Civic Drive station is a

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light rail station in Gresham,

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, on the Blue Line and is the 23rd stop eastbound on the current Eastside MAX line. The station opened on December 1, 2010.

History

The foundations for the station's platforms were laid in 1996, as part of a planned Gresham Civic neighborhood development included in a 1993 Downtown Gresham Plan. Due to a lack of finance and slower-than-expected development of the surrounding property, TriMet decided not to finish the station at that time. Its completion was postponed indefinitely, and the foundations were fenced off for safety reasons. A March 2009 TriMet report included plans to resume construction of the station in summer 2009, for opening in fall 2010. Groundbreaking for the station occurred in May 2010; the total cost for the station is $3 million, including a $1.76 million construction budget. The street on which the station is located, and for which it is named, opened to traffic until June 2010. The station was located in TriMet fare zone 3 from its opening in 2010 until September 2012, at which time TriMet discontinued all use of zones in its fare structure.

Comparison to Cascades station

The situation was somewhat similar to that of the

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, on the Red Line, which was also built to serve a planned transit-oriented development, in 2001, but was then mothballed when the predicted development of the area did not materialize, and the Cascades MAX station did not finally open until late 2006. However, that station was fully completed in 2001 except for the fitting of ticket vending machines and glass in the frames of the shelters, whereas much less work was undertaken at Civic Drive station before being halted in 1998. Some development around this station site has taken place subsequently and includes stores, offices and residences.

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External links

Station information (with westbound ID number)
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Station information (with eastbound ID number)
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