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LA Metro Begins Overhaul at Willowbrook
Los Angeles Metro recently kicked off major improvements to one of the busiest stations in the Metro Rail system, Willowbrook/Rosa Parks, with an event attended by state and federal officials and local stakeholders.
“The Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station has been used by millions of people over the years and it’s time to prepare the station for many more decades of heavy use,” said Metro Board Chair and LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl. “The community deserves a better station and I’m pleased to see this very important work finally getting underway."
Metro Chief Executive Officer Phillip A. Washington said, “The transformation of the Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station into a modern transit hub is being made possible by our local, state and federal funding partners. In addition to providing a better mobility experience for our customers, this crucial work will improve the quality of life for the Willowbrook community."
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LA Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington, second from right, and Metro Board Director Jacqulyn Dupont-Walker join other stakeholders at the construction kickoff event at the Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station.
Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Metro | The project will radically transform the Metro Blue Line station by improving access, expanding capacity, adding community space and better connecting the station to the surrounding community. Following early construction work this year, Metro will close the station in January 2019 for eight to nine months as part of the New Blue project to modernize the Blue Line, which opened in 1990 and is Metro’s oldest light rail line. During that period, bus shuttles will replace rail service to the station.
Among other improvements, the rebuilt station will have a new customer service center, transit security center, bicycle hub and other patron amenities. It will feature an open-air plaza designed as a site for community events, special exhibits, celebrations and movie nights. Funding for the $109 million improvement project comes from a combination of local money and state and federal grants.
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