The new subway could cut the hour-long trip between west Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley to 20 minutes.
The Los Angeles Metro board of directors approved a new underground heavy rail line in the Sepulveda Corridor, one of several proposed options for improving traffic flow on the 405 freeway between west Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley.
According to a Los Angeles Times article by Kevinisha Walker, “The option, which was pushed forward by Metro’s planning and programming committee last week, would go from Van Nuys to Sherman Oaks, pass under the mountains and Bel-Air, stop at UCLA and ultimately end at the E Line’s Expo/Sepulveda Station.”
An article by Sofia Delpueche in Secret Los Angeles adds, “Spanning 13 miles with tunnels plunging at least 500 feet under the mountains, this subway could take a trip that normally takes 40 to 80 minutes by car and shrink it to less than 20 minutes.”
The project’s funding sources remain an open question. “The project was slated as $6 billion, then grew to an estimated $9.4 billion to $13.8 billion with a completion goal of 2033. Metro does not have an estimate for the current modified proposal.”
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