Yes, there is actually widespread support for a Constellation station

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One of the allegations that has been floating around for months is that the Westside Subway Extension’s station in Century City was moved from Santa Monica Boulevard to Constellation Boulevard by Metro at the request of a politically-connected developer.

It’s an assertion that is not true. The Constellation site was studied — as was required by law — and ultimately chosen by the Metro Board of Directors for two primary reasons: 1)  to avoid building a subway station within active earthquake fault zones under Santa Monica Boulevard, where there is the chance of ground rupture, and; 2) because studies showed higher ridership at a Constellation station.

A Constellation station was also widely supported by a number of individuals and groups that took part in the subway planning process. Chief among them: the 11 influential homeowner associations that represent residents in Los Angeles neighborhoods in and around Century City. These are groups have a long history in local land use and traffic issues and I think it’s fair to say that they aren’t afraid of the powers-that-be and they don’t carry anyone’s water bucket.

And they agree that Constellation is the best place for the subway as Comstock Hills Homeowner Assn. President Jan Reichmann testified to the Metro Board on Thursday. Check out their views in the document below:

Subway Support

14 thoughts on “Yes, there is actually widespread support for a Constellation station”

  1. Mr. John Mirisch is also a tax payer of Los Angeles County as well. He has a right to his opinion just as anyone else.

  2. Hi Frank;

    Absolutely agree and that’s why his comment is posted here. But I think it’s fair to identify him given that he is an elected official and has a say in public policy concerning Beverly Hills and the Westside Subway Extension.

    Steve Hymon
    Editor, The Source

  3. @ Y Fukuzawa

    I don’t believe that stocks are involved in when properties are bought in Asia from mass transit purposes. Most literature pertaining to how transit is built and operated in Asia usually mentions that the goverment flat buys all the necessary land they want the transit companies to build on, no stocks are involved whatsoever. Since the majority of stocks in Asian transit companies are owned by the respective local and central goverments, they play a very active role in the planning and design of the transit systems.

  4. This fight is far from over.
    It could be in the courts for a very long time.

    George Vreeland Hill

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