Metro News Release

For immediate release: December 27, 2010

Parking garage construction at Glenmont Metrorail station to begin Jan. 3

Kiss & Ride lot to close during construction

Construction of a new six-level, 1,200 parking space structure on the west side of the Glenmont Metrorail station is set to begin, resulting in the need to close the west Kiss & Ride parking lot at closing on Monday, Jan. 3, to accommodate the construction. Customers who normally use the west Kiss & Ride parking lot can use the east Kiss & Ride parking lot on the east side of the Glenmont Metrorail station near the existing parking facility.

To alert customers about the upcoming work, Metro officials have posted signs at the west Kiss & Ride Lot notifying them of the project.

Construction of the $24.7 million parking structure is expected to continue for at least one year with the new garage slated to open in early 2012 and will increase the parking capacity at the Glenmont Metrorail station to nearly 3,000 spaces. The parking structure on the east side has a capacity of 1,781 parking spaces.

Metro officials apologize for any inconvenience during the construction and caution customers to please be careful when passing by the construction site.

News release issued at 10:45 am, December 27, 2010.