Cortex Metrolink Grand Opening – Tuesday, July 31st
Date Posted: July 30, 2018
Posted In: Projects,
From EQ STL: Located between the Central West End and Grand MetroLink Stations, the Cortex Station will become the light rail system’s 38th MetroLink station and will provide a new, convenient transportation option for the thousands of employees and visitors in the central corridor of St. Louis where parking is at a premium and will connect riders to the future Chouteau Greenway, the planned 5 mile biking, running and walking path that will be built between between Boyle and Sarah Avenues and stretches from Forest Park to the newly opened Gateway Arch Park. This month also marked the groundbreaking on the Aloft Hotel construction slated for completion in Fall of 2019.
The 38th MetroLink station marks the first new expansion to the public light rail line in 10 years and represents the first Metro Transit project to be constructed using public and private funding, including a $10.3 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation and an additional $5 million raised by the Cortex Innovation Community, Great Rivers Greenway, Washington University, BJC HealthCare and the City of St. Louis/St. Louis Development Corporation.