SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA : State Allots $179 Million for Rail Transit Projects
The California Transportation Commission allocated $179 million Wednesday to Los Angeles transit officials to expand the Metrolink commuter trains and other Southland rail projects and $13.5 million for highway improvements in Los Angeles County.
The money will be drawn from state funds and State Propositions 116 and 108, which voters approved in 1990.
“Today’s action funds construction of two brand-new Metrolink lines to Orange County and to Riverside County via Fullerton,” Richard Stanger, executive director of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, said in a statement.
The money is to be used to build track and stations, or signal improvements, including work along the following lines: $70 million for Oceanside to Fullerton; $38.7 for San Bernardino-Riverside-Fullerton; $12.1 million for Los Angeles to Ventura; $2.4 million for San Bernardino to Los Angeles. Another $55.6 million is to be used to purchase Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe right of way; and $195,000 for a rail electrification study.
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