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5/28/2020
The Orange County Transportation Authority's (OCTA) board last week awarded a $45 million to Herzog Transit Services Inc. to operate and maintain the planned OC Streetcar light-rail system in California.
Herzog will provide operation and maintenance services over a 17-month pre-revenue service period, with an initial five-year revenue-operations term and two, two-year options.
The OC Streetcar will operate on a 4.1-mile route through Santa Ana and Garden Grove. It is scheduled to begin testing and operations in 2022.
Herzog was selected from among three qualified bidders. The company has experience with the Siemens S700, the streetcar vehicle that will run on the OC Streetcar line, OCTA officials said in a press release.
The streetcar project is funded through federal and state dollars, as well as from Measure M, Orange County’s half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements.