BUSWAY CREWS BACK ON JOB AFTER DELAY.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Staff Writer Most of the construction crews are back at work on the Orange Line busway across the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. after a court order shut down work for 23 days last summer, officials said Monday. The $330 million, 14-mile busway project is now 45 percent complete, but it remains five months behind schedule. The delay likely will jeopardize jeop·ard·ize tr.v. jeop·ard·ized, jeop·ard·iz·ing, jeop·ard·izes To expose to loss or injury; imperil. See Synonyms at endanger. the August 2005 opening, although MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. officials are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. the project and open it as planned. But Citizens Organized for Smart Transit will take the Metropolitan Transportation Authority back to court next week, trying to get construction halted again while the transit agency conducts a court-ordered environmental study of an alternative system. ``Obviously the MTA does not take the court ruling seriously,'' said COST Chairwoman Diana Lipari. ``They're supposed to examine an alternative to the busway, and yet they're still building the busway. ``I feel they're wasting the taxpayers' money ... because the alternative could end up being the better, cheaper and more effective solution to this.'' But MTA officials said they hoped there would be no further work stoppage stoppage - /sto'p*j/ Extreme lossage that renders something (usually something vital) completely unusable. "The recent system stoppage was caused by a fried transformer." since it took a full six weeks to get all crews back on the job after the first interruption. ``The previous shutdown was disruptive to the project,'' said project manager Roger Dames. ``We're hopeful we will see no further shutdowns.'' The busway had been taking shape between North Hollywood and Warner Center until the state Court of Appeal halted construction on Aug. 2 and ordered the MTA to study a network of Rapid buses as an alternative to the busway. Construction resumed more than three weeks later and the MTA started the new study. The report will cost an estimated $650,000 and take nine months to complete, although the MTA hopes to get it done sooner. Construction crews now are pouring concrete and laying landscaping pipes along the line, and the first station is expected to take shape in coming weeks at Laurel Canyon Boulevard Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. It starts off at Polk Street in Sylmar in the northern San Fernando Valley near the junction of the San Diego (Interstate 405) and the Golden State Freeways (Interstate 5). . By November, crews should be landscaping along Chandler Boulevard. Fifteen major intersections have been reconfigured, nine more still need to be improved, and work on seven others is under way. The MTA also continues to negotiate with Boeing Co. for property on the east side of Canoga Avenue, between Victory Boulevard Victory Boulevard is a major thoroughfare on Staten Island, measuring approximately 8.0 miles (12.87 km) and stretching from the west shore community of Travis to the upper east shore communities of St. George and Tompkinsville. and Vanowen Street, for a planned Park and Ride lot and bus station. Lisa Mascaro, (818) 713-3761 lisa.mascaro(at)dailynews.com |
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