Rae Arora talks about important things about construction
According to a press release from the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), the work planned this weekend for the southbound Red Line service located at Argyle and Lawrence stops have been officially postponed for a later day.
So far the CTA has not announced an official date for when the work will be scheduled for. They have also announced that information will be distributed when it is available.
As of right now, the Southbound Red Line service will operate on time at Argyle and Lawrence stops.
«I take the «L» every day and construction on the track can lead to heavy delays. The longest I have had to wait on the train is 30 minutes. I was extremely late for work, but there is just nothing you can do. Most of the construction is to clean up the stops and make them look better. Most of the tracks need to redone too. All I can say is that at least everything is still up and running, with or without the construction. A lot of people would be out of luck if the «L» did not run,» said CTA user Bret Harris.
On Friday July 20th, CTA officially announced that it was the slow zone work planned for this weekend that would be postponed. This construction work would have closed the two popular stops/stations until 6 am on Sunday. As previously stated, no date for the rescheduled work has been announced.
«The Red Line is the line that drops off tons of Cub fans at Wrigley Field at the Addison stop. I'm sure that closing the Argyle and Lawrence stops would have been bad for a lot of Saturday commuters,» said CTA rider E. Brown.
However, although the Red Line's Argyle and Lawrence stops are open, construction will still go on at the O'Hare branch of the Blue Line between the Western/Milwaukee stops and Clark/Lake stops until 1 a.m. on Monday.
«The Blue Line currently has some of the worst construction I've seen. Another problem is that it's extremely busy with people going to and from the airport. Stations are packed. The «L» cars are packed. And when you have to wait, people just get frustrated. I know the construction is for the better, but you still have to deal with all the problems,» said CTA rider Tanya Banks.
CTA has organized buses to stop at Western, Damen, Division, Chicago, Grand, Clark/Lake, Washington, Monroe and Jackson for the time being.