Metro’s headquarters in downtown D.C. is even older than its train system, and the transit agency says the 37-year-old building is due to be “brought back into a state of good repair” just like its train system.
The agency is undertaking a massive $5 billion rebuilding campaign to restore the system’s tracks and buses, the largest rebuilding push since Metro began. Riders, though, won’t directly see the benefits of this project.
Metro budgeted $7.4 million to fix up the building on Fifth Street near the Verizon Center and Judiciary Square. Work is already under way, said spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein.
The project will help improve the cooling system in the control center that houses the computer servers that coordinate buses and trains, she said.
It also will cover replacements of some electrical wiring, a new atrium cover and repairs to the outside of the building, she said. Chipping concrete has exposed rebar in some places, Farbstein said.
