Letters to the Editor 10-12-23
Stand by your neighbor Dear ER: Hermosa City Manager Suja Lowenthal stated at the September 26 Hermosa Council Meeting, “The ROW (Right of Way) option allowed for members of the South Bay to take a one-seat ride to LAX or Downtown.” (“Hermosa Beach to review Metro Line stance after Redondo Beach council complains,” ER September 28, 2023). That statement was grossly negligent, or intentionally misleading. The Metro C-Line extension to Torrance does not change the route of the C-Line north of the existing Redondo Beach station on Marine Avenue. Hermosans have no dog in the Metro extension fight since it is unlikely that any Hermosan would ever ride the C Line from the new station in Redondo — be it on Hawthorne Boulevard or down the ROW — to the Torrance Transit Center in the Torrance Refinery District. That the City of Hermosa Beach sent not one, but two letters to Metro without consulting its Redondo Beach neighbors is similarly astonishing. Once must wonder why the Hermosa city staff, and council members like Justin Massey push for ROW C-Line alignment that is so harmful to the lives of so many Redondo Beach residents, and gets far fewer riders then sending light rail cars down a…
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