From Metro’s Community Relations team: LA Trade Tech Community College (LATTC) students recently worked with Metro to create a conceptual flyover rendering of the Crenshaw/LAX Line, which is under construction and more than halfway complete. The students’ video of the future 8.5-mile alignment and its eight new stations can be seen above. Metro [continue reading]
Parts of two ancient elephant relatives were found in the past week during excavation work on the future Wilshire/La Brea Station for the Purple Line Extension subway, Metro announced today. These [continue reading]
A ceremonial naming and lowering of the tunnel boring machine that will dig the twin tunnels for the Regional Connector project in downtown L.A. was held today in Little Tokyo [continue reading]
The Regional Connector project last week entered a new phase of construction—known as ‘steady state’—at the future underground 1st/Central Station in Little Tokyo. Construction at the easternmost end of the Connector’s [continue reading]
The above report is something that Metro CEO Phil Washington wants done on an annual basis: a single document that provides updates on Metro projects, including expected completion date, budget [continue reading]
Northern Segment “Harriet” has reached Martin Luther King Jr. Station Box Harriet, the tunnel boring machine (TBM), arrived at the Martin Luther King Jr. station site on Aug. 22. Since then, the Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors (WSCC) crews has been busy disassembling Harriet and transporting the machine piece by piece to [continue reading]
Here are some new photos of the Regional Connector construction happening in Little Tokyo. Most of the construction activities this summer have been centered around preparing for the launch of the tunnel [continue reading]
Attentive Source readers know that Harriet the tunnel boring machine has been working her way south under Crenshaw Boulevard, digging the first of twin rail tunnels for the Crenshaw/LAX Line. [continue reading]
There is lots happening up and down the alignment of the 8.5-mile light rail project between Exposition and Crenshaw boulevards and the Green Line. Completion is targeted for 2019. The project is being paid for mostly with funds from Measure R, the half-cent sales tax increase approved by Los Angeles County [continue reading]
Metro construction activities for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project requires a traffic reconfiguration on Crenshaw Boulevard in Hyde Park and a eastbound traffic closure on Imperial Highway on Friday, August 12, and Tuesday, August 16. In Hyde Park: Work for the traffic reconfiguration on Crenshaw Boulevard between 60th and 67th streets will [continue reading]
