Metra to Hold Public Meeting on Construction

There will be a public forum to discuss plans for the upcoming construction to the Union Pacific-North Metra line on March 29 at Bethany Retirement Community, 4950 N. Ashland, at 7 p.m. Metra announced last week that construction to replace 22 bridges on the UP-N line would resume in April. The full construction project...

Metra Construction Will Resume in April

Construction on the Union Pacific North Metra line will resume in April, but Metra officials say the train schedule will not change this time. Metra spokesman Michael Gillis said two tracks will remain in operation during construction, adding $42.4 million to the cost of the project. “When we tried the single-track operation last summer,...

Construction of New Ravenswood Metra Platform Could Start in 2010

Given the highly changeable nature of Metra news recently, this post could be moot in a matter of days. But as of today, a Metra spokesperson indicated that the new platform construction project could start this year, despite the recent announcement that the larger bridge construction project has been delayed until next year. At...

The New Platform at the Ravenswood Metra Station

What Does Metra’s Bridge Project Mean for Trucks in the Neighborhood?

Metra is about to undertake a project on the Union Pacific North Line to replace 22 bridges that are nearly 100 years old and build a new station at Ravenswood and Lawrence avenues. The station project has attracted most of the attention, including a lot of controversy over its exact location. But there’s another...

Metra Open House Draws a Crowd

The auditorium at Bethany Retirement Center (4950 N. Ashland) was packed this past Tuesday for a Metra Infrastructure Project open house. Residents viewed plans for bridge and retaining wall construction on the Union Pacific North line, a $185 million project that starts this month and is expected to wrap up at the end of...

Metra Scraps Plan to Move Ravenswood Metra Station

Local residents who opposed Metra’s plan to relocate the Ravenswood Metra Station north of Lawrence Avenue (from its current location south of Lawrence) have had their concerns heard. As first reported by the Chicago Tribune, Metra and Ald. Schulter (47th) have decided not to move the station across the street into a more residential...

Metra Releases Revised UP-N Schedule, Reviews Plans for Ravenswood Station

On July 16 Metra released changes to the train schedule for the Union Pacific North line. A total of 22 bridges along the line are being rebuilt in a massive construction project that begins next month and is expected to be completed at the end of 2018. The revised schedule, which goes into effect...

Details Unveiled for Lawrence Avenue Streetscape

Lawrence Avenue is yet another street in the 47th Ward that will undergo a major facelift (as previously reported), and now more details of the project have emerged. Starting next spring, the Chicago Department of Transportation will transform the section of Lawrence between Western and Ashland avenues into a three-lane street, with one lane...

Residents React to Plans for New Ravenswood Metra Station

Last night residents of the 47th Ward gathered at Bethany Retirement Community to review plans for the new Metra station to be located north of Lawrence Avenue on Ravenswood. Work on the federally funded $80-million project will begin this fall and is expected to wrap up by the end of 2014. It’s part of...