The issue for Metro is that the White House budget proposal released earlier this week does not include federal funding for section three of the Purple Line Extension subway between Century City and Westwood. Metro needs a federal grant to pair with local funds to build that third section. The [continue reading]
When is the earliest the Purple Line Extension will open? Metro CEO Phil Washington has said that the agency is aiming to open the entire project to Westwood by 2024 [continue reading]
This is a bit on the procedural side but still a nice little milestone: Metro on Wednesday issued a “notice to proceed” to Tutor Perini/O & G to begin work building [continue reading]
There are many balls in the air transit-wise these days around Los Angeles with ongoing construction or planning on multiple projects. With early work underway on the section of the Purple [continue reading]
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board of Directors today awarded a $1.37-billion contract to the joint venture team of Tutor Perini/O & G to build the second section of the Metro Purple Line Extension Project to Century City. The Board also established a budget of $2.4 billion [continue reading]
[scribd id=337548562 key=key-p2HZKGZiLnDIrFdBJimE mode=scroll] You can also download or print a pdf of the agenda from this link. I’ll update this post as the meeting continues. •The Board Approved the final [continue reading]
[scribd id=336494884 key=key-oNROpTNU0Apyt7ZrgyY7 mode=scroll] Click here for pdf for download and printing. Attachments to the report are here. With $1.6 billion in federal funding secured to extend the Metro Purple Line subway to Century City, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is now poised to recommend the international [continue reading]
Art of Transit: Next phase of the Wilshire subway receives $1.6 billion in federal funds (LAT) USDOT announces $1.6 billion for subway to Beverly Hills, Century City (Streetsblog LA) Feds grant $1.6 billion to PLE, which will take it to Century City and beyond (LA Magazine) As we noted yesterday, [continue reading]
A federal grant and loan totaling nearly $1.6 billion to help build the second phase of the Metro Purple Line Extension to downtown Beverly Hills and Century City was announced [continue reading]
One in a series of posts that will look at projects and programs that would receive funding from the sales tax ballot measure that the Metro Board has approved to send [continue reading]
