Metro - File #: 2018-0245

• File #: 2018-0245
• Type: Project
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 4/26/2018
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 11/14/2018
• Title: CONSIDER: A. RECEIVING AND FILING the Centinela/Florence Grade Separation Traffic Study; and B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to: 1. Initiate engineering design study to be funded in cooperation with the City of Inglewood; and 2. Work with the City of Inglewood to develop its Funding and Delivery Strategy Plan.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Airport Metro Connector (AMC) Station Project, Budgeting, California Environmental Quality Act, Construction, Crenshaw District, Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project, Downtown Inglewood Station, Environmental Impact Report, Environmental impact statements, Funding plan, Grade separations, Inglewood, Intersections, James Butts, Light rail transit, Long Range Transportation Plan, Los Angeles International Airport, Maps, Metro Crenshaw Line, Metro Equity Platform, Metro Exposition Line, Metro Green Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail K Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Motion / Motion Response, Olympic games, Payment, Peak hour traffic, Plan, Policy, Policy analysis, Project, Queuing, Safety, South Bay Cities subregion, South Bay Service Sector, Strategic planning, Traffic safety, Traffic signals, Westchester
• Related files: 2017-0077, 2018-0784

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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Subject
SUBJECT: CENTINELA/FLORENCE CRENSHAW/LAX LINE GRADE SEPARATION STUDY

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. RECEIVING AND FILING the Centinela/Florence Grade Separation Traffic Study; and

B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to:

1. Initiate engineering design study to be funded in cooperation with the City of Inglewood; and

2. Work with the City of Inglewood to develop its Funding and Delivery Strategy Plan.

Issue
ISSUE

In January 2017, the Board adopted Motion 48 (Attachment A) providing direction to conduct a study and environmental clearance for a grade separation at the Centinela/Florence crossing on the Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail Transit Line (LRT) line in the City of Inglewood. In February 2017 (Legistar File #2017-0077), staff reported that a traffic study would be conducted as the first step prior to commencing environmental clearance. This report presents the results from the Centinela/Florence Grade Separation Traffic Study. Board authorization to proceed into the next project phase is needed to move the potential project to the next steps.

Background
BACKGROUND

The Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the Crenshaw/LAX line was completed in 2011. Metro's Grade Crossing Policy was used to determine which crossings on the Crenshaw line could operate as at-grade crossings, and which ones would need to be grade separated. Such policy-based analysis is conducted for all Metro's planned light rail lines. The results of this analysis indicated that the intersection of Centinela/Florence Avenues could operate as an at-grade crossing, which is how the crossing is currently being constructed. In 2013, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) granted approval for the at-grade crossing but added certain design features, including addit...