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Rail Runner work starts on I-25 Work begins along interstate as part of Phase Two Rail Runner route to Santa Fe (3-13-07) – Motorists may have noticed some new activity in the median of Interstate-25 near Santa Fe recently. Crews are working on the New Mexico Rail Runner Express extension to Santa Fe. Workers have been surveying the median and more recently began drilling core samples to determine the nature of the sub surface soils. “This is important work”, says Lawrence Rael, Executive Director for the Mid-Region Council of Governments. “It signifies the start of the next leg of Rail Runner service for New Mexicans which will provide efficient and convenient transportation between two of New Mexico’s major cities – Albuquerque and Santa Fe.” A look at these core samples will determine the adequacy of the subsurface structure to support a rail bed and other structures such as bridges. “This work is necessary to prepare information for the design of the rail”, says Rhonda Faught, Secretary of the NM Department of Transportation. “We are on an aggressive timeline to get Phase Two of the project completed by the end of next year, and this is an integral first step in the process”. The work, which is being done by Bohannan Huston and Klienfelder, will take a couple more weeks to complete. At no time, should it inconvenience drivers on the Interstate. The Rail Runner, which has become the fastest start-up of a commuter rail train in the country in the past 20 years, currently carries commuters along a 50-mile corridor between the Town of Bernalillo and the City of Belen, with a station in Downtown Bernalillo and one serving the airport set to open by the end of next month. Contacts:
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