Car-centric Los Angeles will see even more transit-related construction over the next 12 months under a record $6.6-billion budget approved on May 24 by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The 2018-19 spending plan, which begins July 1, calls for nearly $2 billion in construction, with the majority directed to rail and transit expansions.
Topping the list at more than $980 million is the nine-mile, seven-station Westside Subway extension of the Purple Line. A design-build joint venture led by Skanska USA Civil, Traylor Bros. Inc. and J.F. Shea Co. is expected to begin tunneling beneath Wilshire Boulevard for the project's 3.92-mile, $1.6-billion first section in the coming weeks, with a scheduled 2023 completion date.