The city of Beverly Hills, long an opponent of the project, is now taking advantage of a lack of car traffic to drastically speed up construction on the Purple Line subway extension.
A day after Joe Linton reported that the city of Beverly Hills was considering a plan to accelerate construction on the Purple Line subway extension, the city announced via Twitter that it would move ahead with the idea, potentially cutting six months from the project's construction schedule.
With reduced vehicular and pedestrian traffic due to the COVID-19 emergency, City Council has approved an accelerated construction timeline for the Metro Purple Line Project resulting in a temporary full closure of Wilshire Blvd. to begin in the coming days. pic.twitter.com/zpxQNows2C
— CityofBeverlyHills (@CityofBevHills) April 1, 2020
The new timeline is made possible by closing down Wilshire Boulevard to accelerate piling activities, according to Linton.
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