The Silver Spring Penguin

Rejoice, NOAA employees and South Silver Spring residents – A gate blocking the south entrance to Silver Spring’s Metro station is coming down!

Metro’s board of directors agreed Thursday to tear down the gate and short concrete curb that blocks station access from the southeastern side of Colesville Road, a press statement read. The entrance stands adjacent to NOAA offices on Colesville at East-West Highway.

Construction of the new entrance starts this summer and is expected to take six weeks, the statement adds. It will not disrupt train service.

The new entrance comes courtesy of Montgomery County, which tossed $400,000 at the project.