U.S. Gives Approval to Light Rail Extension
From Times Staff Reports
The federal government Tuesday gave the go-ahead for a $490.7-million grant to fund an extension of the light rail Gold Line to East Los Angeles.
The move, which was expected, will allow the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to hire a contractor to build the line, which will run from Union Station through Little Tokyo and Boyle Heights, ending at Pomona and Atlantic boulevards.
Congress still needs to approve the funds for the six-mile line, which is to open in 2009.
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