Officials Use TV to Rally Support for Rail Line
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In an effort to keep the Blue Line on track, Pasadena officials are using the local city-run cable station to implore residents to attend today’s meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board in a show of support for the light-rail line.
Assistant City Manager Cynthia Kurtz appeared on the city’s government access cable this week asking residents to go to the meeting to oppose delaying the opening of the Los Angeles-Pasadena line beyond 2001. The MTA board is slated to consider a moratorium on new contracts for the line.
The City Council on Monday unanimously approved an agreement with the MTA to build a $12-million transit center near Old Pasadena. Viewers watching the televised council meeting were reminded with flashing messages of the MTA meeting.
The transit center, at Arroyo Parkway and Cordova Street, will include a bus plaza and a 600-space parking garage for passengers using the 13.6-mile light-rail line.
The council agreement requires Pasadena to acquire part of a nearby storage facility for the four-level garage at a cost of up to $2 million. The city will use more than $10 million in transportation funds for construction costs. The MTA will pay for the bus plaza.
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