Early Systems Work Agreement (ESWA)

Metro is seeking to enter into an ESWA with USDOT to build two exceptional transit projects in LA County the Regional Connector and the Westside Subway Extension.

Language will need to be secured in the President’s Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2012 Budget, and Congress’ FFY 2012 appropriations, providing for an ESWA valued at no less than $400 million for FY 2012 for the Regional Connector and the Westside Subway Extension projects. The total value of the Full Funding Grant Agreement would be no less than $1.7 billion, with the anticipation of additional federal grants.