MTA holding hearings on Green Line extension into South Bay - The Daily Breeze
MTA holding hearings on Green Line extension into South Bay
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Posted: 04/20/2010 06:15:29 PM PDT
TORRANCE - Metro will hold public hearings in the South Bay next week on proposals to extend the Green Line light-rail tracks south into Torrance.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants public comments on its tentative plans to extend the passenger train service south from its terminus at Marine Avenue near the San Diego (405) Freeway, at the north end of Redondo Beach.
Although an exact route has not been chosen, planners are eyeing an abandoned railroad track alignment formerly used by Santa Fe freight trains for the new rail service, according to Metro. Green Line trains would run southeast, parallel to the 405, and then south to the Torrance Transit bus hub on Crenshaw Boulevard.
The existing Green Line tracks start at Redondo Beach and go north to Imperial Highway, and then run east to Norwalk via the median of the Glenn Anderson (105) Freeway.
The extension to Torrance may be complemented by a light-rail route planned to connect the Green Line near LAX to Inglewood and the Crenshaw District, allowing north-south rail service from Torrance to the new Expo Line, which is scheduled to start running between Culver City and downtown Los Angeles within 18 months.
Next week's meetings are "scoping sessions" to determine what issues should be evaluated as the proposed Torrance extension is evaluated. Hearings will be held:
-- in Torrance, at 6 p.m. Monday, in the Nakano Theater, 3330 Civic Center Drive;
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-- in Redondo Beach, at 6 p.m. April 28, at the North Redondo Senior Center, 2308 Rockefeller Lane;
-- in Lawndale, at 10 a.m. May 1, at City Hall, 14717 Burin Ave.; and
-- in El Segundo, at 6 p.m. May 5, at the Automobile Driving Museum, 610 Lairport Street.
Further information is available at www.metro.net/southbayextension.
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