Metro is hosting three more community meetings on June 12, 14, and 15 to update the public on work on the route for the southern segment of the West Santa Ana Branch light rail project.
The Metro Board of Directors last year selected a route from Pioneer Station in Artesia to the A Line’s Slauson Station as the locally preferred alternative for this section of the West Santa Ana project. The segment is under study as part of the project’s Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report, which is anticipated for release in spring 2024.
The 14.8-mile route between Artesia and the A Line features:
- Nine stations (six at-grade, three aerial)
- A new C Line where the West Santa Ana project crosses the 105 freeway
- Up to five parking facilities
- 31 at-grade crossings and 25 elevated street crossings
- One maintenance and storage facility in the City of Bellflower
The community meetings will focus on design updates since the LPA was approved by the Board in Jan. 2022. There will be a presentation by staff, as well as an open house afterward for members of the public to engage in one-on-one discussions with staff and view roll plots, exhibit boards and an interactive map. See more details on the community meetings below.
The Board last year also approved Los Angeles Union Station as the final northern terminus. A Slauson-to-Union Station Segment Study will assess route options to connect the project to Union Station, address impacts, evaluate cost-effective project delivery methods and reassess station locations, including a station in Little Tokyo.
The study results are anticipated to be presented to the Metro Board in late summer 2023 — then expected to advance into a separate environmental planning process.
Overall this project would connect Artesia, Cerritos, Bellflower, Paramount, Downey, South Gate, Cudahy, Bell, Huntington Park, Vernon, unincorporated Florence-Firestone and downtown Los Angeles.
All meetings will offer the same information and will have a Spanish interpreter available as well as Spanish-speaking staff. In-person meetings will also provide a Kids’ Corner with fun activities.
Meeting details as are follows:
Monday, June 12, 2023, 6-8pm
Bell Community Center
6250 Pine Avenue, Bell, CA 90201
VIRTUAL MEETING
Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 6-7pm
Zoom Link / Enlace de Zoom: tinyurl.com/wsab3
Webinar ID: 898 8735 7114
English Call-in Number: 669.444.9171
Número telefónico para español: 646.749.3122
Código de Acceso: 776 725 637
Thursday, June 15, 2023, 6-8pm
Albert O. Little Community Center
18750 Clarkdale Av, Artesia, CA 90701
View and download the meeting flyer here.
All in-person Metro meetings are accessible to persons with disabilities. ADA accommodations and translations are available by calling 323.466.3876 at least 72 hours in advance.
For additional information about the project, please visit metro.net/wsab.
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