MTA Delays Pact With City on Subway Funds
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday postponed consideration of an agreement with the city of Los Angeles that would have required the agency to secure federal funding by 1999 to build an east-west subway across the San Fernando Valley.
The move is the first public indication of MTA staff and board members’ concerns that the recent dramatic cutback in federal funding could cause a serious delay in the extension of the Metro Rail Red Line subway west from North Hollywood.
In order to receive federal funding for the subway project, the MTA must get matching funds from the city of Los Angeles and the state of California. The city has managed to avoid making any payments to the MTA, however, for the past two years.
The commitment to set milestones for the construction of a rail line across the Valley was a condition that the Los Angeles City Council attached to an agreement with the MTA.
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