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Residents raise safety and property concerns after Metro survey notice for rail right-of-way
Summary
Residents and speakers at a Redondo Beach City Council meeting urged the city to clarify Metro survey activity on the existing rail right-of-way, citing drone use, proximity of tracks to backyards, retaining-wall plans, pipelines and a possible sinkhole.
Several Redondo Beach residents urged the City Council to press Metro for more information after receiving notices that Metro survey crews would begin work along the former rail right-of-way, including drone use and property-boundary measurements.
The concerns surfaced during the council’s public comment period. Holly Osborne said some residents received a mail notice and that survey work “will be taking surveying measurements of the road to confirm existing property boundaries” and warned that drones and crews would be active beginning Feb. 5. “We believe it's actually already started because there was a lot of drone activity, even around Christmas,” Osborne said.
Osborne described what she called inconsistencies in Metro’s engineering work and maps. She said Metro…
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