Concrete work at various locations began on July 16 as part of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $1.7-billion Regional Connector Transit Project.
The work is being conducted at the Little Tokyo/Arts District Station (1st Street and Alameda Street), Historic Broadway Station (2nd Street and Broadway), Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill Station (2nd Place and Hope Street), and areas within the Flower Street/Financial District.
“These concrete pours are a vital step in the process of completing the project,” Metro said in a statement. “All pours will take place within current station and site limits, with through-access maintained.”
Weather permitting, the work was scheduled to begin as early as 5 a.m. on various weekdays through Aug. 7.
The Regional Connector, forecast to be completed in 2021, will extend from Metro Rail’s Little Tokyo/Arts District Station to the 7th Street/Metro Center in downtown Los Angeles, allowing passengers to access the Gold, Blue, Expo, Red and Purple lines.
The 1.9-mile addition will serve Little Tokyo, the Arts District, Civic Center, the Historic Core, Broadway, Grand Avenue, Bunker Hill, Flower Street and the Financial District.
The Regional Connector isn’t supposed completed until 2022.