Local News in Brief : Subway Funds Diverted
A bill to divert an estimated $3 million from Metro Rail subway funds for the San Fernando Valley to operate a commuter rail service was signed into law Wednesday by Gov. George Deukmejian.
The bill, which overwhelmingly passed both houses of the Legislature, also delays until Sept. 29, 1989, the start of subway tunneling between Universal City and North Hollywood.
The commuter service, which would operate on Southern Pacific railroad tracks, would consist of two round trips daily between Union Station in downtown Los Angeles and either Simi Valley or Oxnard. Proposed stops for the 500-passenger trains are Burbank, Van Nuys and Chatsworth.
State Sen. Alan Robbins (D-Van Nuys) proposed the line last year as a means of relieving congestion during widening of the Ventura Freeway, which began in February and is expected to be completed in mid-1990.
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