Suffolk Construction has broken ground on the $15.3 million design-build MBTA Revere Transit Facility & Streetscape project in Revere, Mass.
The 21,000 square-foot project will feature construction of a cable-stayed pedestrian bridge over Ocean Avenue, an elevated plaza deck above Wonderland MBTA Station, a central plaza, and an at-grade pedestrian crossing over Revere Beach Boulevard. Various park improvements will also be part of the project.
The goal is to provide safer and more convenient pedestrian connections between Wonderland Station, adjacent neighborhoods, and historic Revere Beach. The project will include new elevated walkways, two new stairways connecting the sidewalks on both sides of the project and the outbound platform to the elevated areas, and two new elevators to provide accessible connections between the sidewalks, transit station, and elevated plazas and walkways.
The MBTA station will remain operational throughout construction. The Suffolk project team will coordinate site access without disruption to pedestrian and vehicle traffic, as well as historic Revere Beach.
Suffolk was selected by the MBTA and the City of Revere in collaboration with the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) to provide construction management services for the transit facility. Suffolk's design-build partner is AECOM, and Arrowstreet is the design architect, as well as consultant for the project's owners.
Funding for the project came from a $20 million TIGER Grant (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) awarded to the City of Revere in February of 2011. Only 54 projects were funded throughout the United States.
SEE: $40M in TIGER Grants Awarded for MA Transit-Related Projects (Feb 2010)
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