Plank Problems

Some CTA riders are walking extra cautiously to and from trains because the wood platforms are rotting, splitting, wrapping and sagging at a rapid pace.The prematurely decaying wood is the worst at the Francisco station on the Brown Line. The expense come on top of the CTA already having spent about $350,000 so far to replace thousand of square feet of Southern yellow line pine pank. None of the woods is covered by a guaranteed because manufactured will not provide warranties for products used in commercial settings or for deterioration and decay, transit official said.

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                                                                                                 Date:8/29/11
                                                                                             Author: Heather Charles/ Tribune