ORLANDO, FL - COVID-19 is not slowing down Virgin Trains. The South Florida to Orlando railway is moving full speed ahead.
“We’re proceeding and proceeding on schedule,” said Michael Cegelis, Virgin Trains Executive Vice President Rail Infrastructure. “We’ve been able to absorb the impact so far, with the impacts being change in work procedures, change in cleaning procedures, sanitation, change in social distancing.”
“Our linear type of construction, building a 168-mile railroad, means that by nature, the workforce is more spread out than they would be, in building a building,” said Cegelis.
Executive Vice President Rail Infrastructure Michael Cegelis said that the pandemic has actually helped with finding labor.
“Because of the shutdown of other construction projects in the region, more work crews have been available, so we’re seeing our contractors be able to relocate crews from projects that have stopped, onto our project,” said Cegelis.
750 workers are building the 168-mile railroad. Virgin reports that the project is about 30 percent complete.
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