{"id":29812,"date":"2025-04-03T15:16:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T22:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/la-breaks-ground-on-668m-g-line-busway\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:16:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T22:16:17","slug":"la-breaks-ground-on-668m-g-line-busway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/la-breaks-ground-on-668m-g-line-busway\/","title":{"rendered":"LA breaks ground on $668M G Line busway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/images\/audio_icon.svg?482016190122\" alt=\"-\"><\/p>\n<p>        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">3 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dmgi9movl\/video\/upload\/q_1\/v1743695304\/news\/text_to_speech\/la-breaks-ground-g-line-busway_awjyps.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Los Angeles\u2019 $668 million <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metro.net\/about\/la-metro-breaks-ground-on-improvements-to-bus-safety-speed-reliability-for-g-line-in-san-fernando-valley\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>G Line busway overhaul broke ground<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> on March 28, according to a news release from Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the project owner.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The project is expected to improve end-to-end trip times by at least 12 minutes, or 22%, on the G Line bus rapid transit route, which runs within a dedicated corridor through the San Fernando Valley, according to LA Metro.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The agency picked Valley Transit Partners \u2014 a joint venture composed of Alameda, California-based Stacy and Witbeck; Benicia, California-headquartered Flatiron West; and Modern Railway Systems of Littleton, Colorado \u2014 to deliver the project via a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/valleytransitpartners.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>progressive design-build delivery model<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, per the project website.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>LA Metro said the upgrades will create five-minute bus headways and eliminate the potential for motorist intrusions onto the busway, thereby improving safety for all road users. It is <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.masstransitmag.com\/bus\/press-release\/55278923\/los-angeles-county-metropolitan-transportation-authority-metro-la-metro-celebrates-groundbreaking-of-metro-g-line-enhancements-project\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>funded in part<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> by the agency\u2019s 2016 Measure M and Prop C voter-approved sales taxes, as well as SB-1, the state\u2019s gas tax and vehicle fee transportation funding program, according to Mass Transit magazine.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cThese are the most significant improvements Metro has made to this line in its nearly 20-year history,\u201d said Janice Hahn, L.A. County supervisor and Metro board chair, in the release. \u201cThis work will make the G Line faster and safer in the short-term and brings us a step closer to our ultimate goal of converting the line to light rail.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Crews will build new grade separations as well as railroad-style gated intersections and updated traffic signals for at-grade crossings, according to the project website, as well as three bridges at Van Nuys Boulevard, Sepulveda Boulevard and Vesper Avenue.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Work also entails demolition of the existing Van Nuys Station to make way for a new aerial station. Construction <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metro.net\/projects\/orangeline\/#documents\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>work started at the G Line Van Nuys Station<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> on Feb. 21, according to LA Metro.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The project is expected to be complete in 2027 ahead of the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/aecom-los-angeles-olympics-infrastructure-construction\/743160\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>2028 Olympic and Paralympic games<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>In the coming years, the agency said it expects to build several other transit projects in the area, including the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project, the North San Fernando Transit Corridor Project, the North Hollywood to Pasadena Transit Corridor Project and the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/la-breaks-ground-g-line-busway\/744370\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. 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