Metro’s Business Interruption Fund was started to assist small businesses that may be impacted by construction of Metro’s Crenshaw/LAX line, Little Tokyo along the Regional Connector and Section 1 of the Purple [continue reading]
A delegation of 32 engineers from China visited a Crenshaw/LAX Line construction site last week while they were participating in the International Conference on Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineering and International Chinese Transportation Professional Association (IACGE/ICTPA). The visit was one of the highlights of IACGE/ICTPA, an annual conference which rotates internationally between cities [continue reading]
Traffic on Crenshaw and Exposition boulevards returned to normal this past weekend after Metro on Saturday completed the decking operation for the future Crenshaw/Expo underground station for the Crenshaw/LAX Line [continue reading]
There will be full street closures at three different Crenshaw Boulevard locations taking place this weekend. The closures are required for support-pile installation on Crenshaw/LAX Line underground stations. The closures are as follows: Crenshaw/Vernon Station: 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12 to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. Full street closure of Crenshaw Boulevard [continue reading]
Additional temporary parking is now available for customers of the businesses located along Crenshaw Boulevard between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Stocker Street. This new parking lot is located immediately south of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd between Crenshaw Boulevard and McClung Drive — beside M&M’s Soul Food Restaurant. Designated [continue reading]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBKJbALj1Bk&w=560&h=315] U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez toured the construction site of the Crenshaw/LAX Line on Monday, as the above video shows. Perez was welcomed by Walsh/Shea Corridor Contractors (WSCC) workers LeDaya Epps and James Martinez. After a meeting with elected officials, executives from WSCC and Metro and community members, [continue reading]
Milestone in Century Bridge demo reached as bridge safely collapses. Work continues. Plan for traffic. #CenturyCrunch pic.twitter.com/I6SaP1RNGP — LAX Airport (@flyLAXairport) July 26, 2014 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93SSoeppznI&feature=youtu.be] All is going well. As the tweet from LAX shows, the old railroad bridge over Century Boulevard has safely been collapsed as work continues this [continue reading]
A new banner is up to inform motorists and all travelers to LAX about Century Crunch. Make sure to allow extra time or steer clear of airport area traffic and take public transit the weekend of July 25-28. The intersection of Century Boulevard and Aviation Boulevard will be closed for 57 hours [continue reading]
Metro and Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors (WSCC) are inviting the community to an open house for the new Airport Integrated Project Management Office (IPMO). Event Details Saturday, March 15, 2014 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project Airport IPMO 9323 Bellanca Avenue Los Angeles, 90045 Community residents, property owners, business [continue reading]
As part of the construction of the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project, Walsh-Shea Corridor Constructors will begin the installation of a 16-foot tall sound wall around the perimeter of the property located at the northeast corner of Crenshaw Boulevard and Rodeo Road. This is the site of the future Crenshaw/Exposition underground station. [continue reading]
