An $8.8B effort to overhaul Union Station has received a crucial stamp of approval.
A plan to revamp the transit hub in the nation’s capital has been in the works for more than a decade. But this week’s approval, after years of studies of a slate of proposals, provides a clear path ahead to redevelop the 53-acre station.
The Federal Railroad Administration signed the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision documents Tuesday. The milestone allows the project sponsor, Union Station Redevelopment Corp., to proceed to securing funding and designing the project.
The project looks to completely revamp how the station functions — from delivering a new rail terminal with 19 tracks to creating four new concourses with new retail, reducing the number of garage parking spaces by 77%, creating a 39-slip bus facility and creating a pedestrian throughway under the H Street Bridge. The project would preserve the station’s historic main hall.
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