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Redondo wins Hawthorne alignment for Metro extension; harbor and boat-ramp projects advance
Summary
Mayor Light highlighted a Metro board decision favoring the Hawthorne route for a regional extension, credited local residents and Supervisor Holly Mitchell, and outlined harbor projects including Port Royal lease extensions, a Marine Mammal Care Center agreement and a boat ramp now in the Department of Boating and Waterways funding cycle.
Redondo Beach officials celebrated a regional transportation decision and outlined a string of harbor and pier projects that the city says will boost economic activity.
Mayor Light said the Metro board chose a Hawthorne alignment for the extension rather than routing trains through a freight right-of-way that would have increased train traffic through Lawndale and parts of Redondo. "We pushed heavily against that direction ... and, finally, when it came to the final vote ... it went our direction," he said,…
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