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LA Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins tells Assembly agency needs $379 million in state match to deliver Games transit projects
Summary
LA Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins told the Assembly the agency needs $379 million in state matching funds to complete a list of Games-related construction projects; she warned Metro faces a $429 million operational shortfall this fiscal year that could grow to $1.3 billion by 2031 and said borrowed bus capacity and enhanced transit services will be required.
Stephanie Wiggins, chief executive officer of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, told the joint Assembly hearing that Metro’s planning is structured around a “Transit First” approach and that state investment is required to deliver legacy transit improvements for the 2028 Games.
Wiggins told the committee Metro has identified about $379,000,000 in needed construction funding for projects that would be shovel-ready with the state match; she said that amount functions as the final tranche of match funding that will allow projects already through planning and environmental clearance to…
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