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Posted by Steve Hymon on May 17, 2012 5:21 pm
- The hearing requested by the city of Beverly Hills on the Century City station location for the Westside Subway Extension has now concluded. As expected, the Board of Directors did not take any ...
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Posted by Steve Hymon on May 17, 2012 1:32 pm
- The hearing before the Metro Board of Directors was requested by the city of Beverly Hills under the state Public Utilities Code. The hearing’s topic: the location of the Century City station ...
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Posted by Steve Hymon on May 17, 2012 11:28 am
- A Metro staff report on the plan to lock gates in subway stations beginning this summer was briefly discussed by the Board of Directors’ Executive Management committee on Thursday morning.
The ...
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Posted by Steve Hymon on May 16, 2012 5:37 pm
- The Beverly Hills Courier on Friday published a story alleging that Metro is preparing to pay $38.7 million to JMB Realty for land to use as part of the Westside Subway Extension project. The Courier ...
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Posted by Steve Hymon on May 16, 2012 3:36 pm
- Metro staff have recommended that the Westside Subway Extension tunnel under part of the Beverly Hills High School. An assertion repeatedly made by Beverly Hills officials in recent months is that ...
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Posted by Steve Hymon on May 15, 2012 4:25 pm
- We frequently hear from readers and riders who want to know if Metro will be providing cell phone service and/or wi-fi in the Red and Purple Line subway.
Answer: the agency is working on it and has ...
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Posted by Steve Hymon on May 15, 2012 4:13 pm
- As many of you know, there have been discussions underway to extend the Measure R half-cent sales tax past its expiration date of July 1, 2039, to accelerate transit and highway projects that are ...
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Posted by Steve Hymon on May 11, 2012 10:14 am
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Adding a northbound carpool lane may be the most known part of the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project. But the project will also rebuild the Wilshire Boulevard ramps to and from the ...
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Posted by Steve Hymon on May 10, 2012 3:43 pm
- Next stop, Culver City: Some good news this week with Expo Line test trains running all the way to the end of phase 1 of the project in Culver City. No opening date to Culver City has yet been ...
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Posted by Steve Hymon on May 9, 2012 1:41 pm
- The bill, AB 1446, next goes to the full Assembly floor. If approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, the bill would allow the Metro Board of Directors to ask Los Angeles County ...
Volume 1 - Issue 3 (Summer 2010) Go to Works Online
- Metro Highway Projects
- Included in the Measure R funding for transportation improvements planned during the next 30 years are an ambitious series of highway projects totaling an investment of more than $7.8 billion. An Overview of Measure R Projects
Measure R - In the Works
- Measure R is funding new transportation projects and programs and accelerating those already in the pipeline. Voters approved the measure in 2008 and it took effect July 2009. Over 30 years, it is projected to generate $40 billion for ...
- Work Begins on a New El Monte Station
- Groundbreaking was held recently to start construction of a new $45 million public bus terminal at Santa Anita Avenue and Ramona Boulevard. The project doubles the capacity of the original El Monte Station that opened in 1973.
- Acceleration of Measure R Highway Projects
- The 30/10 Initiative was recently introduced to accelerate Measure R transit projects in LA County. At the same time, the Metro Board of Directors adopted a policy to combine long-term countywide sales tax revenue from Measure R with alternative project ...
