Lindero Canyon Road/101 freeway bridge reconstruction to begin Sept 16
The City of Westlake Village is about to begin construction on the Lindero Canyon/101 Freeway bridge project. The highway operations improvement project is funded by Measure R. Here’s the full press...
View ArticleCity of Westlake Village holds groundbreaking for Lindero Canyon Bridge...
Metro Highway Program Executive Officer Lan Saadatnejadi speaks at the Lindero Canyon/101 bridge project groundbreaking. Photo: Paul Gonzales/Metro The City of Westlake Village held a groundbreaking...
View ArticleMeasure R committee OKs recommendation to advance TIFIA loan financing for...
The Measure R Independent Oversight Committee this morning approved Metro’s financing plan aimed at securing $160 million in federal Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (TIFIA) loans...
View ArticleNext Purple Line Extension advisory group meeting scheduled for October 29
Metro advisory group meeting for Purple Line Extension Project. Metro will be holding its next advisory group meeting for the first segment of the Metro Purple Line Extension Project on Tuesday,...
View ArticleMetro applies for federal funding for Regional Connector project
Metro CEO Art Leahy informed Metro staff and Board today that the agency has officially sent in its application for federal New Starts funding for the Regional Connector project to the Federal Transit...
View ArticleMetro staff report looks at issues involving potential ballot measure to...
View this document on Scribd First, the caveat: The Metro Board has not — emphasis on the HAS NOT part — decided to take a ballot measure to Los Angeles County voters. That said, in recent months,...
View ArticleCity of El Segundo held ribbon-cutting ceremony for Measure R Maple Ave. project
From this afternoon’s ribbon cutting. Photo: Metro Earlier today, the City of El Segundo held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Measure R Maple Avenue highway project. The project was fully funded by...
View ArticleAnd it begins: Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project begins construction
The Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project this week began construction activities along the 8.5-mile alignment that includes old railroad track demolition, building demolition and tree removal and pruning. The...
View ArticleWatch construction work on Gold Line Foothill Extension and ‘Get Lucky’ at...
Seven minutes of awesomeness from our friends at the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency building the 11.5-mile project between eastern Pasadena and the Azusa/Glendora...
View ArticleCity of Malibu broke ground on two Measure R funded traffic safety...
Photos: Ben Jong/Metro The City of Malibu broke ground this week on two new new traffic improvement projects along the Pacific Coast Highway. One project will replace traffic signals at Big Rock Drive...
View ArticleMore pics of recent work on the Expo Line Phase 2
Retired Metro scheduler Alan Weeks was gracious enough to send along the above photos that he has taken recently of construction along the six-mile alignment of the second phase of the Expo Line...
View ArticleCaltrans reopens reconstructed Shoemaker Avenue bridge
Photos: Juan Ocampo/Metro Metro Deputy CEO Lindy Lee joined Caltrans this morning for a milestone ribbon cutting ceremony for the Shoemaker Avenue Bridge project. It is one of three bridges associated...
View ArticleCentury Boulevard Bridge to be demolished July 25-28, 2014
Here’s a traffic and construction alert that is still a little down the road. But it’s important, especially for those trying to reach LAX: the old rail bridge over Century Boulevard has to be...
View Article“Notice to Proceed” granted for construction of Regional Connector project!
It’s official: there are now four Metro Rail projects currently under construction after the Metro earlier this week gave its contractors — the Regional Connector Constructors, Joint Venture — the...
View ArticleOfficials discuss motion seeking to improve Orange Line at media event in NoHo
Three Metro Board Members and other elected officials, activists and business leaders held a media event on Friday morning at the NoHo Orange Line station to discuss the Board’s passage Thursday of a...
View ArticleFour-week street closure along 2nd Street between Spring and Broadway...
More Regional Connector utility relocation work will start this Saturday, August 23. The work will require 2nd Street between Spring and Broadway to be fully closed for four weeks. Here’s the press...
View ArticleCity of Beverly Hills approves MOA with Metro for Purple Line Extension...
The Beverly Hills City Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved a Memorandum of Agreement and authorized its staff to issue permits to Metro to relocate utilities for the Purple Line Extension’s...
View ArticleReconstructed Alondra Boulevard Bridge now open
Photos: Mark Arroyo/Metro Earlier today, Caltrans, Metro and the Federal Highway Administration opened the newly reconstructed Alondra Boulevard Bridge. It is the largest of three bridges rebuilt as...
View ArticleUpcoming construction closure: 20th Street at Expo Line intersection in Santa...
Here’s the construction notice from the Expo Line Construction Authority, the agency building the six-mile project that will extend tracks from Culver City to downtown Santa Monica with seven new...
View ArticleConstruction moves to west side of Crenshaw Boulevard for underground...
A view of the construction currently on the east side of Crenshaw Boulevard near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. (Photo: Jose Ubaldo/Metro) Metro and Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors (WSCC) have...
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