Citizens walk Green Line options
by Garth Meyer A large crowd met at William Green Park in Lawndale last Saturday to walk parts of the two proposed routes of the C Line light rail extension. The event was put on by local L.A. County Supervisor Holly Mitchell. A decision on a light rail spur into the South Bay is scheduled for early next year. “We want to build this so it works where we live, works geographically and people actually ride it,” Mitchell said before the crowd broke into small groups to walk to presentations at Stop A (168th Street), Stop B (Condon Avenue) and Stop C (Hawthorne Boulevard). The two routes under consideration are: along the Hawthorne Boulevard median on elevated tracks; or along a Metro-owned freight train right-of-way through a Lawndale-North Redondo neighborhood. County sheriffs kept watch during the sometimes contentious morning. At Stop A, along the right of way, a man asked if less property taxes coming in – because of lower property values along the route if light rail is added – had been considered. “That should be a question that should be asked,” he said. At Stop B, one of the most narrow spots on the right of way, a Metro engineer — a veteran of several large-scale light rail…
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