neroden
Engineer
I dug through all the Keystone stations from Harrisburg to Philadelphia. High platforms are funded (by PennDOT) for all of them except Parkesburg. Most of this is thanks to the new transportation funding bill signed in the waning days of the Corbett administration, which gives SEPTA a lot more to work with. The dates all look iffy, but PennDOT is aiming for 2018 or earlier for all of them except, as mentioned before, Parkesburg. Parkesburg is still planned but no dates and not actually funded.
-- Ardmore is supposed to start construction in 2015, with no specific target date for completion
-- Paoli was supposed to start construction in 2016 according to PennDOT with ADA compliance required by 2018 as per a lawsuit settlement. The representative from PennDOT said the lawsuit was the best thing that could have happened to the project!
-- Exton is supposed to start construction in 2015, no target completion date
-- Downingtown is being relocated: It's under "design and environmental assessment". There are no solid dates, but construction is guessed to begin in 2015 or 2016. Also fully funded.
-- Coatesville is being relocated, but only a little bit to the east. There's been a FONSI already, and it's fully funded with at least $20.7 million, but weirdly there are no dates; I'm not sure what the delay is (apparently "working on agreements with the city and other parties"), but PennDOT says it's definitely happening.
I also dug through the inspector general's report for ADA compliance. The following stations were supposed to have access constructed in FY 15:
Elko, NV
Glenwood Springs, CO
Marshall, TX -- I find that an elevator was installed in late 2013, so what's left should be platform & pathway work
Paoli, PA (note difference from PennDOT -- this may refer to early work)
Philadelphia-North, PA (really? Wow!)
-- Ardmore is supposed to start construction in 2015, with no specific target date for completion
-- Paoli was supposed to start construction in 2016 according to PennDOT with ADA compliance required by 2018 as per a lawsuit settlement. The representative from PennDOT said the lawsuit was the best thing that could have happened to the project!
-- Exton is supposed to start construction in 2015, no target completion date
-- Downingtown is being relocated: It's under "design and environmental assessment". There are no solid dates, but construction is guessed to begin in 2015 or 2016. Also fully funded.
-- Coatesville is being relocated, but only a little bit to the east. There's been a FONSI already, and it's fully funded with at least $20.7 million, but weirdly there are no dates; I'm not sure what the delay is (apparently "working on agreements with the city and other parties"), but PennDOT says it's definitely happening.
I also dug through the inspector general's report for ADA compliance. The following stations were supposed to have access constructed in FY 15:
Elko, NV
Glenwood Springs, CO
Marshall, TX -- I find that an elevator was installed in late 2013, so what's left should be platform & pathway work
Paoli, PA (note difference from PennDOT -- this may refer to early work)
Philadelphia-North, PA (really? Wow!)
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