After nearly a decade of construction and street closures through much of downtown, the long-awaited $1.8 billion Metro Regional Connector rail project is slated to open next week, two years late and more than $300 million over budget. When it opens on June 16, this new 1.9-mile light rail line underneath downtown will connect three of Metro’s light rail lines, allowing passengers to travel between Azusa and Long Beach and between East Los Angeles and Santa Monica without transferring lines.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) on May 22 announced that the $1.8 billion Regional Connector transit project, which will take riders from Azusa to Long Beach and from East L.A. to Santa Monica on one train, will officially open to the public on June 16.
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