{"id":30191,"date":"2025-04-29T04:09:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T11:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/2-4b-inglewood-people-mover-mothballed\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T04:09:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T11:09:42","slug":"2-4b-inglewood-people-mover-mothballed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/2-4b-inglewood-people-mover-mothballed\/","title":{"rendered":"$2.4B Inglewood people mover mothballed"},"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\/v1745861766\/news\/text_to_speech\/inglewood-people-mover-on-hold_qdmcbs.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<h3>Dive Brief:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Inglewood people mover project in Los Angeles has now officially been waylaid, with a new plan pushing out the original vision for the $2.4 billion project until after the 2028 Olympics, if it moves forward at all.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Inglewood City Council released <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/inglewoodtransitconnector.com\/project-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>a blueprint of its now phased approach<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> to its Transit Connector Project on April 22, after opposition from local businesses, including the owners of the Los Angeles Rams and Clippers, as well as Rep. Maxine Waters, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/travel\/inglewood-transit-project\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>stopped the original people mover<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in its tracks last year, according to news channel KTLA 5.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The new plan recasts the project from an elevated, automated light-rail initiative to smaller-scale improvements including dedicated bus and bike lanes ahead of the Olympics, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/inglewoodtransitconnector.com\/news-and-information\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>according to a city news release<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Dive Insight:<\/h3>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cWith the world watching us as we prepare to host the 2028 Olympics, we\u2019re also looking inward \u2014 listening to our community and taking strategic steps to deliver on what matters most to the people who live and work here,\u201d said Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts, in the city\u2019s news release. Inglewood is an incorporated city within the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>In revising its plan, the city council approved <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofinglewood.org\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Item\/18931?fileID=26342\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>a new, $34 million contract<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> with Tutor Perini-led Elevate Inglewood Partners, the design-build consortium on the deal, to reassess its scope.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cThis updated and phased approach to the ITC is our response to what we\u2019ve heard: a desire for traffic relief and improved quality of life, connected and walkable neighborhoods, and a revitalized downtown reflecting Inglewood\u2019s existing vibrant culture,\u201d Butts said in the release.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The phased approach will leave open the possibility of continuing to move forward with the people mover after the Olympics, the city said.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Last July, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/investors.tutorperini.com\/press-releases\/press-release-details\/2024\/Elevate-Inglewood-Partners-Selected-as-Best-Value-Proposer-for-the-Inglewood-Transit-Connector-Project\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>the city named Elevate Inglewood Partners<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> as the best value proposer for the originally envisioned $2.4 billion, 1.6-mile project. In addition to Los Angeles-based Tutor Perini, the public-private consortium includes equity member Plenary Americas US Holdings; lead designer Parsons; automated transit system operator Woojin Industrial Systems; and operations and maintenance contractor Alternate Concepts.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Tutor Perini didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment on the new phased approach.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The automated people mover aspect of the job <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-10-25\/clippers-and-rams-owners-come-out-against-inglewood-people-mover-as-2-4-billion-project-falters\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>was effectively killed last fall<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, when the owners of the NFL\u2019s L.A. Rams and NBA\u2019s L.A. Clippers, as well as Waters, put up roadblocks against it, according to the Los Angeles Times.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The original plan had already been awarded $1 billion in federal funds during the Biden administration. But the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/travel\/inglewood-transit-project\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>future of those funds is now unclear<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> amid the Trump administration canceling previously awarded grants for other transit projects nationally, according to news channel KTLA 5.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/inglewood-people-mover-on-hold\/746477\/\" 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. Please let us know if you have feedback. 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