One of the parking garages at the Huntington Metro Station is off limits for the foreseeable future.
Metro closed the station’s north garage (2701 Huntington Avenue) at 1 a.m. on Saturday (Feb. 22) for emergency structural repairs to address the fire suppression system and other rehabilitation work, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced last Friday (Feb. 21).
No end date was announced for the closure, which required all vehicles in the garage to be moved.
“The repairs are expected to continue for the next several months with a completion date to be determined,” WMATA said. “Customers are encouraged to utilize the Middle Parking Garage at Huntington Station during the construction period.”
WMATA is advising riders to avoid the construction zone, which has been marked. Signs have also been posted to direct drivers to other available parking sites.
Any vehicles parked in the construction zone could be towed. Any drivers whose vehicle gets towed should call Metro Transit Police at 202-962-2121.
Metro also warned that there may be “loud noises” and detours for drivers and pedestrians during construction.
The Huntington Metro Station is also among more than a dozen stations slated for elevator upgrades in the coming years.
Announced earlier this month, the elevator modernization project started on Feb. 10 with work at the Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter Station in D.C. Metro said it will update 27 elevators across 17 stations over the next four years, though Huntington is the only affected location in Fairfax County.
“This project will improve elevator reliability by replacing and upgrading all major components, including a new passenger cab, controls, motors, and safety devices,” WMATA said.
Each project is expected to take two-and-a-half months to three-and-a-half months to finish and will require the elevators under construction to be out of service during that time. Free shuttle service to nearby stations will be provided for passengers who have accessibility needs.
According to its project webpage, WMATA last modernized its elevators with a project that started in 2014 and finished in 2023 — almost one year ahead of schedule. The system has over 350 elevators that all get monthly and annual maintenance.
The transit agency is also in the process of replacing escalators at several stations, including in Vienna and Franconia-Springfield.
Started last summer, the escalator replacement at the Vienna Metro Station is expected to wrap up this May, while the Franconia-Springfield project started in October and could finish in July.
