Affectionately known as the “river of business and commerce”, the line marks the official return of rail service on Crenshaw Blvd since 1955.
Council District 10 and the city of Los Angeles Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) released a Request for Proposals (RFP) on November 29 for a community-serving development at Marlton Square.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is holding four community meetings in March to evaluate alternatives to extend the Crenshaw/LAX Line to the north with connections to the Metro Expo, Purple and Red Lines as well as numerous bus lines. The public is encouraged to attend and participate in the planning of this important transit project.
Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson announced plans on Tuesday to expand the innovative Destination Crenshaw Project celebrating African American culture north to Obama Boulevard from its current terminus at West Vernon Avenue.
Metro again welcomes the community to the 13th annual Taste of Soul Family Festival, hosted by the Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper and Danny Bakewell Sr.
The reopened stations are Aviation/LAX, Mariposa, El Segundo, Douglas and Redondo Beach.
According to Metro, the contractor building the Crenshaw/LAX line will begin making infrastructure connections between the new route and the Green Line
Metro construction activities for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project requires a traffic reconfiguration on Crenshaw Boulevard in Hyde Park and a eastbound traffic closure on Imperial Highway on Friday, August 12, and Tuesday, August 16.
“We celebrate the halfway mark of the Crenshaw/LAX project, a huge milestone for the community, for Metro and for the city,” said Metro CEO Phil Washington.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board of directors agreed last Thursday to explore the construction of a rail line that would carry passengers directly to the planned NFL stadium that will house the Rams and possibly one other team in Inglewood. The proposed line, dubbed the “South Bay Transit Corridor Rail Project,” would stretch from the under-construction Crenshaw/LAX Line in Inglewood south to Torrance. An exact alignment still needs to be determined, but it would likely travel along Prairie Avenue in Inglewood, taking it directly to the Rams stadium site. The Metro board voted unanimously to conduct a feasibility study of
Construction Activities All Along the Alignment