Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
APRIL 15, 2021
Subject
SUBJECT: AIRPORT METRO CONNECTOR PROJECT
Action
ACTION: ADOPT LIFE OF PROJECT BUDGET
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
ESTABLISHING a life-of project (LOP) budget for the Airport Metro Connector project in the amount of $898,581,000 consistent with the provisions of the Board-adopted Measure R and Measure M Unified Cost Management Policy (Attachment C).
Issue
ISSUE
The Airport Metro Connector Project (AMC) will be the ninth station along the Crenshaw/LAX (C/LAX) Line and will connect directly with the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) Automated People Mover (APM) and become the key multi-modal gateway to the Metro system from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). With direct connections between Metro rail, bus and active transportation systems to the APM and LAX, this new transit station will provide a welcoming, secure and convenient connection point that aims to stand as a significant flagship destination in both Metro and the City of Los Angeles transportation networks
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Project Overview
In June 2014, the Board approved adding a new transit station to the C/LAX line at 96th Street to connect the C/LAX line with the LAWA APM. Subsequent Board actions authorized funding and contract actions for design and engineering services and directed the CEO to complete the environmental review and begin the required land acquisition. On January 26, 2017, the Board certified the AMC 96thStreet Transit Station Final EIR. For the federal requirements per the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), an environmental memorandum was prepared to document the environmental findings for the AMC 96th Street Transit Station and to support a determination by FTA that the project meets the criteria for a Categorical Exclusion (CE).
The AMC project has been designed by Gruen Associates and Grimshaw, in collaboration with the LAWA team developing the APM project. All desi...
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