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Despite the hubbub that initially came pouring out of Metro’s board this week after WMATA announced it would close three Metro stations, including the one that serves National Airport, for the entire Labor Day holiday weekend, the closures are set to go into effect tonight at 9:30 p.m. A majority of the board got on the phone with Metro General Manager John Catoe last night for a conference call (a seekrit conference call!), and the consensus is reportedly that they agree with the decision to do the major track work in question this weekend (Labor Day, it turns out, is one of the slowest holiday weekends for WMATA), but are now pledging to make sure the public is given more notice before anything like this happens again.

In any case, in an effort to quell the panic, WMATA has put out an even more detailed press release and a second announcement about exactly how the shuttle buses around the closures will work. If you plan to try to navigate the closures this weekend, do consult those details before you set out on your trip.