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$1.7B light-rail line through South LA approved
The Associated Press
Posted: 12/10/2009 04:18:15 PM PST
Updated: 12/10/2009 04:18:16 PM PST
LOS ANGELES—County transit officials have approved a new light-rail system through South Los Angeles and Inglewood that would stop about a mile short of the Los Angeles International Airport terminals.
The light-rail line approved Thursday would run from the Exposition Boulevard line, which is currently under construction, south on Crenshaw Boulevard, then west through Inglewood to Aviation and Century Boulevards.
The construction costs, about $1.7 billion, will be paid for by Measure R, the transportation sales tax approved by voters last year.
Those funds will only cover a mostly above ground line. Some residents say a below ground line would speed trains and reduce accidents.
Officials hope to break ground in 2012 or 2013 and complete construction by 2018.
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