The vote came after a contentious meeting in which dozens of speakers, including three city council members, spoke against the proposed aerial taxi.
The Los Angeles Metro board of directors certified an environmental impact report for the controversial Dodger Stadium gondola project funded by former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt.
As Bill Shaikin reports in the Los Angeles Times, the board approved the EIR after a contentious meeting that was briefly shut down by protesters angry that the board would not hear public comments. After deliberating, the board relented and allowed one hour of public comment, during which 52 people spoke — 42 of those in opposition to the gondola.
“With Metro certifying the revised environmental impact report, various state agencies and the Los Angeles City Council will consider whether to approve the gondola project.” Last month, the council voted 12 to 1 for a resolution calling on Metro to kill the project. Mayor Bass did not sign or veto the resolution, saying, “There is much more time for things to be worked out. I just did not feel that it was appropriate to stop it now.”
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