| Wong was responsible for systems design
and construction management of the $120 million Muni Metro Turnback
(MMT) LRT Project. The MMT extends Muni Metro Light Rail Transit
Line underground approximately one mile from Embarcadero Station
to a tunnel portal connecting to the Mission Bay surface line.
The MMT Project includes 800 ft of bored tunnel, cut-and-cover
structure, and an extensive underground turnback complex with
two pocket tracks. The MMT improves turnback operations, reduces
headways, and provides underground train storage, thus enabling
Muni to significantly increase system capacity.
The MMT systems include traction power distribution and overhead
contact system, gap breaker stations, train control, communications,
and tunnel ventilation fans with associated electrical power distribution
and control systems. A CCTV system enables monitoring of the tunnel
portal and operations within the Turnback structure. The tunnel
ventilation system consists of a new ventilation structure with
three 450 hp fans, additional ventilation fans at Embarcadero
Station, and a microprocessor-based fan control system.
An essential part of the Project is the installation of a new
fiber optic communications backbone system extending 6 miles in
existing underground tunnels from the MMT to Muni Central Control.
Modifications at Central Control provide for monitoring and control
of the MMT ventilation fans, communications, train control, and
communications systems. |