LOS ANGELES COUNTY : $5-Million Increase OKd in Green Line Car Contract
Transportation commissioners Wednesday approved a $5-million increase for the Green Line’s first 15 cars, bringing the total cost to $50 million.
Edward McSpedon, president of the LACTC’s Rail Construction Corp., said that when commissioners approved the rail car contract last October with Tokyo-based Sumitomo Corp., which is being paid in yen, they failed to provide all the necessary funds.
“These are all standard provisions,” McSpedon told the commission, referring to the changes in the contract. “Unfortunately, when you awarded the contact, you did not authorize money for spare parts.”
The increase means that each car will cost $3.3 million, the most expensive cars in the Metro Rail system. The light rail Green Line, slated to open in November, 1994, will run between El Segundo and Norwalk.
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