Valley Metro Northwest Light Rail Extension

The Northwest Phase II Light Rail Extension project is a 1.55-mile northwestern extension of the existing Valley Metro light rail line from its current terminus at Dunlap and 19th Avenues to Metrocenter on the western side of Interstate 17 (I-17).

Wendel is the designer for three planned stations along the route: 1) at Dunlap and 25th Avenues, 2) just south of the intersection of Mountain View Road and 25th Avenue and north of the Arizona Canal Diversion Channel, and 3) at Metrocenter near W Cheryl Drive. The platforms are 280 feet long to accommodate up to three-car trains.

The light rail stations include such amenities as seating, low-water landscaping, unobtrusive shade, trash receptacles, static and dynamic signs and ticket vending and validation machines.

Wendel is also responsible for the design and safety involved in the on-site intermodal connectivity. Access to and from adjacent streets will be provided by the appropriate passenger circulation elements such as platforms, sidewalks, ramps and stairs. The Metrocenter aerial station will also include escalators and elevators. Seven artists have been commissioned for the Art in Transit program. Wendel aids in the design implementation of their work on the stations.

These tasks are being performed as a subconsultant to Jacobs Engineering.