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3 Project Update Community Webinar Regional Connector Transit Project January 14, 2021 Welcome and Agenda
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Introductions
Community Leadership Council
Project Overview
Eat Shop Play
Construction Update & Look Ahead
Public Outreach & Engagement Opportunities
Questions & Public Comments
5 Introductions
6 Project Presenters
• Project Management: • Community Relations: • Gary Baker • Olga Arroyo • Sy Morales • Jeanmarie Hance • Rajni Patel • Abraham Jurado • Tung Vu • JC Montenegro • Jaydeep Pendse • Wendy Cardona • Mike Halsey • Ginny Brideau
• Regional Connector Constructors: • Justin Waguespack • Philip Mateo
7 Community Leadership Council
8 CLC Members
Little Tokyo/Arts District Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill • Chris Aihara, Co-Chair • Jamie Fang, Co-Chair Little Tokyo Community Council Promenade, Orchids.com • Miguel Vargas, Co-Chair Arts District LA BID Flower St/Financial District • Michael Shilstone, Co-Chair Historic Broadway Central City Association • Vahn Babigian, Co-Chair • Tom Jung, Co-Chair Metropolitan News Los Angeles Central Library
Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill At-large Members • Dave Thompson, Co-Chair • Ron Lozano, Consultant Brookstone Properties • Joel Wynton, Stakeholder
9 Project Overview
• 1.9-mile underground light-rail system • Will connect the Metro L Line (Gold) to the A (Blue) and E (Expo) Lines • One-seat ride between Azusa and Long Beach; East LA and Santa Monica • Three underground stations • Little Tokyo/Arts District (1st St/Central Av) • Historic Broadway (2nd St/Broadway) • Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill (2nd Pl/Hope St) • 90,000 daily passengers expected • Slated to open for rail passenger service in 2022
10 11 metro.net Operational Plan Metro Rail & Busway
Chatsworth Amtrak & Metrolink
Nordhoff SAN FERNANDO VALLEY Lake Allen Sierra MadreArcadia VillaMonroviaDuarte/CityIrwindale of HopeAzusa DowntownAPU/Citrus College
GOLD LINE FOOTHILL Roscoe EXTENSION PROJECT Memorial Park • Board approved October 2020 Sherman Way SAN GABRIEL VALLEY Del Mar Canoga De Soto Pierce CollegeTampa Reseda Balboa Woodley SepulvedaVan NuysWoodmanValley CollegeLaurel Canyon North Hollywood Fillmore Universal City/Studio City
Hollywood/Highland South Pasadena
Hollywood/VineLAX FlyAway Highland Park
Hollywood/Western Southwest Museum CENTRAL LA Vermont/Sunset Heritage Sq • Vermont/Santa Monica Lincoln/Cypress Connect the L Line to the A and E Chinatown Vermont/Beverly PURPLE (D LINE) EXTENSION TRANSIT PROJECT Wilshire/WesternWilshire/Normandie Union Station Wilshire/Vermont Amtrak & Metrolink CivicGrand Ctr/Park Metrolink LAX FlyAway LAC+USC MedicalCal State Ctr LA El Monte Westlake/MacArthur Park
WESTSIDE REGIONAL 7th St/Metro Ctr CONNECTOR Lines Pico Pershing Square LATTC/Ortho Soto Institute LittleArts Tokyo/ Dist Indiana Atlantic DOWNTOWN Pico/Aliso Maravilla STATION CLOSED LA Mariachi Plaza Grand/LATTC East LA Civic Ctr Downtown17th Santa St/SMC Monica26th St/BergamotExpo/BundyExpo/SepulvedaWestwood/RanchoPalms Culver Park CityLa Cienega/JeffersonExpo/La BreaFarmdaleExpo/CrenshawExpo/WesternExpo/VermontExpoPark/USC EASTSIDE 37th St/ San Pedro St Rail Station SANTA USC MONICA Jefferson/USC Washington Transfer Station BuswayStation Slauson Vernon Busway Street Service UNDER SOUTH LA Slauson CONSTRUCTION CRENSHAW/LAX • TRANSIT PROJECT One-seat ride between Azusa and Manchester Florence PACIFIC OCEAN
Firestone Metro Rail
103rd St/ A Line (Blue) Watts Towers Downtown LA to Long Beach Long Beach; East LA and Santa Willowbrook/ B Line (Red) LAX Shuttle G Crenshaw Harbor Fwy Rosa Parks North Hollywood to Union Station LAX Aviation/LAXHawthorne/LennoxVermont/Athens Avalon Long Beach LakewoodBl NorwalkBl C Line (Green) Redondo Beach to Norwalk Rosecrans Compton Mariposa D Line (Purple) Wilshire/Western to Union Station Harbor Artesia El Segundo Gateway E Line (Expo) Monica Transit Ctr Downtown LA to Santa Monica GATEWAY CITIES Del Amo Douglas L Line (Gold) East Los Angeles to Azusa Redondo Beach Carson Wardlow
Willow St Metro Busway SOUTH BAY G Line (Orange) Pacific Pacific Coast Hwy Chatsworth to North Hollywood Coast Hwy J Line (Silver) Anaheim St San Pedro to El Monte Street Service in Downtown LA Pacific 5th St and San Pedro Av San Pedro Downtown 1st St Regional Rail Long Beach Amtrak amtrak.com Metrolink metrolinktrains.com
Airport Shuttle
LAX FlyAway lawa.org/flyaway LAX Shuttle (free) lawa.org
Station closure
Little Tokyo/Arts District Station is closed effective Fall 2020. Use the free L Line (Gold) Shuttle for connecting service.
OCT 2020 Subject to Change 12 LACMTA 21-1502MM ©2020 Eat Shop Play
13 • Far Bar – 347 E 1st St This Month’s • Café Demitasse – 135 San Pedro St Spotlights • Drago Centro – 525 S Flower St
Far Bar Café Demitasse Drago Centro
14 (abeautifullife) jamaican cafe Eat Shop Play • Flagship location: 216 S Spring St Partner Update (abeautifullife) jamaican kitchen • New location: 243 S San Pedro St
15 Presentation by Eat Shop March 12, 2021 at 9am Play team
See examples of 2021 How to tap into 2021 Marketing Campaign programming
Webinar for Eat Shop Play Businesses
16 • Visit metro.net/eatshopplay and click through to DTLA and Little Tokyo to learn about our Eat Shop Eat Shop Play Online Play partners
• Follow “Metro Regional Connector” on Facebook and @MetroConnector on Twitter
17 Project Update
18 Activity Little Tokyo/Arts District Historic Broadway Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill Flower St/Financial District
Construction > Stations Concludes 2022 > Tunnel box
1st St/Alameda & Deck removal/backfill In place thru As early as As early as Central Av closures Summer 2021 March 2021 March 2021 Completed
Civil Restoration > Tree replacement, lighting, 2021 to 2022 sidewalks, final paving & striping, etc.
Alameda tunnel box construction Concludes 2022 – – – L Line (Gold) service interruption
Testing Begins 2022
19 Revenue Operations Begins 2022 Little Tokyo/Arts District Station
20 Little Tokyo/Arts District Station
21 22 Alameda St Portal (looking north) Temple Street Closure Temple St closure east of Alameda St > Detour in place > Duration: 6 months
Northbound Alameda St one lane reduction continues
Ongoing coordination with > Emergency Responders, including LAFD > Metro Bus Operations and Dash
23 Temple Street Closure
24 1st Street Portal Excavation 1st Portal Excavation > Thru traffic maintained one lane in each direction > Pedestrian access maintained on the south sidewalk of 1st St > Anticipated to begin March 29, 2021
Ongoing coordination with > Stakeholders
> Metro Bus Operations St.
and Dash Hewitt
11 Historic Broadway Station
26 Historic Broadway Station
27 Historic Broadway Station Construction
28 2nd St Restoration: Weekend Closures 2021
• Select weekends • Fridays 9 pm to Mondays 5 am
• 2nd St/Broadway Intersection • February 12, 19, 26
• 2nd St/Spring St Closure • May 07, 14 • June 11, 18 *Dates subject to change
29 Bus Detour Information
> During weekend closures, bus stops on Broadway will be relocated
> Bus detour information available at metro.net/advisories
> Nearby busses on Broadway include: • Metro Lines 2, 4, 30, 40, 45, and 745
30 Grand Av Arts/ Bunker Hill Station
31 Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill Station
32 Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill Station
33 Future Pedestrian Bridge
rendering
34 Pedestrian Bridge Construction
rendering
35 Extended Closure for Deck Removal and Utility Relocation
Extended closure of Hope St • Between 2nd St and 3rd St Grand Av • Local access maintained Arts/Bunker Hill Station between GTK Way and 3rd St • As early as mid-March 2021
• Approximately three months The Broad • Closure in place 24 hours a day-7 days a week
36 Flower St/Financial District
37 Track Installation & Steel Removal
38 Civil Improvements – Flower St, 4th St to 6th St
• Curb, sidewalk, accessibility ramps
• Between 4th St and 6th St • Temporary sidewalk and crosswalk restrictions • Pedestrian detour in place
39 Trainway Communication Line
Connect the Regional Connector to the 7th St/Metro Center Station
• Thru traffic maintained
• Flower St, from 6th St to 7th St
• Through February 12, 2021 • 7th St, from Flower St and Figueroa St
• For approximately four weeks starting as early as February 15, 2021
• Work hours 6am to 3:30pm, 7pm to 5am Monday through Friday
40 Deck Removal: 4th St to 5th St
• Beginning as early as March 5, 2021
• Scheduled through July 2021 • Approximately 16 weekends • Traffic control set up begins 7 pm, Friday evenings • Street fully opened by 5 am, Monday morning
• Work takes place over entire weekend
• Deck removal will continue through 2021, south of 5th St *Deck removal schedule is pending approval and is subject to change
41 Deck Removal Weekend Closure
444 S Flower 42 Community Outreach and Engagement
Construction notices Posting on Next Door
Stakeholder briefings Postings on Facebook and Twitter
Door-to-door distribution within ½ mile radius Waze map integration
Email notice distribution Project website
43 Questions and Public Comments
44 Email: [email protected] Facebook: @metroregionalconnector
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