Hazel Crest Metra station renovation complete
Metra and Hazel Crest officials dedicate the newly renovated Hazel Crest Station facility on the Metra Electric Line at a ceremony Thursday.
With the completion of the $3.5 million project, funded through the State of Illinois Bond Program, the station is now fully compliant with the accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The facility features a new street-level depot complete with vendor space, a waiting area and restrooms. The project also included rehabilitation of the station’s north and south head houses as well as the stairways leading to the platform. The platform warming shelters were also renewed.
“The new station offers our passengers a much more welcoming gateway to the Hazel Crest community with facilities that will better serve our existing riders and attract new ones,” Metra CEO/Executive Director JimDerwinski said.
“It has been a long journey in completing theHazel Crest Metra Station, so we are happy to be standing here today upon completion of this beautiful facility,” said Village President Vernard L. Alsberry, Jr. “This is such a bright spot in a year of the COVID-19 pandemic and other events that have been difficult for the Village of Hazel Crest and the Southland.”
At 22.3 miles from Chicago’s Millennium Station, the Hazel Crest Station serves approximately 261 daily customers.
The station project was designed by Legat Architects, Inc. of Chicago and constructionwork was performed byBowaGroup, Inc. of Chicago. For the project, the Bowa Group Inc. committed to ensuring that20% of the contracted work was performed by disadvantaged business enterprise firms.