2 House Panels Vote Funds for Metro Rail
In first-round action on federal transportation spending for 1987, two House of Representatives panels Wednesday recommended $110 million be appropriated for Los Angeles’ Metro Rail subway.
The actions were taken by the appropriations subcommittee on transportation, which drafts transit spending bills, and the House Publics Works Committee, which authorizes federal transportation projects.
In addition, the Public Works Committee, as part of its recommendations on a multiyear plan for use of federal gas tax dollars, called for a total of $870 million to be earmarked for the Los Angeles subway project through 1991.
That bill, for the first time, signals Congress’ intent to provide construction funds for the second, Westside phase of the downtown-to-San Fernando Valley commuter rail line. All previous construction appropriations have been limited to the 4.4-mile first leg of the line between Union Station and Alvarado Street.
Both of Wednesday’s actions require concurrence by the full House, the Senate and President Reagan, who opposes the project.
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