Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MAY 14, 2025
Preamble
Motion by:
DIRECTORS SOLIS, BASS, HAHN and YAROSLAVSKY
Southeast Gateway Line Phase 2 - Creating Housing and Opportunity Through Transportation and Partnership Motion
Metro's Southeast Gateway Line (SGL) is a transformative light rail transit (LRT) project that will connect the cities and communities of southeast Los Angeles County to Downtown Los Angeles. It will also provide connections to other Metro bus and rail lines and expand access to transit across the region.
In January 2022, the Metro Board of Directors selected the Project's locally preferred alternative (LPA), a 14.5-mile LRT alignment between the City of Artesia and the Slauson/A Line Station. At that time, the Board also selected Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) as the northern terminus of the project, completing the transit corridor and approved a motion from Directors Hahn, Solis, Garcetti, Mitchell, and Dutra (2022-0023) that adopts, as policy, that the entire Project be declared complete once it provides a single-seat ride via rail from the City of Artesia to LAUS. The motion also directed staff to identify concepts that would lower the project capital cost, make it competitive for "New Starts" Grant Funding, and reengage the community to best define a project (including station design and locations) to meet the changing mobility needs of Little Tokyo, Arts District, LAUS and the surrounding area. Metro staff is in the final stages of analyzing the LAUS study.
The final segment of the Project traverses through equity-focused communities. It could generate substantial economic benefits for the residents of those communities by incentivizing new housing development and creating thousands of good-paying jobs. The Project is consistent with the City of Los Angeles Downtown 2040 Community Plan. Undergrounding the final segment of the SGL Project, specifically its alignment through Downtown Los Angeles north of the I-10 fr...
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