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AtkinsRéalis Designing New York City Transit Broadway Junction Disability Access Improvements
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n AtkinsRéalis Designing New York City Transit Broadway Junction Disability Access Improvements\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntal{\nTEXT-ALIGN: LEFT\n}\n.prntaj{\nTEXT-ALIGN: JUSTIFY\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n MONTREAL\n \n \n ,\n \n \n June 25, 2024\n \n \n /CNW/ - AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. (TSX: ATRL), a fully integrated professional services and project management company with offices around the world, announces today that the Company will be working for Design-Builder ECCO III Enterprises Inc, who was awarded a 44-month contract to design and build upgrades to the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) Broadway Junction Complex to improve efficiency, enhance user experience and ensure it is optimized in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This is AtkinsRéalis' first design-build project in\n \n New York\n \n (NY) City.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \"We are honored to have been selected to be part of the MTA's efforts to modernize its century-old system to meet the accessibility needs of all its users,\" said\n \n Ian L. Edwards\n \n , President and Chief Executive Officer, AtkinsRéalis. \"Our multi-disciplined design team has the technical excellence combined with the community centric approach required to complete this vital and transformative project.\"\n \n \n About 100,000 transit passengers per day pass through the critical Broadway Junction transfer station at the intersection of five subway lines and six bus routes in\n \n Brooklyn, NY\n \n . Design improvements are focused on upgrading the facilities and enhancing accessibility and service for people with disabilities at the Broadway Junction Complex. Design service include adding seven new elevators to the three subway stations, a first for the complex, replacement of three escalators, adding new ADA compliant staircases, walkways, improved lighting, wayfinding signage, a passenger transfer bridge between a subway station and bus station and a pedestrian bridge enabling transitions between two su...