Fresh pics: Crenshaw/LAX Line construction in July
The above are photos were shot over the last month of ongoing construction work on the Crenshaw/LAX Line, the 8.5-mile light rail project that will run between the Green Line [continue reading]
Fresh pics: construction work on Crenshaw/LAX Line, May 2017
The above pics were taken over the last few weeks as the Crenshaw/LAX Line continues to take shape. The photos run from south to north on the 8.5-mile route that [continue reading]
Crenshaw/LAX Line’s tunnel boring machine officially retired (and other pics from project!)
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today celebrated the end of tunnel excavation for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project. Harriet, the tunnel boring machine (TBM), completed digging the second [continue reading]
Construction activities at Park Mesa Heights for the Crenshaw/LAX Line
Metro increases construction activities at Park Mesa Heights for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project As part of the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project, Metro contractor Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors (WSCC) continues working in the Mesa Park Heights area to install a storm drain and prepare for decking at the intersection of Hyde Park Boulevard [continue reading]
Fresh pics: Crenshaw/LAX Line construction
The photos are going from north to south along the 8.5-mile route for the Crenshaw/LAX Line. I posted a map of the light rail line at the very bottom of [continue reading]
Harriet the tunnel boring machine reaches Crenshaw/LAX Line’s Leimert Park Station
For your use: high-res pics here. And there it is, shortly after 9:15 a.m. on Thursday. This means that one of the twin tunnels on the northern part of the [continue reading]
Go Metro to Taste of Soul on Oct. 15
Los Angeles’ largest free street festival, Taste of Soul, is back on Saturday, Oct. 15! From American to Jamaican food, savory to sweet, there is no reason why your taste [continue reading]
Tunnel machine reaches Crenshaw/LAX Line’s future Martin Luther King, Jr. Station
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]
Crenshaw/LAX Line construction summary for August
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]
Video: digging under Crenshaw Boulevard
The first six months of 2016 were full of milestones for the Crenshaw/LAX Line. The project celebrated reaching its halfway mark in May and construction is now ongoing throughout the entire [continue reading]