Aecom named design partner for Capital Line South Light Rail Transit Extension

AECOM will serve as the design partner subcontracted to Capital Line Design-Build Ltd., a member of the Ledcor Group, to deliver Phase 1 of the City of Edmonton’s Capital Line South Light Rail Transit Extension project. Located in Alberta, Canada, the project includes a 4.5-kilometer light rail extension from Century Park to north of Ellerslie Road, two new stations and a light rail vehicle storage and maintenance facility. As a design lead on the Capital Line Design-Build Ltd. team, AECOM will be responsible for infrastructure and systems design. The new line will be built along the west side of 111 Street with an underpass at 23 Avenue, new bridges crossing Blackmud Creek and Anthony Henday Drive and new stations at Twin Brooks and Heritage Valley North. This project will also include a new operations and maintenance facility, with a separate contractor delivering a new fleet of light rail vehicles.