Maryland Transit to begin construction on Edgewood MARC station

The Maryland Transit Administration will soon begin construction of a new MARC Train Station in Edgewood. The contract for construction has received approval from the Board of Public Works. The new station will provide a permanent facility at a key location on the MARC Train Penn Line near the Aberdeen Proving Ground, a critical component in the Base Realignment and Closure process. "This investment is yet another sign of our full commitment to BRAC in Maryland," Governor Martin O'Malley. "Public transportation will play a vital role in the Aberdeen BRAC Zone and this new MARC Train station will help ensure that BRAC growth is smart growth." The $4.3 million dollar project will include a new station with bathroom facilities, ticket vending machines, two ADA accessible ramps from the existing platforms to the existing underpass on Edgewood Road (MD 755); retaining walls to support the accessible ramps; a new platform shelter located adjacent to the northbound platform; full-depth pavement reconstruction at portions of the existing parking lot and Old Edgewood Road and miscellaneous civil/site work, including parking lot paving, drainage, storm water management, signing, pavement markings, rehabilitation of the existing concrete stairs, replacement of the existing railing along the west side of Edgewood Road (MD 755), landscaping and other aesthetic improvements. Phase one of the project included demolition of the Old Post Office Building, platform rehabilitation work and additional parking and storm water management. Phase two is expected to be completed in early 2013. The project is 60 percent federally funded.