Drive Seeks to Move Metro Rail Terminus
A state senator and two Los Angeles city councilmen, joined by representatives of San Fernando Valley homeowner and business groups, Friday announced a petition drive to shift the northern terminus of the Metro Rail subway westward from North Hollywood to the Sepulveda Basin.
The proposed 7.6-mile extension plan was co-authored by state Sen. Alan Robbins (D-Tarzana) and Los Angeles City Councilman Marvin Braude. Robbins and another petition backer, Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky, appeared at a news conference Friday in Van Nuys.
Current plans call for Metro Rail to link downtown, where the southern end is under construction, to North Hollywood, with the possibility of light rail lines crossing the Valley westward from there. The extended subway is among 10 options that the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission is considering for the Valley.
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