What you CTA’s Commitment. It’s time CTA requires the contractor to perform the can expect. following to minimize community disruptions: The new structure will be built in halves, 1. Use construction methods and equipment to rebuild Stage A and B, to have as few service that limit impacts disruptions as possible, while minimizing 2. Provide alternative parking to affected our 100-year-old community impacts. residents 3. Prohibit construction workers from using Stage A construction focuses on the east street parking rail system half of the tracks and Stage B on the 4. Maintain two temporary CTA stations We know that any large-scale project of this nature asks a west half. The Pre-Stage work already throughout the life of the project lot from the community. Therefore, we have taken a mindful underway makes systems and track 5. Open a local RPM Outreach Center to approach to construction and are doing what we can to improvements to shift from the current connect with individuals and businesses minimize disruptions and negative impacts. Though this four-track system to a two-track system in project will be worth it when it’s done, we firmly believe that advance of Stage A work. what we do today and along the way is just as important. 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 We get there together. Pre-Stage Stage A Stage B FOSTER AVE THORNDALE AVE GRANVILLE AVE DEVON AVE MONTROSE AVE IRVING PARK RD PRATT BLVD BRYN MAWR AVEBRYN LAWRENCE AVE ST. BONIFACE
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BROADWAY LAKE MICHIGAN Pre-Stage: 2019-2020 To completetheLawrencetoBrynMawr • • • • Work Includes: impacts. be maintained,whileminimizingcommunity Stage B). This approachallows railserviceto the newstructureinhalves(Stage A and service disruptionsaspossible,CTA willbuild Modernization (LBMM)workwithasfewCTA Ave. andThorndale Ave.: Interlockings ontracksatMontrose construction. trains tocontinuerunduring Stage A modifications willbemade, allowing Station and Addison Station: Signal modificationsbetween Loyola before Stage A constructioncanbegin. walls belowCTA tracks willberepaired and Leland Ave.: Wall repairsbetween Ardmore Ave. construction. Stage A be builttomaintainstationaccessduring Argyle Stations: Temporary stationsatBrynMawr and safely mergeovertwotracks. track interlockings,whichallowstrainsto Temporary stationswill 90-year oldretaining Installationof Signal
Street and Alley Closures • • • Street Closures closures duringPre-Stagework. There willbealley, streetandparking Street and Alley Closures rush periods. ends Mondaymorningstoavoidweekday generally beginsFridayeveningsand impacts toCTA customers.Weekend work takes placeatthesetimestominimize by-passing certainstations. This work work, whichincludesreroutingtrainsand There willbeweekendandovernight Impacts Ave. and Thorndale Ave.Thorndale and Ave. on crossstreetsbetween Montrose removal andlaneclosures willoccur Other intermittentstreetparking and Broadway) Ave.Winthrop (between Ave.Ardmore Ave. andClifton Ave.) Montrose Ave. (betweenKenmore work willoftentakeplace onweekendsandovernight. in onedirection. To minimizeimpacts toCTA customers, so certainstationsmayneed tobeclosedorbypassed Pre-Stage constructionrequirestrainstobererouted, Service Impacts lights atbothstreetandtracklevel. There willbeconstruction-relatednoiseandnighttime Noise andNighttimeLights • • • • following alleyswillneedtobeclosedintermittently: install signalhousesandbuildtemporaryplatforms,the To repairretainingwalls,installtracklevelrailings, Alley Closures Ave. andBuena Ave.) Alley westofKenmore Ave. (between Montrose Ave.)Montrose and Alley westofBroadway(betweenSunnyside Ave. Ave.)to Ardmore Ave.Thorndale (from Alley eastofCTA tracks Ave.)Leland to Ave.Thorndale (from Alleys westofCTA tracks Temporary Stations Temporary stationswillopenwhenStage A begins. Bryn Mawrbegins. Construction oftemporarystationson Argyle and Please notethat datesaresubjecttochange. transitchicago.com/alerts Sign uptoreceiveservicealerts: transitchicago.com/rpmalerts Sign uptoreceiveprojectalerts: 5137 N.Broadway(Spring2020) RPM OutreachCenter: Resources: LBMM Potential Stage A Alternative Parking
Construction A 1100 Block of West Hollywood Ave. Late 2020 - 2022 B 5400 Block of North Winthrop Ave. C 5300 Block of North Broadway D 5000 Block of North Winthrop Ave.
Southbound E 5 00 Block of North Broadway Entrance E Stage B F 1100 Block of West Foster Ave. G Northbound Construction 5000 Block of North Broadway Entrance G G Entrance H 1100 Block of West Lawrence Ave. H F C G A 2022 - 2024 Parking locations are subject to change. B C B A D E H D Closed Stations Station Access F with no temporary stations Stage A Construction Lawrence and Berwyn Argyle Temporary Station
RPM Outreach Bryn Mawr Temporary Station Center 5137 N. Broadway Temporary stations will move in Stage B. Stage A: Late 2020-2022 Please notethatdatesaresubject tochange. • • • • • • • Work includes however, ridesmaytakelonger. will continuethroughconstruction; northbound tracks.CTA railservice track structurewillbebuiltforthe current southboundtracks). The new from 4tracksonto2(the services ontheRedandPurpleLine, Stage A willcombineCTA’s current equipment Assembly ofgantryconstruction Excavation ofconstructionramps retaining walls Partial demolitionofexisting Demolition ofexistingviaducts and BerwynStations Demolition ofexistingLawrence and BrynMawrStations Partial demolitionofexisting Argyle shaft foundationsandcolumns) Track structureconstruction(drilled :
Street & Alley Closures mornings): closures (fromFridayeveningstoMonday and Broadway The followingstreetsbetween Weekend Closures weekends the busiestbusinessdays. mornings) inordertominimize impactsduring weekday periods(Monday eveningsto Thursday Broadway Argyle St.between Based onbusinessandcommunity feedback, Weekday Closures • • • • • • to facilitateconstruction: and Broadway The followingstreetsbetween Street Closures Leland Ave.Leland Ave.Lawrence Foster Ave. Ave.Balmoral Ave.Catalpa Ave.Ardmore will experienceperiodicclosures on willexperienceperiodicweekend will experienceextendedclosures Winthrop Ave. and • • • • • Berwyn Ave.Berwyn Mawr Ave. Bryn Ave.Hollywood Winthrop Ave. Winthrop Ave. Ainslie Ave.Ainslie Winona St. • • • Services Impacts Thorndale Ave. andLeland Ave., willexperienceclosures. Alleys servingblocksoneastsideofthetracks,between Daily andExtended Alley Closures daily closures. The alleyimmediatelywestoftheCTA tracks willexperience foundation andretainingwall)isbuilt. extended closureswhilethenewtrackstructure(includingits Alleys immediatelyeastoftheCTA trackswillexperience Alley Closures are expectedduringStage A. on portionsofcrossstreetslocatedunderthetrackstructure In additiontothespecificstreetclosuresnoted,lane Anticipate longertrips Bus reroutes Station closures
Station Closures Station (3blocksnorth). south) ortheBrynMawr Temporary Argyle Temporary Station(3blocks Riders canaccessthetrainat Berwyn -Closed blocks north). the Argyle Temporary Station(2 Wilson Station(2blockssouth)or Riders canaccessthetrainat Lawrence -Closed Late 2020-2024 Stage A: Argyle Temporary Station
Construction of temporary station on Argyle begins as part of the Pre-Stage work. Both north and southbound riders enter here During Stage A, riders will enter through the new temporary station entrance, which Existing Argyle Station entrance to close will be located in the storefront immediately west of the existing station.
Temporary station will open when Stage A begins, and location will move in Stage B. Temporary Stations Temporary Stage A: Northbound platform Northbound riders Bryn Mawr enter here Temporary Station
Construction of temporary station Bryn Mawr Ave. on Bryn Mawr begins as part of the Pre-Stage work.
During Stage A, southbound riders will enter at the new Bryn Mawr Temporary Station entrance on North Broadway, north of Bryn Mawr Avenue. Northbound riders will enter through the existing station Southbound platform entrance on Bryn Mawr Avenue. Broadway Temporary station will open when Stage A begins, and location will Southbound riders move in Stage B. enter here Temporary Stations Temporary Stage B will require shutting down the existing southbound Red and Purple Line tracks and moving all trains onto the new northbound track structure built in Stage A.
Stage B work will result in the temporary Argyle Station moving and Bryn Mawr Station becoming southbound only. Both stations will have new platforms and tracks. Sign up CTA rail service will continue throughout Late 2022 - 2024 construction, but there will be service impacts to receive including: project alerts: • Station closures • Bus reroutes transitchicago.com/rpmalerts • Anticipated longer trips
Further details will be provided as we get closer. Stage B: