Officials of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) opened the new USD 15.6 million Little Italy-University Circle Station. The new Red Line station replaces an old and functionally obsolete facility, about 0.3 miles away. This is RTA’s first new Red Line station in 46 years.
Talk of a new station began in 2008, when local institutions helped with a study on transit-oriented development in the area. Construction began in October 2013. The station was designed by City Architecture and the construction contractor was McTech Corporation.
The station includes: a single platform headhouse and entrance plaza that are ADA accessible; a heavy-duty elevator and stairway from the street level to the platform and waiting areas; new concrete sidewalks, landscaping, lighting and bridge abutment repairs; rehabilitation of two transit track bridges.
“The Federal Transit Administration is proud to partner with the RTA to bring a new transit station to this vibrant neighborhood,” said Therese McMillan, Acting Administrator for the FTA, which contributed USD 12.5 million in federal funding for the project.
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