Local News in Brief : 2 Rail Routes Endorsed
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Unable to choose a single light-rail route, a San Fernando Valley rail study committee has endorsed two of the proposed east-west routes, leaving the Los Angeles City Council to make the final decision.
A sharply divided Citizens’ Advisory Panel on Transportation Solutions recommended both a proposal to build a line on the Ventura Freeway from Universal City to Warner Center, and another proposal to use the so-called Chandler-Victory route along a little-used freight right-of-way from North Hollywood to Warner Center.
The vote was taken Thursday night in a Van Nuys auditorium packed with residents who insisted that both routes would bring noise, ground vibration and congestion to their neighborhoods.
The motion, approved by a 19-12 vote of the committee, permits--but does not require--that the line be partially underground in residential areas.
The committee’s recommendation, which will be put in final form at a session next week, will go to the City Council, which created the panel.
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