We held an advanced utility work groundbreaking for the Southeast Gateway Line in Artesia last Wednesday afternoon.
This is a big first step toward building a new light rail line serving southeastern Los Angeles County — and finally connecting that key part of our region to the Metro Rail system.
The 14.5-mile segment will include nine stations between the A Line’s Slauson Station in Florence-Firestone to Artesia. See the map below. There will also be a new station at the 105 freeway where riders can transfer between the C Line and the SE Gateway Line.
We announced last month that the project was awarded $231 million by the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA). We would like to thank Governor Newsom for his commitment to funding projects that will help California reach its climate goals, as well as CalSTA Secretary Omishakin for his leadership on transportation and transit investments. The project is also receiving funds from Measure M, the sales tax ballot measure approved by L.A. County voters in 2016.
The area served by the project sits between the Metro A Line and the I-5 freeway and has long needed better transit connections. The project area is home to 600,000+ jobs, which is projected to increase to more than 700,000 by 2042. The area has projected population and employment densities that are five times higher than L.A. County overall.
It’s also significant that 44 percent of the residents in the project area live below the poverty line and 18 percent of households do not own a car. The area has several Environmental Justice Communities with 65 percent minority residents — of which Hispanic/Latino groups account for 51 percent.
We were honored to be joined today by Supervisor and Metro Board Chair Janice Hahn, Rep. Robert Garcia, Whittier Councilmember & Metro Director Fernando Dutra, State Sen. Bob Archuleta, Assemblywoman Blanca Pacheco, Artesia Mayor Pro Tem Ali Sajjad Taj and Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins.
To learn more about the Southeast Gateway Line, please visit the project page on metro.net.
Photos by Aurelia Ventura/Metro
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Is it too early to know what letter (or color) this line will be assigned? I was thinking “S” for Southeast, and maybe the color can be brown?
Hi —
Yes, too early! But we’re glad to pass along the suggestion to our design team.
Steve Hymon
The Source
Soooo where will the maintenance yard be at? looking at the proposed map and satellite maps, and me being a Avid paintball player, it looks like metro might take the Hollywood sports complex? it seams like a good location for it.
I’m just looking for some answers.
The line should be “yellow” (would have made more sense for Orange if the line actually continued into Orange County, but the G Line got Orange.
If Crenshaw is “K” and the East SFV line is under construction, I think that would be “L”. SE Gateway would seem to be next, thus “M” and then Sepulveda Pass route could be “N”. Just may thoughts.