At
yesterday's WMATA board meeting, a
resolution was approved to expand the Navy Yard Metro station at a cost of $20 million (to be paid with federal funds). The changes will be, to quote the
Post, to "increase the number of fare gates and vending machines, add two elevators and relocate the station kiosk, fare gates and fare vendors from the mezzanine to the west entrance. The changes are planned for completion before the first home game of the 2008 baseball season." At the same time, the board approved the
sale of the WMATA land above the Navy Yard station and the adjoining parking lot to
Monument Realty, and also approved a
Construction Agreement with Monument, whereby Monument will handle the construction of the station upgrades in concert with it's construction of an office building with ground-floor retail on the corner of Half and M. Monument has also agreed to reserve 20 percent of the residential units in it's other Half Street project for low- and moderate-income purchasers. And buried in the
Construction Agreement documents I found a pretty snazzy rendering of Monument's planned building at Half and M, which I've added to my
Ballpark District page (scroll down a tad past the map). The
Construction Agreement also has detailed drawings of exactly what will be done to the station. You can also read the
Sept. 21 WMATA Board Meeting minutes to see the discussion about the sale of the land. Or you can really go wild and
listen to the audio from yesterday's meetings. And here's the
Examiner's story on the agreements and plans.