CTA reopens $25.6M renovated Green Line station with more accessibility

(The Center Square) – A stop on the Chicago L’s Green Line reopened Friday following a $25.6 million station renovation. The new renovation is part of the Chicago Transit Authority’s All Stations Accessibility program.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, alongside Gov. J.B. Pritzker cut a ribbon to mark the opening of the Green Line’s Austin Boulevard stop, the 110th station now considered accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Thirty-six rail stations on the CTA’s network remain on the city’s long-term list of remodels under the accessibility program, which targets to have all stations upgraded by 2038.

The Austin station remodel was primarily funded through the federal government’s Surface Transportation Program to the tune of $20.3 million.

Pritzker said the station, first opened in 1899, hadn’t received the “the investment needed to maintain it.”

“Thanks to a combined effort between the city, the state, and the federal government The Austin Green L...