TriMet News: (VIDEO) TriMet’s ‘A Better Red’ project passes construction milestone on way toward major MAX improvements in 2024

More than a year and four months after TriMet’s A Better Red MAX Extension and Reliability Project broke ground, construction has reached a major milestone. The project has surpassed 50% of its completion, entering the back half of its work on schedule and on budget. Thanks to the project, nearly $100 million in federal funds are being brought to the Portland metro area, creating and supporting jobs for the entire region. With construction set to conclude in 2024 ahead of its opening that same year, Better Red is TriMet’s most significant light rail construction project since the MAX Orange Line opened in 2015. In part, the project will extend the MAX Red Line west to serve 10 more stations in Beaverton and Hillsboro.

But the project aims to do even more by improving the flow of train traffic. The addition of a second track near the Gateway Transit Center and Portland International Airport, along with a new station dedicated to westbound MAX Red Line service—called Gateway North, located about 500 feet north of the existing transit center— will improve schedule reliability for the entire MAX system. More.