Potholing and pile trenching at 1st and Alameda to support future shoofly track junction.

Crews working to complete concrete encasement of the shoofly track tie-in to Little Tokyo/Arts District Station.

Construction of noise barrier adjacent to the shoofly track.

Paving along 2nd Street after utility relocation work.

Filling in the pedestrian walkway. Photos: Metro

Regional Connector work continues on schedule in Little Tokyo, with the Little Tokyo/Arts District Station expected to reopen in March.

More info here about the bus shuttle replacing Gold Line service between Union Station and Pico/Aliso while track work continues.

And more here about Metro’s parking validation program to help support businesses in Little Tokyo during construction.

The Regional Connector project is tying together the Gold Line, Blue Line and Expo Line via a new 1.9-mile underground rail tunnel in downtown Los Angeles that will also include three stations (Little Tokyo, 2nd/Broadway and 2nd/Hope). The project will reduce the number of transfers for riders traveling through and to DTLA on Metro Rail. The Connector is largely funded by a federal grant and Measure R, the half-cent sales tax approved by L.A. County voters in 2008.