CG/LA names Northeast Maglev Top Engineering Project of the Year

The Northeast Maglev, the 311 mph high-speed train project which would connect Washington and Baltimore in 15 minutes and Washington to New York in one hour, has been named North America’s “Top Engineering Project of the Year” by CG/LA Infrastructure, a global leader in infrastructure strategy and project development information and policy development.

The award was announced during CG/LA Infrastructure’s 2020 Infrastructure Project of the Year Awards at the 12th North American Infrastructure Leadership Virtual Forum.

The Infrastructure Project of the Year Awards are presented each year at CG/LA Infrastructure’s Leadership Forum event.  This year’s awards, sponsored by Oracle Construction and Engineering, recognized projects identified as global models across five categories: Job Creation, Sustainability/Green Infrastructure, Finance/Funding, Engineering, and Strategic. After participating in the Leadership Forum’s “Top Rail Projects in America” panel earlier this week, Northeast Maglev was one of three projects nominated for “Engineering Project of the Year.”

Northeast Maglev will bring the world’s fastest ground transportation system – the Superconducting Maglev – to the Northeast Corridor of the United States, beginning with a 36-mile 15 minute trip from Washington to Baltimore, with a stop at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Ultimately, one-hour service from Washington to New York City will be available.

The Northeast Corridor is home to 17 percent of the United States population and 20 percent of United States jobs — all on a land area that represents just 2 percent of the country. Travel between the major cities of the Northeast Corridor is predicted to increase by 115 percent by 2040.

On Oct. 21, Northeast Maglev was named to CG/LA’s 2020 Strategic 100 Top North American Infrastructure projects lists. The listing was based on metrics including jobs created, infrastructure sectors, location and value, as well as qualitative data such as strategic and economic value, local benefit, sustainability and business generation.

The project is under review by federal, state and local agencies as the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Maryland Department of Transportation-Maryland Transit Administration complete an Environmental Impact Statement.