710 project OKd but widening deferred
pdf here Alternative 5C was approved by the Metro Board of Directors on Thursday as the ‘locally preferred alternative’ for the I-710 Corridor Project along with motions (see below) that [continue reading]
Fresh pics: update on the Crenshaw/LAX Line during Green Line closure
Photos: Metro, more available here We’re one month into the Green Line closure and crews are making steady progress. Work on connecting the Crenshaw/LAX Line to the existing Green Line is nearing [continue reading]
Agenda for Thursday’s Metro Board meeting, which will include 710 project alternative
The Metro Board of Directors meeting is Thursday at 9 a.m. at Metro HQ adjacent to Union Station. As always, the meeting is open to the public. If you can’t make it, you can listen online. The big ticket item tomorrow: the Board will be considering adoption of the “locally [continue reading]
Business Interruption Fund spotlight: Little Tokyo Cosmetics
Little Tokyo Cosmetics is located in the Little Tokyo area of the Regional Connector at the entrance to the historic Japanese Village Plaza on 2nd Street. It was established in 1991 [continue reading]
Video: pouring the concrete at Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill Station
In early morning hours of a cool winter morning, 20 concrete mixer trucks have arrived at the future Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill Station in downtown Los Angeles. It was the [continue reading]
Purple Line phase 2 groundbreaking!
Metro joined local, state and federal officials today to break ground on Section 2 of the Metro Purple Line Extension Project that will add 2.6-miles of new subway service to [continue reading]
Maintenance Diaries: Inside Metro’s Central Maintenance Facility
Learn about work performed throughout the Metro system to keep it in a state of good repair with the Maintenance Diaries. We recently toured Metro’s sprawling Central Maintenance Facility (CMF), [continue reading]
Significant Blue Line work coming in 2019
Work to modernize the Blue Line — Metro’s oldest and busiest light rail line — has been underway since 2014 as part of a $1.2-billion project we’re calling “The New [continue reading]
New northern routes to be studied for Artesia to downtown L.A. light rail project
The new route options will be further refined in the next few months, identifying the alignment and station locations. A key Measure R and Measure M project is a new [continue reading]
Staff recommends alternative 5C for 710 Corridor Project
pdf here Metro staff are recommending Alternative 5C for the I-710 Corridor Project, which would add an additional lane in each direction of the I-710 freeway between Long Beach and the SR-60 freeway, upgrade interchanges and construct other improvement projects to improve traffic flow and improve traffic safety. The Metro [continue reading]