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Project Overview The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is proposing service improvements for its Red and Purple Lines with the Division 20 Portal Widening and Turnback Facility Project. Collectively, the Red and Purple Lines carry over 140,000 passengers daily, with ridership expected to increase by 49,000, following the Purple Line Extension to the Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Medical Center. Currently, these trains switch tracks before entering Union Station, resulting in back-up and delay in service. The project aims to address these service reliability and safety issues with three core improvements, which include: > Widening of the heavy rail tunnel south of U.S. Highway 101 (Portal Widening) > Development of a new, surface-level turnback facility (Turnback Facility) in the existing Division 20 yard > Reconfiguration of the surface-level rail storage tracks The project site includes the existing rail yard, which is generally bounded by the Los Angeles River to the east, Santa Fe Av to the west, Ducommun St to the north, and 6th St Bridge to the south. The footprint of the proposed project also includes expansion of the existing rail yard boundaries, west toward Santa Fe Av and north toward Commercial St. The project will go through six phases of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process as noted in the figure below with the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) anticipated to be certified in Fall 2018. The Project is funded but has not yet been allocated beyond the development of the Final EIR. Background On March 23, 2017, an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration was adopted by the Metro Board of Directors for a project to implement these modifications. Since that date, the design team has been looking at various refinements to maximize flexibility in the operations of the turnback facility. These refinements require additional environmental analysis in the context of an EIR to address potentially significant impacts. Division 20 Portal Widening and Turnback Facility fact sheet Winter 2018 release of notice preparation fall 2017 public scoping meetings fall 2017 public hearings spring 2018 final eir fall 2018 technical studies fall 2017 – winter 2018 release of revised notice of preparation winter 2018 prepare draft eir winter 2018 public involvement Project Schedule metro.net/capitalprojects
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Project OverviewThe Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is proposing service improvements for its Red and Purple Lines with the Division 20 Portal Widening and Turnback Facility Project. Collectively, the Red and Purple Lines carry over 140,000 passengers daily, with ridership expected to increase by 49,000, following the Purple Line Extension to the Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Medical Center. Currently, these trains switch tracks before entering Union Station, resulting in back-up and delay in service. The project aims to address these service reliability and safety issues with three core improvements, which include:
> Widening of the heavy rail tunnel south of U.S. Highway 101 (Portal Widening)
> Development of a new, surface-level turnback facility (Turnback Facility) in the existing Division 20 yard
> Reconfiguration of the surface-level rail storage tracks
The project site includes the existing rail yard, which is generally bounded by the Los Angeles River to the east, Santa Fe Av to the west, Ducommun St to the north, and 6th St Bridge to the south. The footprint of the proposed project also includes expansion of the existing rail yard boundaries, west toward Santa Fe Av and north toward Commercial St. The project will go through six phases of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process as noted in the figure below with the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) anticipated to be certified in Fall 2018. The Project is funded but has not yet been allocated beyond the development of the Final EIR.
Background On March 23, 2017, an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration was adopted by the Metro Board of Directors for a project to implement these modifications. Since that date, the design team has been looking at various refinements to maximize flexibility in the operations of the turnback facility. These refinements require additional environmental analysis in the context of an EIR to address potentially significant impacts.
Division 20 Portal Widening and Turnback Facilityfact sheet Winter 2018
release of notice
preparation
fall 2017
public scoping
meetings
fall 2017
public hearings
spring 2018
final eir
fall 2018
technical studies
fall 2017 – winter 2018
release of revised notice of
preparation
winter 2018
prepare draft eir
winter 2018
public involvement
Project Schedule
metro.net/capitalprojects
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NOTE: Exact location of turnback tracks and yard tracks to be determined.Source: Terry A. Hayes Associates Inc., 2017
