Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Subject
SUBJECT: THE LONG BEACH-EAST LA (FORMERLY I-710 SOUTH) CORRIDOR MOBILITY INVESTMENT PLAN
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE report on the status of the Long Beach-East LA (formerly I-710 South) Corridor Task Force progress, draft Corridor Mobility Investment Plan, and original I-710 South Corridor Project.
Issue
ISSUE
This report provides an update on the development of the Draft LB-ELA Corridor Mobility Investment Plan (CMIP) that will be published in January 2024, along with an update to the Board on the progress made by the Task Force since the June 2023 meeting.
This report also provides an update on the status of the "No Build" conclusion to the original I-710 South Corridor Project Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) and grant activities supporting a LB-ELA Corridor project that was part of the Board-approved Pre-Investment Plan Opportunity.
Background
BACKGROUND
In May 2021, the Metro Board approved a motion to suspend further work to advance the current 710 S Corridor Project EIR/EIS. The motion also directed staff to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders to conduct outreach and develop a funding plan in order to advance a revised Early Action Program that includes projects that can be advanced separately from mainline 710 South infrastructure improvements and to identify additional locally-supported projects to enhance mobility along the 710 South Corridor.
As a result, staff initiated the LB-ELA (formerly I-710 South) Corridor Task Force in September 2021 to re-engage local impacted communities and stakeholders to develop a set of recommendations for Metro investment in multimodal projects and programs that would take the place of the original I-710 South Corridor Project, for which the Board suspended the environmental proces...
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