FINAL FUNDING OK COMES THROUGH FOR GOLD LINE.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Staff Writer The next major public transit project in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. - the Gold Line's $898.8 million extension into the Eastside - won final approval Tuesday, and groundbreaking is slated for this month, officials said. The six-mile line from Union Station into Little Tokyo, Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. comes nearly 20 years after it was first planned for the transit-dependent community. ``It means an awful lot. ... It is something we've been waiting for,'' said 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. board member Gloria Molina, a county supervisor whose district includes the Eastside. ``We're promising to the FTA FTA abbr. Future Teachers of America and the community it's going to be built on budget and on time.'' The Federal Transit Administration The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transit systems. The FTA is one of eleven modal administrations within the DOT. signed off Tuesday on the $490.7 million allocation, and a construction contract was signed later in the day with the joint venture of Washington Group International, Obayashi Corp. and Shimmick Construction Corp. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority hopes to break ground this month, and to have the line operating by 2009. Lisa Mascaro, (818) 713-3761 lisa.mascaro(at)dailynews.com |
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