Here’s the update provided yesterday by Metro’s government relations team. Keep in mind this concerns next year’s federal budget — not to be confused with the multi-year transportation spending bill that is currently being written/debated/slapped together by Congress. One FYI: the New Starts program helps fund large transit projects around [continue reading]
The first of the two meetings on extending the Eastside Gold Line further east is tonight at 6 p.m. at the Montebello Senior Center at City Park, 115 South Taylor Avenue. The Eastside Transit Corridor Phase 2 is a Measure R-funded project. The draft environmental study is expected to be [continue reading]
Cool sequence of photos taken early Tuesday morning on the 210 freeway as part of the construction of the “Iconic Bridge” for the Gold Line Foothill Extension, a key Measure R project. Here’s the update on the work from Foothill Extension Construction Authority CEO Habib Balian: Early this morning, work [continue reading]
We posted last week about a letter sent to Metro by Eli Broad and a new group calling itself the Connector Community Coalition. The letter asked for major changes in the Regional Connector light rail project that is in the final planning stages and will eventually connect the Blue, Expo [continue reading]
The Metro Board will consider Thursday awarding a $37.3-million contract to CH2M Hill to prepare the environmental impact reports and preliminary engineering for a potential project to help improve traffic congestion in the area of the gap in the 710 freeway between Alhambra and Pasadena. Here’s the staff report from Thursday’s [continue reading]
A Superior Court Judge has ruled that Metro did not violate the California Public Records Act, as alleged by the Beverly Hills Unified School District. The District had filed a petition asking the court to force Metro to release documents and alleging that the agency was withholding information being gathered [continue reading]
Below is Metro’s official response to the Community Connector Coalition’s letter suggesting realignments to stations and routes for the Regional Connector Project. As we mentioned in this morning’s headlines, the group’s letter can be read here. We take the coalition’s letter and all public comments seriously, and will follow our [continue reading]
The folks at the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority emailed these good pics of work done this past week on the bridge that will carry the Gold Line tracks over the eastbound 210 freeway. The work involved bringing steel cage bridge supports to the construction site in Arcadia and [continue reading]
Signaling hope that rail mass transit may one day soon travel west of the 405 freeway, a ceremonial groundbreaking was held Monday morning in Santa Monica for the second phase of the Expo Line light rail project. The 6.6-mile second phase, with a budget of about $1.5 billion, will connect [continue reading]
Good morning, readers. I’m in Santa Monica at the groundbreaking for the second phase of the Expo Line, a key Measure R-funded project. We’ll have a complete story later after the event.
