The wraps are off, and a wider staircase is now taking form where the plaza-to-bus-bays escalator was at the Bethesda Metro station. Half of this staircase is the stairway that was always parallel to that escalator, and the other side has been constructed in the space left behind when the escalator was ripped out earlier this year. WMATA was up against a Thursday deadline to complete this project, but has now extended the delivery date to December 31. But with the significant progress that has been made over the last two weeks, it looks like they'll be done much earlier.
Wow. What took so long? 😂 I thought they were going to be constructing a double wide staircase, not just fill the right side with concrete
ReplyDeleteIt's haard to tell from the photos, but I would hope the new stairway will include a railing down the middle for those who require balance, i.e. seniors, etc. to hold onto.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see there's finally some substantial progress on this.
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ReplyDeleteThey are doubling the width of the stairs, by taking out the escalator. The flat sloping area was alway adjacent to the former escalator, and will remain. Stairs over a certain width are required to have intermediate handrails per code.