Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Regional Connector

President Obama’s Proposed FY15-16 Budget: $330M for L.A. Subways

By Joe Linton | Feb 2, 2015 | 5 Comments

U.S. President Barack Obama released his administration’s proposed FY 2015-16 budget which includes $330 million in New Starts funding planned for subways in Los Angeles: $115 million for the Regional Connector $115 million for Phase I of the Westside Subway Extension (Purple Line from Western to La Cienega) $100 million for Phase II of the […]

Metro Celebrates Downtown L.A. Regional Connector Subway Groundbreaking

By Joe Linton | Oct 1, 2014 | 2 Comments

Electeds, agency representatives, and other leaders gathered in Little Tokyo yesterday to commemorate the groundbreaking for construction of Metro’s Regional Connector subway. Metro boardmembers were joined by federal Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and even activist-actor George Takei. Preliminary construction has been underway for over a year, since before February’s full-funding announcement for the project.

Metro Scores $200 Million in Obama’s Proposed Budget

By Damien Newton | Mar 4, 2014 | No Comments

There is much celebrating going on by Metro and transit expansion advocates around the region. In President Barack Obama’s proposed budget for next year, a cool $200 million is set aside for Los Angeles under the “new starts” program. $100 million of that is set to go towards the Regional Connector and the other $100 […]

Feds Announce Regional Connector Funding, Hint at Purple Line Funding

By Joe Linton | Feb 20, 2014 | 13 Comments

This morning, local elected officials and federal administrators joined together to announce that Metro’s Regional Connector is now fully funded. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is granting $670 million in New Starts funding to the Regional Connector, and also extending a low-interest TIFIA (Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act) loan of $160 million. A document […]

Metro Unveils Station Design for Regional Connector

By Damien Newton | Aug 23, 2012 | 25 Comments

(Public meetings for the connector continue today at the Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St.; 1 to 3 p.m., Aug. 28, at the Colburn School, 200 S. Grand Ave.; and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Aug. 29, at the Japanese American National Museum, 369 E. First St. Project information is at metro.net/projects/connector.) At last night’s outreach meeting for […]

Only 70 Speakers? Regional Connector Enviro. Docs Approved by Metro

By Damien Newton | Apr 26, 2012 | 4 Comments

After two months of delay, and after being pushed to second on today’s agenda behind the Westside Subway, the Regional Connector finally had a moment to shine at the Metro Board of Directors. The environmental documents approving the Connector passed seven to zero. The official twitter account for the Regional Connector celebrated by noting that […]

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