Construction on Gilbert Road light-rail extension in Mesa could start in August

A rendering of the planned Stapley Drive light rail station in Mesa. Valley Metro
A rendering of the planned Stapley Drive light rail station in Mesa. Valley Metro

By Maria Polletta | The Republic

Preliminary construction work on the next leg of Mesa’s light-rail line could begin as soon as August, according to city transportation officials.

Engineers are expected to have a detailed design for the $153 million, 1.9-mile addition — which would extend tracks east along Main Street from Mesa Drive to Gilbert Road — nearly finished by July. The extension would add two stations and a park-and-ride to the line.

“From this point forward, activity in that corridor is really going to start ramping up,” said Jodi Sorrell, Mesa’s transit-services director.

Workers have started identifying utility lines for possible relocation, she said, and later this summer, “they’ll be moving street lights, demolishing medians, relocating manholes, doing sewer-line work and everything that sets the stage for rail construction.”

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