[Randomguy34]

Originally Posted by IrishIllini

Hopefully this means we're one step closer to reconstructing the Division L station.

I posted this in the transit thread, but am reposting it here so others can see:

Originally Posted by Randomguy34

David Reifman was interviewed about a month ago by Walter Burnett about development in the city, and Reifman mention that the "Division" Brown Line stop won't get rebuilt until after the Belmont Bypass project gets built. His justification was that the Brown Line is already at max capacity, and adding an additional stop which will add thousands of riders to the Brown and Purple Lines will be too much for the system until frequency can be improved by the bypass project. Unfortunately, it looks like construction for the bypass won't begin until 2019, and construction is expected to take 4-5 years.