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Metro Rebuilding America – Infrastructure Recovery Plan Metro Rebuilding America – Infrastructure Recovery Plan Working together, the 116th Congress, the Trump Key elements of the Rebuilding America initiative: Administration, and infrastructure agencies like 1. Robust federal funding Metro have an opportunity to stimulate America’s 2. Long-term federal commitment economy by adopting an Infrastructure Recovery to infrastructure Plan. Such a plan can help rebuild America, 3. Smart federal tax incentives while smartly and efficiently creating hundreds 4. Bold grant program for major of thousands of public and private sector infrastructure projects construction, manufacturing and service jobs, 5. Strong backing for workforce that will stand up our national economy in the development programs post COVID-19 pandemic era. We project that a Rebuilding America initiative In LA County, Metro is advancing its plan to – which enjoys broad parallels with the Moving rebuild America – powered by Measure M – that Forward Framework issued by the Chairman of is in the process of creating over 450,000 jobs the House Transportation and Infrastructure and producing an economic output in excess of Committee Congressman Peter DeFazio on $79 billion. These statistics from the independent January 29, 2020 – will serve to jump-start and well-respected Los Angeles County Economic America’s infrastructure. We are especially Development Corporation, shows that there is a supportive of the Buy America Reforms in the smart and sustainable path forward to boldly have Moving Forward Framework, which will ensure the private sector and government agencies like that American taxpayer dollars are used on Metro take the lead in Rebuilding America. products that will be proudly made in America. Metro believes our Rebuilding America initiative Working together, Metro is confident that we can be a blueprint for our national recovery. will soon be Rebuilding America. Rebuilding America – Major Metro Capital Projects Rebuilding America – Major Metro Capital Projects Boundary Source Provided by: WeDrawTheLines.ca.gov, 2011 Final Version 23 McCarthy (! (! (! (! North County Transportation Improvements High Desert Multi-Purpose Corridor 25 (Representative Sample) (! (! (! (! (! (! (! (! (! (! (! (! Regional Commuter Rail I-5 N Capacity Enhancements (Metrolink & Amtrak) (SR-14 to Lake Hughes Rd) (! (! (! Improvements (! (! 29 28 Ventura County Cárdenas Schiff East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Project 27 Orange Line BRT North San Fernando Valley Chu Improvements Bus Rapid Transit Las Virgenes/Malibu Orange Line Transportation Improvements Conversion (Representative Sample) to Light Rail ! ( (! (! BRT Connector Orange/Red Line to Gold Line 30 (! 26 (! Gold Line Foothill Extension 2B ! Brownley (!(! (! ( Sherman (to Claremont) Sepulveda Pass Express Bus Transit Corridor 32 Napolitano Crenshaw(! Line Northern Extension 34 33 SR-71 Gap from Sepulveda Pass Underground Transit Corridor Gomez Lieu (! I-10 to Rio Rancho Rd I-605/I-10 Interchange (! (! (! 37 (! 35 Torres Westside Purple Line Extension Section 3 38 (! Bass SR-60/I-605 Interchange Sánchez HOV Direct Connectors (! LAX Bus Rapid Transit Connector to Santa Monica Roybal (! SR-57/SR-60 40 Interchange Improvements Lincoln Bl BRT Allard (! 39 Cisneros I-605 Corridor "Hot Spot" Interchange Improvements Vermont BRT Corridor (! (! Airport Metro Connector 96th St. Station/ 43 Gold Line Eastside Extension (Washington Blvd) Green Line Extension LAX Waters I-5 Corridor Improvements from I-605 to I-710 I-105 ExpressLanes from I-405 to I-605 44 (! I-405 South Bay Curve Improvements Barragán Pacific (! Green Line Eastern Extension (Norwalk) Green Line Extension to Crenshaw Bl in Torrance Ocean (! West Santa Ana Light Rail Corridor from I-405/I-110 Interchange HOV Connect Ramps & Union Station to City of Artesia Interchange Improvements 47 (! Lowenthal I-710 South Corridor Project I-110 ExpressLanes Extension South to I-405/I-110 Interchange Orange County LEGEND !( Measure M Highway/Street Projects Metro A Line (Blue) Metro L Line (Gold) Measure M Highway/Street Projects Metro B Line (Red) Metro G Line BRT (Orange) !( Measure M Transit Projects Metro C Line (Green) Metro J Line BRT (Silver) Measure M Transit Project * Metro D Line (Purple) Fixed Guideway Under Construction Measure R Highway Project Metro E Line (Expo) Metrolink Freeway Highway Not shown on map: Crenshaw/LAX Track Enhancement Project, Complete LA River Bike Path and LA River Waterway and System Bike Path, Major Arterial City of San Fernando Bike Master Plan, Historic Downtown Streetcar, Regional Facility North San Fernando Valley Bus Rapid Transit Improvements, Arroyo Verdugo 0 5 10 Congressional District Boundary Transportation Improvements, and South Bay Transportation Improvements County Boundary * Final alignments to be determined during environmental processes Miles Map Produced By Countywide Planning and Development, LACMTA, April, 2020 P:\Jobs3\Y20003_PoliticalDistrict\MXD\Combined\Congressional_8x11_Final.mxd Thomas Bros. Data Used With Permission Phillip A. Washington Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chief Executive Officer lacmta ©2020 20-2753jo.
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