The Crenshaw/LAX line, under construction in Los Angeles and passing through the city of Inglewood to connect the Expo and Green lines, was originally scheduled to open in 2019.
"The Metropolitan Transportation Authority acknowledged [recently] that flawed construction on a $2.06-billion rail line through South Los Angeles will delay its opening until mid-2021, two years later than originally promised," reports Laura J. Nelson.
"The Crenshaw Line is about 95% complete. But construction will not conclude until the end of this year or early 2021 because crews have been forced to redo work along the 8.5-mile route," according to the article.
The delays put the earliest possible opening date for the new light rail line in May 2021. The most-recent delay pushes the line further back from its original scheduled opening date in fall of 2019. The delay also adds cost to the project, which will have to be paid with a requested $90 million from Metro. The article includes more detail about the construction errors that caused the delay.
For those wondering how the Crenshaw/LA Line will be named to conform with Metro's decision to rename all of its rail and busway routes with letters, rumors are that the line will eventually be dubbed the "K Line."
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