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10/9/2023
Union Pacific Railroad has issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) to provide property acquisition services for UP and Norfolk Southern Railway's part of the Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program (CREATE) Project EW2.
The project is part of the 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project in Chicago, a segment from the Ashburn Interlocking to the Dan Ryan Expressway. EW2 will eliminate the most congested rail chokepoint in the Chicago area — Belt Junction — where 30 Metra and 90 freight trains (operated by four railroads) cross each day. The project calls for reconfiguring the Belt Railway Co. of Chicago’s main tracks between the Dan Ryan Expressway and Belt Junction.
The prime consultant chosen will work as an extension of UP staff to provide services including, but not limited to, licensed land surveying, title work, appraisals, preparation of plats and legal descriptions, negotiations, settlements and project management, according to a CREATE news release.
The EW2 proposal is due Dec. 1. Selection is expected to be finalized in January 2024.
Interested prime consultants will be required to pre-register here.
A mandatory preproposal webinar-conference call will be held Oct. 20. Detailed webinar information will be provided to those who register.