Brown Line Work Delayed; Dates Emerge
By vouchey in News on May 13, 2005 4:59PM
Scooping the Trib, the Sun Times reports today that the CTA planned on beginning Brown Line construction this month, but because of delays in procuring property adjacent to the stations, will not begin work until September.
Chicagoist has dealings with CTA now and then, and knows it recently restructured its real estate department. In recent months a number of staff have been moved out, and at least one department general manager has been changed. While it's hard to say if the staff shuffles are the cause of purchasing delays, they probably don't help.
Using information gleaned from today's Sun Times report, along with a schedule posted by CTA a few months ago, here's the closure schedule Chicagoist expects:
| Reported Contruction/ Closure Begin Date | Stop | Expected Opening |
| Mid-August 2005 | Belmont | No closure |
| Fullerton | No closure | |
| Sedgwick | Closed 6 weekends | |
| Armitage | Closed 6 weekends | |
| Chicago | Closed 6 weekends | |
| Later this year | Western | No closure |
| December, 2005 | Addison | October-December 2006 |
| Montrose | October-December 2006 | |
| February 2006 | Southport | December 2006-February 2007 |
| Diversey | December 2006-February 2007 | |
| August 2006 | Kimball | January-March 2007 + 10 Weekend Closures |
| Francisco | March-May 2007 + 10 Weekend Closures | |
| January 2007 | Irving Park | November 2007-January 2008 |
| Damen | November 2007-January 2008 | |
| Spring 2007 | Paulina | Spring 2008 |
| Late 2007 | Wellington | Late 2008 |
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