CTA Selects Contractor for Lawrence to Bryn Mawr Modernization Project
December 12, 2018 | Posted by Justin Weidl
The CTA Board approved a contract for "the largest and costliest construction project in CTA history: the massive $2.1 billion Red and Purple Line modernization."
From the Chicago Tribune:
“The CTA board on Wednesday approved contracts for the largest and costliest construction project in CTA history: the massive $2.1 billion Red and Purple Line modernization
The Red and Purple Line project will rebuild stations, bridges and track along a century-old corridor between Lawrence and Bryn Mawr avenues on the Red Line, the agency’s busiest line, CTA officials said. The construction also will include a controversial bypass that will take Brown Line trains above Red and Purple Line trains north of the busy Belmont station, CTA officials said.
Construction is expected to start in the fall of 2019, with the entire project to be completed in 2025, CTA spokeswoman Tammy Chase said.