Decking for Wilshire/La Brea subway station begins third phase this weekend
The early work on construction of the new Purple Line subway station at the Wilshire and La Brea is moving along at a nice clip — see the recent pics [continue reading]
This week in Metro
Metro staff proposed hiring two firms to help develop agency-owned parcels in NoHo — and unveiled a few concepts for the site. We offered a few ideas where to take [continue reading]
Fresh pics: last weekend’s decking work for Wilshire/La Brea Purple Line subway station
One weekend down, 21 weekends to go! The first of 22 weekend closures for construction of the Wilshire/La Brea Station occurred last weekend. The work involves installing decking so that [continue reading]
This week in Metro
With the Expo Line now open to Santa Monica, 22 weekend closures in the area of Wilshire and La Brea are about to begin for construction of Metro’s other Westside rail line, [continue reading]
PowerPoints: Purple Line Extension section one construction
Above and below are two recent presentations for the first section of the Purple Line Extension project, which is extending the subway from Wilshire/Western to Wilshire/La Cienega. Decking begins in June for the Wilshire/La Brea Station — see below. We’ll be providing a lot more info after the holiday weekend.
Portion of Wilshire Boulevard to get traffic switch this weekend
Metro’s Purple Line contractor will perform a traffic switch on a portion of Wilshire Boulevard between Detroit and Mansfield this weekend with work running from 8 p.m. today (Friday) through [continue reading]
Heads up: Wilshire/Fairfax 20 & 720 bus stop relocations begin Monday
Here’s the notice from Metro:
First pile installation for Purple Line Extension
The first pile was lowered into the ground on Tuesday for the Purple Line Extension near the intersection of Wilshire and La Brea — specifically on Wilshire between La Brea and Detroit [continue reading]
Final segment of Wilshire bus lane opens
The final .9-mile segment of peak hour bus lanes between Federal Avenue and Centinela Avenue along Wilshire Boulevard in West L.A. will open at the start of rush hour Monday morning. [continue reading]
Wilshire lanes to be reconfigured at La Brea beginning Friday night
Nov. 6 update: the work was originally scheduled for late October and has been rescheduled for this weekend beginning at 9 p.m. tonight. Metro’s contractor is planning to do some advance work at Wilshire and La Brea to get ready for soldier pile installation for the Purple Line Extension‘s underground [continue reading]