The project will be the areas first light rail service since the termination of the Pacific Electric Railway in the 1950s.
LA Metro has broken ground on the 6.7-mile light rail project through San Fernando Valley, the area's first light rail service since the termination of the Pacific Electric railway in the 1950s, Steven Sharp writes for Urbanize LA.
“Work on the nearly $4-billion East San Fernando Valley Line also overlaps with construction of new grade separation and crossing upgrades being implemented through a more than $660-million project on the G Line busway, which cuts east-to-west across the valley between North Hollywood and Chatsworth,” Urbanize LA reports.
The completed project will have 11 stops along Van Nuys Boulevard, and in the future, may connect passengers to a new heavy rail line planned for the Sepulveda Pass.
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