Board action, visit the BART Board website. For additional information regarding the Warm Springs Extension, visit the project website.

BART Warm Springs Extension Ground Breaking: The Way to San Jose

On Wednesday, September 30, 2009, over 200 people gathered in Fremont Central Park to celebrate the formal ground breaking for the BART Warm Springs Extension Fremont Central Park Subway Construction. “We have found the way to San Jose,” remarked Scott Haggerty, Chair, Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Supervisor District One, Alameda County Board of Supervisors.

BART Board of Directors President Tom Blalock

The ground breaking ceremony, complete with music provided by the California School for the Blind Jazz Ensemble, included remarks from representatives of organizations from both Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. “This is not just a Fremont project, but a project for the entire region,” commented BART Board of Directors President Thomas Blalock. Other agencies represented included the City of Fremont, the California Senate, the California Transportation Commission, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency, the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority, the City of Union City, Caltrans, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

Lauded as the gateway to Santa Clara County, the $140 million Subway Contract will construct a mile-long subway for BART tracks from just north of Stevenson Boulevard, under Fremont Central Park, Lake Elizabeth and the Union Pacific rail road tracks to just south east of the park. The contract will also build a new dog park, basketball complex, and parking lot to replace facilities that will been removed next year to make way for construction of the subway. The project will also construct embankment between Walnut Avenue and Stevenson Boulevard for future trackway that will connect the Warm Springs Extension to the Fremont Station.

The subway construction is expected to conclude in 2013. Work on the Design-Build Line, Track, Station and Systems (LTSS) contract is targeted to begin in the fall of 2011, with revenue service to Warm Springs anticipated late 2015.