Lawndale urges Green Line go underground
An alternative for the planned Metro Green Line extension would send the train partially underground. Image courtesy Metro The LA Metro Green Line Light Rail Extension to Torrance is still in early stages, but the City of Lawndale is prepared to stand in the project’s path – unless the project goes underground, as once suggested by LA Mayor Eric Garcetti. “Plain and simple, none of us support the options here,” Lawndale Councilman Daniel Reid said to Metro representatives during an Aug. 20 City Council meeting. “Underground it, run the busses around us, or go away.” Metro representatives came to Lawndale that night to give the city and its residents an update on the project. Four pathway alternatives are currently on the table, starting from the Redondo Marine Green Line Station: One carries down Hawthorne Boulevard; two more extend down a railroad right of way; a fourth split the difference, going from Hawthorne to the ROW at Artesia Boulevard. Only Alternative 2, a ROW option, calls for trenching the light rail under street crossings. But Lawndale, which has long opposed the project, remains nonplussed and feels chafed by a promise to discuss true undergrounding by LA Mayor Eric…
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