NewFlyerMCI Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 Ground has broken! Expected to be completed sometime in 2021 https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-biz-cta-damen-green-line-station-20190503-story.html https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/7/9/17548886/construction-green-line-damen-stop-perkins-will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rl12383 Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Looks Like CDOT, is finally going to begin construction of the Damen Green line Station. The construction contract is currently out for bid: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dps/provdrs/contract/svcs/current_bid_opportunities.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 4:39 PM, rl12383 said: Looks Like CDOT, is finally going to begin construction of the Damen Green line Station. The construction contract is currently out for bid: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dps/provdrs/contract/svcs/current_bid_opportunities.html Expand Wow 2 years to go to bid??? Thought this was the city that works!! Lol!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted January 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 4:39 PM, rl12383 said: Looks Like CDOT, is finally going to begin construction of the Damen Green line Station. The construction contract is currently out for bid: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dps/provdrs/contract/svcs/current_bid_opportunities.html Expand I was wondering what was going on here, I was wondering where the construction was when I took the green line over the summer. Why is CDOT handling bid requests and not CTA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 4:39 PM, rl12383 said: Looks Like CDOT, is finally going to begin construction of the Damen Green line Station. The construction contract is currently out for bid: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dps/provdrs/contract/svcs/current_bid_opportunities.html Expand I thought when the project was first announced, 2021 would be the year the station opened, not the year the project would be put out for bid. I know preliminary work was done upon Lake St at Damen that caused a reroute of the 50 but hoping ago was that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoNova Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 8:23 PM, artthouwill said: I thought when the project was first announced, 2021 would be the year the station opened, not the year the project would be put out for bid. I know preliminary work was done upon Lake St at Damen that caused a reroute of the 59, but hoping ago was that? Expand I think you mean 50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 8:23 PM, artthouwill said: I thought when the project was first announced, 2021 would be the year the station opened, not the year the project would be put out for bid. I know preliminary work was done upon Lake St at Damen that caused a reroute of the 50, but hoping ago was that? Expand I think they might leave Damen avenue open without rerouting unless there is big work where the buses will have to be diverted as follows: Damen - Fulton - Western - Madison - Damen going south and Damen - Madison - Western - Fulton - Damen for north. I am not sure yet but depending on this I think there would be shuttles for weekend closures too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 On 1/28/2021 at 4:20 AM, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: I think they might leave Damen avenue open without rerouting unless there is big work where the buses will have to be diverted as follows: Damen - Fulton - Western - Madison - Damen going south and Damen - Madison - Western - Fulton - Damen for north. I am not sure yet but depending on this I think there would be shuttles for weekend closures too Expand If memory serves, the reroute during that initial preliminary work was Grand-Western-Madison because of all the factories and other industrial buildings on Fulton making it too heavy with truck traffic to send buses that way. So if they have to do reroutes again, they likely will choose Grand over Fulton for those reroutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted January 29, 2021 Report Share Posted January 29, 2021 On 1/29/2021 at 12:34 AM, jajuan said: If memory serves, the reroute during that initial preliminary work was Grand-Western-Madison because of all the factories and other industrial buildings on Fulton making it too heavy with truck traffic to send buses that way. So if they have to do reroutes again, they likely will choose Grand over Fulton for those reroutes. Expand Oh ok ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownLineTrainToTheLoop Posted March 18, 2021 Report Share Posted March 18, 2021 I honestly can't wait for it. Seeing how the Cermak - McCormick Place station turned out back in 2015, i think the new Damen will look amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted March 19, 2021 Report Share Posted March 19, 2021 aft On 3/18/2021 at 3:04 PM, BrownLineTrainToTheLoop said: I honestly can't wait for it. Seeing how the Cermak - McCormick Place station turned out back in 2015, i think the new Damen will look amazing! Expand Yep-but one thing I noticed was after the Brown Line station renovations, the stairs started rusting after 10 years and now it looks like the stairs are at least 30 years old since they rusted so fast. Hopefully the rusting won't happen as fast as it did for the brown line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted October 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 https://chi.streetsblog.org/2021/10/01/at-last-the-city-has-inked-a-contract-for-damen-line-green-stop-construction-with-paschen/ Bid has finally been awarded. Station completion expected late 2023. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaBusFan Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 On 10/7/2021 at 2:24 PM, NewFlyerMCI said: https://chi.streetsblog.org/2021/10/01/at-last-the-city-has-inked-a-contract-for-damen-line-green-stop-construction-with-paschen/ Bid has finally been awarded. Station completion expected late 2023. Expand Thank goodness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 On 10/7/2021 at 2:24 PM, NewFlyerMCI said: https://chi.streetsblog.org/2021/10/01/at-last-the-city-has-inked-a-contract-for-damen-line-green-stop-construction-with-paschen/ Bid has finally been awarded. Station completion expected late 2023. Expand I have always favored a Pink Line United Center station, but at least this station would be the closest to the United Center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted October 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 On 10/7/2021 at 6:39 PM, artthouwill said: I have always favored a Pink Line United Center station, but at least this station would be the closest to the United Center. Expand Honestly, there’s no reason they can’t do Madison Pink Line as the next infill station, especially if the west loop area continues its expansion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.NewFlyer1051 Posted October 8, 2021 Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 On 10/8/2021 at 12:32 AM, NewFlyerMCI said: Honestly, there’s no reason they can’t do Madison Pink Line as the next infill station, especially if the west loop area continues its expansion Expand they have plenty of space for a station right there after polk jus a little past that curve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaBusFan Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 10/7/2021 at 6:39 PM, artthouwill said: I have always favored a Pink Line United Center station, but at least this station would be the closest to the United Center. Expand I was wondering that too. That’ll be a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 On 10/11/2021 at 12:27 AM, NovaBusFan said: I was wondering that too. That’ll be a good idea. Expand I thought Ashland was the closest I always used that when I went to united center Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted October 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 On 10/13/2021 at 2:55 PM, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: I thought Ashland was the closest I always used that when I went to united center Expand IMD is closer by about 5 mins walking, and if there was a straighter path over I-290, Polk would be equidistant with or slightly less than Ashland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rl12383 Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Anyone been out there to see if they are beginning to prepare for construction yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus1883 Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 On 12/22/2021 at 3:30 PM, rl12383 said: Anyone been out there to see if they are beginning to prepare for construction yet? Expand I have no clue hopefully some materials are already on the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rl12383 Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 On 3/25/2022 at 4:48 PM, Bus1883 said: I have no clue hopefully some materials are already on the table. Expand This may help: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted May 16, 2022 Report Share Posted May 16, 2022 On 3/25/2022 at 7:07 PM, rl12383 said: This may help: Expand I wonder if they finally got the permit issue worked out now that we're presently at mid-May of 2022. As is, it's already been three years since initial work was done to prepare for the actual station construction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rl12383 Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 The ADA Advisory committee had an update on the Damen Green line station. From the recording, building permits are in process and expected any day. As soon as permits are granted, construction should begin (according to CDOT). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 Chicago Tribune article reports that the Damen Green Line station will open in 2024. Thought it would be an interesting update for our members just in case no one has yet seen or heard it from the Trib, other outlets or CTA itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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