CTA TO UNVEIL PLANS TO REHABILITATE A PAIR OF BLUE LINE STATIONS
Mayor Rahm Emanuel will join CTA officials Tuesdaymorning to outline plans to rehabilitate two Blue Line stations on the Northwest Side.
The modernization and restoration of the Belmont and Jefferson Park stations will be the largest such efforts of the CTA’s Your New Blue program, according to CTA spokesman Brian Steele. The $ 492 million project aims to rehabilitate 14 stations on the O’Hare Branch of the Blue Line.
“These two projects are just the latest in the largest comprehensive investment in the Blue Line since it was extended to O’Hare in 1984,” Steele said.
The Belmont station’s $ 17 million rehab includes plans to upgrade the bus turnaround area and create a striking canopy over the station entrance, said Steele.
The Jefferson Park station will undergo $ 25 million in improvements. Those include significant upgrades to the bus terminal area, stationhouse and platform.