Quote Originally Posted by stinkytofu View Post
Just to be clear - the same person I heard this from...who is VERY in the know on M1...said everything is progressing well. I was a little surprised about spring myself, but there was nothing at all said that would lead me to believe the project was in trouble whatsoever.
I agree, and the best way to pin down the timing is to view what has actually taken place. The pre-bid meeting with potential subcontractors was held on November 18, which is just fourteen days ago. Then DDOT modified its downtown bus stop locations, temporarily, so the buses don't interfere with construction when it begins. On November 26, M1 Rail announced that Stacy and Whitbeck had moved people into office space at White Construction.

M1 Rail itself, on its web site, says "construction activities in the area south of Adams to Larned are expected to begin before the end of the year". This was in a message put up on the site on the 13th of November, so this is not an early-in-the-year guess at it.