Parking Lot Improvements Underway at Crestwood Armory

CRESTWOOD, IL (07/22/2014)(readMedia)-- Construction is scheduled to begin this week at the Illinois Army National Guard's Crestwood armory parking lot, 13838 S. Springfield Ave in Robbins, Ill.

The $1.5 million project will upgrade and rehabilitate the current parking lot. Construction includes drainage improvements, on-site storm-water management and improvements to the current loading ramp. It will also include new lighting, paved concrete areas and an additional gravel lot for parking.

The project will last four to six months. Throughout the project, military vehicles will park at the Oak Forrest Health Center in parking spots leased by Cook County.

Additional construction at the Crestwood armory includes improvements to the Field Maintenance Shop's driveway approaches. A future construction project will include interior improvements to the armory.

The Crestwood armory is home to multiple Illinois Army National Guard units including Company B, 405th Brigade Support Battalion; Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 122nd Field Artillery Regiment; Company G, 634th Brigade Support Battalion; Company F, Recruit Sustainment Program; 1744th Transportation Company; 108th Signal Company and Joint Force Headquarters Medical Detachment.

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