South Bay residents, politicians and businesses fret as LA Metro plans Green Line extension
A Redondo Beach resident posts signs of protest against LA Metro’s planned Green Line extension. Photo For an area within a stone’s throw of busy Inglewood Boulevard and 190th Street, the neighborhood that surrounds Redondo Beach’s Franklin Park is quiet, even on a Saturday afternoon. Walking the sidewalks, the loudest sounds are cheers from a birthday party at the park itself, a dog barking, or dishes rattling around while people make dinner. At least, until a BNSF railroad freight train rolls down the tracks that ride the border between Torrance and Redondo Beach. Robert Painter and his family live along those tracks, which he can see from his living room couch. “My son loves it,” Painter said. “But he’s at that age where they all love trains.” Painter can deal with it too – he and his family have lived at the home for seven years, and knew the freighters would be a function of everyday life when they moved in. A plan to run a light rail commuter train down that same path, however, wasn’t something he expected to deal with. He, like his neighbors, worry about the frequency of passenger-filled trains rolling past his backyard every six to 12 minutes, alongside the approximately…
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