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CTA reports station modernization progress, warns elevator parts obsolescence complicates rehabs
Summary
CTA infrastructure officials updated the committee on Red‑Purple Modernization completions and ongoing station projects, said 16 elevator rehabs are a system‑wide priority and warned parts obsolescence and code upgrades can extend timelines.
Bill Mooney, CTA chief infrastructure officer, told the accessibility advisory committee that the Red‑Purple Modernization program has completed Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn and Bryn Mawr stations and that work is underway at Racine, Austin and State/Lake (the latter closed for a multiyear reconstruction led by CDOT). He said the program is also advancing elevator rehabs and station modernizations across the system as part of the All Stations Accessibility plan.
"Those 16 are very specifically a package of just elevator rehabs," Mooney said, describing the rehabs as "system‑wide" and focused on the elevators with highest use and wear. He told members that elevator replacements often trigger related upgrades—electrical rooms, fire‑safety systems and other code work—because equipment and safety standards have changed since many units were…
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