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CTA set to launch “Red Ahead” initiative
Last Wednesday’s Construction and CTA meeting at the Broadway Armory featured comprehensive details on the CTA’s maintenance and modernization project for the Red Line, dubbed “Red Ahead.” The project...
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Granville closure delayed to June 1
Granville. Credit: Jeremy Bressman The CTA has pushed back the temporary closure of the Granville CTA Red Line station to June 1st due to delays in getting track materials. As part of the “Red Ahead”...
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Granville Stop Gets a Facelift
Granville Red Line Stop. Credit: CTA The Granville Red Line ‘El’ station was the first of the Edgewater stops to complete it’s renovation as part of the CTA’s Red Ahead program. The Red Ahead program...
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Big CTA work this weekend: What to expect
Eroded viaduct at Berwyn. Credit: Patrick Barry It’s going to be a busy weekend for CTA repairs as streets close at Thorndale, Berwyn and Argyle to allow crews to work on the viaducts and tracks. All...
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Stand by for action at Argyle, Thorndale stations
All that stone means big track work is coming. Credit: Patrick Barry Those giant piles of stone ballast and stinky bundles of rail ties that arrived on Thorndale and Argyle today, near the CTA...
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CTA Expands North Red Station Project
CTA work at Berwyn last weekend. Credit: Jeremy Bressman The Chicago Transit Authority has announced $15M of additional work for the current North Red Line station improvement project, which is part...
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Next stop (to close), Thorndale
The Thorndale Red Line stop will be the next to close as part of the CTA’s Red North Station Interim Improvement project, a part of the larger Red Ahead initiative to revitalize the city’s most popular...
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More CTA Updates; Berwyn Ave Closed, Argyle & Thorndale
Viaduct work at Berwyn. Credit: Jeremy Bressman Besides last week’s closure of the Thorndale Red Line station, the CTA is hard at work in and around the neighborhood at other stops as part of the Red...
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Weekend CTA Updates & Community Meeting
Lately writing about what’s going on with CTA in Edgewater has become a full time job, trying to keep our readership up to date with the ever changing updates on station and street closures. But we’re...
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Bigger stationhouses, but more street closures, too
This column at Argyle can be reconstructed. Others are so eroded that they must be replaced. (Photo by Patrick Barry) There was good news and bad on Monday night as CTA officials and 48th Ward...
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CTA Public Art Community Meeting Tonight
"Space Junction of Energy" by Jerald Jacquard (at the Belmont stop). Credit: chicago-outdoor-sculptures.blogspot.com It’t not hard to see that the CTA’s Red Ahead initiative is well underway in...
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Next stop, Berwyn…doors close for six weeks at Berwyn
Eroded viaduct at Berwyn. Credit: Patrick Barry (www.ctastationwatch.com) The next Edgewater Red Line station to close for an overhaul is Berwyn, which is slated to close tonight at midnight for six...
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Berwyn Station reopens over the weekend
Berwyn Station. Credit: Jeremy Bressman A cleaner, brighter Berwyn Red Line station reopened Friday evening after being closed six weeks for much-needed improvements as part of the CTA’s $86 million...
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This weekend: road closures on Sheridan and Rosemont, Lawrence reopens
Road Closed. Credit: Zahlm / Flickr Drivers beware, a portion of the already traffic heavy Sheridan Road will be closed this weekend for CTA viaduct work. According to an alert from Alderman...
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