Crestview, TX
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Austin, TX 78757
Crestview is a Capital MetroRail commuter rail station in Austin, Texas. It is located in North Austin at the corner of Airport and North Lamar Boulevards. The North Lamar Transit Center is located one mile north of the station, while the Highland Mall Transit Center (across from the Highland Station) is located one mile south.
Crestview station sits on the former site of a Huntsman Petroleum Research and Development center which operated there from 1949 until 2005. Trammel Crow Co. and Stratus Properties Inc. bought the site in 2005 and led a large clean-up effort. During the clean-up, known carcinogin benzene was found in a small amount in the southwestern part of the property. However, the benezene was found to be in saturated soil and posed no threat to people.
A local civic group, Sustainable Neighborhoods of North Central Austin, in 2009 identified the Crestview-Highland segment of CapMetro's Rails with Trails project as its "Project of the Year". The trail, intended to run beside the commuter track, would provide pedestrian and bicycle access to the station from surrounding neighborhoods.
Crestview station sits on the former site of a Huntsman Petroleum Research and Development center which operated there from 1949 until 2005. Trammel Crow Co. and Stratus Properties Inc. bought the site in 2005 and led a large clean-up effort. During the clean-up, known carcinogin benzene was found in a small amount in the southwestern part of the property. However, the benezene was found to be in saturated soil and posed no threat to people.
A local civic group, Sustainable Neighborhoods of North Central Austin, in 2009 identified the Crestview-Highland segment of CapMetro's Rails with Trails project as its "Project of the Year". The trail, intended to run beside the commuter track, would provide pedestrian and bicycle access to the station from surrounding neighborhoods.
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