Need Your Support -Weds. Feb. 18 -METRO Regional Connector Meeting

Dear Broadway Committee Members,

 

As you know from our discussions the past year, the Regional Connector is a VERY important piece of proposed transportation at METRO which would connect the region's light rail lines, allowing riders to go from Long Beach to Pasadena (and vice versa) without changing trains, and providing connectivity between numerous other light and heavy rail. It would also add several important stations to Downtown.

 

The originally proposed design for the overall underground route, included an above-ground section through Little Tokyo, and a "Historic Core" station which would have been as far east as Los Angeles Street.  As you'll recall, we were not supportive of this proposal, and advocated for better Broadway connectivity with the Regional Connector all last summer.

 

The good news is, we are now we are on the verge of a victory –IF Metro adopts the proposed NEW proposal, for an underground Little Tokyo section and the Historic Core station at 2nd & Broadway and sends it through environmental review. 

 

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT ON WEDNESDAY FEB. 18 to advocate for this new option when the decisions are being made.

 

If this proposal is adopted and implemented, it would mean an inter-modal station AT BROADWAY to directly connect with the streetcar and bring thousands of people to our historic corridor everyday.

 

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN ATTEND & SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS PLAN:

 

Thursday Feb. 18
1pm
Metro Planning & Programming Committee

 

The committee meeting is important, because the committee recommendations will be what the board acts on at their meeting the following week at the Metro Board of Director meeting Thursday Feb. 25. 

 

Some speaking points are attached about the overall project and it's Broadway connectivity.

 

Ginny Brideau with the Robert Group (whom many of you met during the Metro workshops) has offered to help by preparing speakers cards for the Broadway folks who can come.  Please reply to Ginny and me (Ginny is cc'd here) to let us know if you can attend.

 

Thank you in advance - and wish us luck!

 

Sincerely,

Jessica

 

Jessica Wethington McLean
Executive Director

Bringing Back Broadway

 

Office of Councilmember José Huizar
200 N. Spring Street Room 465
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 473-7014
Jessica.WethingtonMcLean@Lacity.org

www.BringingBackBroadway.com