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FILE – Passengers get off an electric Metro G (Orange) Line bus at the end of
the line in North Hollywood as it charges on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. On
Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, LA Metro board voted to approve a construction contract
for improvements to the bus rapid transit line. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los
Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
By Steve Scauzillo | sscauzillo@scng.com | San Gabriel Valley Tribune
PUBLISHED: August 25, 2022 at 4:58 p.m. | UPDATED: August 25, 2022 at 5:05 p.m.

Two San Fernando Valley mass transit projects were awarded a combined total of
$110 million from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
on Thursday, Aug. 25.

By unanimous votes of the LACMTA (LA Metro) Board of Directors, about $66
million was approved to hire a construction management firm to oversee the East
San Fernando Valley Light Rail Line (ESFVLR) and about $44 million will go
toward improvements to the existing Metro G Bus Rapid Transit Line, commonly
known as the Orange Line.

The board directed its CEO Stephanie Wiggins to ink a seven-year contract with
Arcadis Mott MacDonald (AMM) for construction management support services to
oversee the building of the East Valley light rail line.

The proposed light rail line will extend north from the Van Nuys Metro G Line
station to the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station, running 9.2 miles and
including 14 at-grade passenger stations. The first portion of the line would
run down the middle of Van Nuys Boulevard.



The ESFVLR line would be the first light-rail system in the San Fernando Valley
and is predicted to carry 35,000 weekday passengers. The ambitious project will
cost between $2.8 billion and $3.6 billion, according to LA Metro. Construction
is scheduled to start at the end of this year and the line is expected to be
operational in June 2028.



The board also awarded Valley Transit Partners a $44 million contract for the
first phase of pre-construction services, known as “design-build,” for the Metro
G Line Bus Rapid Transit Improvements Project. LA Metro set the pre-construction
phase of the project’s budget at about $150 million.

This contract funds work on improvements to the bus rapid transit line, which
runs east-west between the Chatsworth and North Hollywood stations. The 18-mile
line uses buses, now being converted to electric-battery, to take passengers on
exclusive, dedicated lanes.

However, at major intersections, the buses would often get caught in traffic and
wait for traffic signals to turn green. The proposed improvements would reduce
the time a passenger spends on a G Line bus by allowing buses to travel up to
15-25 mph faster by avoiding traffic at major intersections.



Planned improvements include building grade separations over Van Nuys and
Sepulveda boulevards. Building bridges over these major intersections would
allow buses to travel freely. The project improvements include adding signal
priority technology and more railroad crossing-type gates, to address pedestrian
safety issues and keep cars from crashing into buses.

The board also authorized using eminent domain to force four property owners to
sell their parcels to Metro, to make room for some of the G Line improvements.

An attorney for the owner of one of the four parcels, a tire
shop/distribution/retail outlet on Saticoy Street, between Canoga and Deering
avenues, said taking of a piece of his client’s land will hurt his business. He
asked Metro to instead use an adjacent right-of-way to locate its safety gates.

“He has a successful business, a major warehouse and distribution facility. You
will be taking away many of his parking spaces and blocking his access off of
Saticoy. It will be just a mess,” said the owner’s attorney, John Peterson.

Metro’s staff attorney, Craig Justesen, said an authorization to go to court
over the easement rights would not preclude Metro from continuing talks with the
owner and his attorney. However, not moving ahead with the eminent domain
procedure could delay the project, said Metro staff.

Metro Board Chair Ara Najarian directed the staff to continue negotiations,
including finding ways to relocate the gates on Saticoy. The motion to approve
the authorization to buy the four pieces of land for the project was approved by
a 10-0 vote.


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STEVE SCAUZILLO | REPORTER

Steve Scauzillo has been a journalist for more than 40 years, has worked as a
beat reporter, assistant city editor, Opinion Pages Editor, general assignment
and transportation/environment writer. Steve loves to explore the outdoors by
hiking the Angeles National Forest and is an amateur bird watcher. Steve is on
the board of the San Gabriel Valley LGBTQ Center in Arcadia and a member of Rose
City Church in Pasadena. He's working on a screenplay in his spare time.
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