Metra opens expanded Elburn, Ill., parking lot
Written by jrood
Metra officials, U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, Elburn, Ill., Village President Dave Anderson and other community leaders marked the opening of expanded parking facilities at the Elburn Station on Metra's Union Pacific West Line during a dedication ceremony in Elburn Jan. 11.
The project added 329
spaces to the 300 spaces that already existed at the Elburn Station. Spaces in
the lot are available for a daily fee of $1.25. The project also included the
construction of two new stairways to the platforms. A bus bay and landscaping
will be completed in the spring.
The $1.1-million project
was funded through $1 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009, better known as the federal stimulus program, and $100,000 from the
village of Elburn, which covered the cost to install eight electronic payment
boxes. Construction provided 15 full-time jobs for the contractor, Chicagoland
Paving Contractors Inc. of Lake Zurich.
Metra is receiving $140.9
million as its share of stimulus dollars. Other Metra projects that are being
funded with these dollars include locomotive remanufacturing, bridge
replacements and station additions and renovations.
