L.K. Comstock, an electrical contractor, was awarded a $98 million contract by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to modernize the signal system on the Kings Highway Interlocking in Brooklyn, N.Y. Work on the project will take approximately 55 months and is expected to be completed in the spring of 2021.
Under the contract, L.K. Comstock will install the upgraded signal system and CBTC (communications-based train control) –ready equipment. RailWorks Transit will perform related track and civil work. L.K. Comstock and RailWorks Transit are subsidiaries of RailWorks Corporation.
L.K. Comstock will design, furnish and install the CBTC-ready signal equipment. The company will also test and place the equipment into service. The work will include communications for the signal complex and new dispatchers office, including train dispatch, train identification, closed-circuit television (CCTV) and fire alarm systems. The Kings Highway Interlocking will be controlled from the Church Avenue Master Signal Tower.
RailWorks Transit's will be responsible for completing the track work with a new special work portion, and constructing a new one-story relay room, CBTC and other equipment rooms, and rehabilitating other existing rooms. They also will install related plumbing, HVAC and fire suppression systems. The new relay room will be constructed over the existing three-track elevated railroad structure and will be supported on new foundations, columns and structural truss framework.