The planning is moving forward for traffic connections between the San Fernando and Westside de Los Angeles valley and between the south -the center and the center of the, two projects that officials say are priorities for the future beyond the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
President of the Metro Board, Fernando Dutra He told Enr that the project on the top of the list of priorities of his agency right now is the southeastern line of the front door, a new light rail that will be raised and on the ground, connecting the Union station with the city of crafts in the 12 cities and 19 miles.
“This is a big problem. We have started engineering and fieldwork and we are in cities right now doing many of the drilling tasks, which is important because when you start drilling, develop your mapping,” said Dutra, who is also president of Whittier, based on Calif, Allwest Development Co. “So to make it more realistic, I think we will have a line in about five years.”
Metro broke the field last fall in advanced transfer work to crafts and, in April 2024, the project received CEQA certification, approved 14.5 miles new rail light from Slaves to Artesia. The approved project includes nine new stations, five car parks and a maintenance installation in Bellflower.
In August 2024, the project received a federal decision register, making it eligible for federal funding. In October, Metro got $ 231 million from the Transit and Intercity Railway program from the California State Transport Agency (TIRCP).
Metro officials called the Project Transit Transit Corredor of the project “possibly the most critical public infrastructure project in America”. In June, Metro also published the project of the project (Deir) impact of the project. It is expected to open between 2033 and 2035, the burial corridor of the burved traffic would make it easy to go from the San Fernando valley to Westside, but it must be built through the formidable Santa Monica mountains. The agency says that this project will require innovation and multiple solutions.
The subway celebrated its annual agency event at Union Station de Los Angeles on July 9 to discuss the progress that the agency has achieved strategic goals in the last financial year, as it announced its goals for the current fiscal exercise (2026).
The event highlighted the recently opened Lax/Metro Transit Center, connecting two railway lines and 14 bus lines at Los Angeles International Airport. The Agency also opened the Active Railway Transport Appeal to the south of the railway, which transformed the railway tracks into a path on a bicycle and a pedestrian path of 5.5 miles, with easy access to lines A, J and K, and opened more bus lanes.
“ As we move forward in our preparations to provide world class services to pilots during the FIFA World Cup of 2026, the Super Bowl in 2027 and the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Metro is also taking advantage of these opportunities to make investments once in the city of the city’s traffic infrastructure that will benefit Angelenos for the nearby generations, ” said Metro. CEO Wiggins.
Metro also generated ground in the project of improvement of the G and project I-105 Expresslanes, while obtaining a federal grant of $ 893 million for the Light Railway project of the San Fernando Valley, and the advance of the projects of the Transit Vermont Corridor and the South-East walkway line.
Other projects mentioned in the event include the almost complete metro line extension in Pomona, and the first section of the metro line extension of the Wilhire Boulevard metro line in Westside.
Dutra said he agrees to advance the construction of the 105 express lanes and other road projects.
“As we move forward in these critical projects, we need to ensure that companies based locally on engineering, architecture and the many professional services that make this work possible are not only invited to the table,” he said. “They deserve real participation in the success of these efforts, including local jobs, local experience and local opportunity.”
