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#1 CNJRoss

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Posted 26 May 2017 - 07:43 PM

Metra news release:

 
Metra Board approves $3 million contract to renovate Hazel Crest Station  
 
(May 24, 2017) - The Metra Board of Directors today approved a $3 million contract to renovate the Hazel Crest Station on the Metra Electric Line.

 

The Bowa Group Inc. of Chicago was the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for the contracted work, which will include construction of a new street-level depot complete with vendor space and restrooms, as well as the replacement of the station’s stairways. The project will also include the addition of an elevator on the north end of the station, which will make the station fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Bowa Group Inc. has committed to ensuring that 20 percent of the contracted work will be performed by disadvantaged business enterprise firms.

 

“This is a crucial step in one of the most significant station renovation projects in Metra’s 2017 construction program,” said Metra Executive Director/CEO Don Orseno. “We look forward to giving customers an updated station that will serve as a welcoming gateway to the community for years to come.” 

 

The Hazel Crest Station, at Park Avenue and 170th Street, serves more than 330 customers each weekday. The work, which is being funded by Metra’s share of proceeds from the state bond program, will begin this summer and take about one year to complete. The station will remain open during construction.

 

“The village of Hazel Crest is pleased to hear Metra is moving forward on the renovation of the Hazel Crest Station,” said Hazel Crest Village President Vernard L. Alsberry Jr. “The new station will be a part of the overall redevelopment of the east part of our community and a flagship station for the Southland.” 

 

The $3 million Hazel Crest Station renovation project is part of Metra’s 2017 construction program, which includes approximately $216 million in infrastructure improvements to 29 stations, 21 bridges and 29 road crossings and the replacement of 57,000 railroad ties to ensure safe and reliable service and maintain a state of good repair systemwide.

 

 

 



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Posted 21 August 2020 - 12:56 PM

Progressive Railroading, 8/21/20

 
Metra updates Hazel Crest Station

 

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Hazel Crest Station is now fully compliant with federal accessibility requirements. Photo – Village of Hazel Crest Facebook

 

Metra yesterday announced it has completed renovations on Hazel Crest Station on the Metra Electric commuter-rail line in Chicago.

 

The station is now fully compliant with the accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and features a new street-level depot, a waiting area and a restroom, Metra officials said in a press release.

 

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Posted 21 August 2020 - 12:58 PM

Metra news release

 
Metra and Hazel Crest celebrate completion of Hazel Crest Station project

 

 
(August 20, 2020) - Metra officials joined with the Village of Hazel Crest today to dedicate the newly renovated Hazel Crest Station facility on the Metra Electric Line.

 

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 (ADA). 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,” said Metra CEO/Executive Director Jim Derwinski.

 

“It has been a long journey in completing the Hazel 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.”

 

“I would like to thank the Village of Hazel Crest Board of Trustees and Clerks, both in the past and the present, the Metra Board, and the construction teams for making this day possible,” Alsberry continued. “I would also like to thank the riders for being patient with all of us.”

 

Located 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 construction work was performed by Bowa Group, Inc. of Chicago. For the project, the Bowa Group Inc. committed to ensuring that 20 percent of the contracted work was performed by disadvantaged business enterprise firms.

 






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