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URS provides services for light rail transit project in Virginia

URS Corporation, under a subcontract with Parsons Brinckerhoff, will provide final design services to the Hampton Roads Transit Authority for the Norfolk light rail transit project in Norfolk, Virginia. The contract includes a three-year base period and an additional two-year option period. The five-year contract has a maximum value of $10 million to URS. As part of the project, URS will provide final design services for a 7.4-mile light rail line in the City of Norfolk, followed by engineering support services for the fabrication and installation of the rail system and construction inspection services.

In addition, URS may perform corridor extension and environmental impact studies and preliminary engineering design for potential future extensions of the rail line to additional locations within the Hampton Roads Transit Authority's service district.



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