URGE the Metro Board - HAWTHORNE BLVD ELEVATED is the way to the future for this 100-150 year project! And Above All Vote NO ON ROW HYBRID (Right of Way) for the C-Line (Green Line) Extension to Torrance!

METRO HAS BEGUN THEIR RECOMMENDATION PROCESS WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. TO NO SURPRISE WE ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT, FULLY EXPECTED. NOW THE BOARD WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.

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L.A. Metro Board’s NEW OBJECTIVES For Communities

In listening to Metro's meetings we have learned that they are working hard to repair eroded trust from communities, that they no longer want to blast through and destroy neighborhoods. They say they are listening and this helps us. They say they also are very conscientious about replacing trees or bushes; 2-1. If they destroy a tree, they will plant 2 more in the city. They say they will also assist businesses who might be impacted by construction. etc.

The ownership argument of the ROW no longer carries weight since we now know they do buy up “excessive property acquisitions” and sell them after it’s determined they won’t be using it. For all these reasons, the ROW is looking less attractive, and Hawthorne (elevated) is looking even better. But that doesn’t mean we can relax, we still have work to do because this is far from over!

Contact the Metro Board of Directors and tell them your story and urge them to vote No On ROW Hybrid!

Project Timeline

THE METRO BOARD STILL NEEDS to hear from us! Our feedback is essential for the Board to make an INFORMED DECISION. It is IMPERATIVE that we follow through with emails and phone calls at this time TO EXPRESS OUR PREFERENCE AND TELL THEM WHY THE ROW HYBRID WOULD BE THE WRONG DECISION. Back in Sept 2023 Director Holly Mitchell deferred all discussion to early Spring 2024. Metro’s recommendation process has now begun as of April, FINAL DECISION IS BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS and expected possibly in the next coming month.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE STILL BEING CONSIDERED BY METRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS Through May 22nd 5pm. Send emails to: boardclerk@metro.net

A BRIEF SUMMARY OF OUR POSITION

ROW Hybrid - runs down the Harbor ROW through our residential communities trenching under 170th & 182nd Street. The new alternative is being framed in a very misleading way. The trenching ONLY serves to mitigate emergency response. Claims of noise reduction are disingenuous.
Hawthorne Bl Route - WOULD RUN ELEVATED ALONG HAWTHORNE BLVD through the commerce sector in the wide center median, former home of the Red Car Line. (BEST)

THE REASONS WHY WE SUPPORT HAWTHORNE BLVD IN THE ELEVATED POSITION

1. REVITALIZE LAWNDALE
   Light rail elevated on Hawthorne Blvd, will help to support and revitalize the businesses on that shopping corridor without sacrificing parking, which would also be beneficial to Redondo Beach and Torrance commerce

2. BOOST ECONOMY
   Hawthorne Elevated contains a stop at the South Bay Galleria, future South Bay Social district that will not only help support the many shops soon to be built there, but will also serve any offices, hotels, or apartment units on Hawthorne Blvd that are part of the Galleria's upcoming redesign.

3. INCREASED RIDERSHIP
   Hawthorne Elevated will increase Metro ridership as a stop at the Galleria will better serve commuters in Lawndale, Redondo Beach, and Torrance, making it a destination for shopping, restaurants, entertainment and other businesses

4. DESIGNED FOR RAIL
   Hawthorne Elevated will be raise with pillars that run down a wide center median which was designed for and previously contained a commuter railway track (the Pacific Electric Red Cars)

5. PRO-RESIDENT
   Hawthorne Elevated will NOT DISRUPT RESIDENTS- no vibration damaging foundations, no noise pollution disrupting lives, no plummeting home values, no visual impacts and it will preserve our green space

6. SAFETY
   Hawthorne elevated is safer as 200-300 trains p/day would NOT be running past schools and parks where children play, it will NOT cross streets where children walk home from school, it would NOT SHARE A CORRIDOR WITH 20-40 LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS TANKERS that run along a path where there are multiple high pressure gas lines - NOR would it allow criminals to peer into our homes or watch our children as they ride by (unlike Alternative 1 which would allow all of that to happen!)

7. ENVIRONMENT
   Hawthorne Elevated would allow for more biking paths, jogging paths, dog-walking, etc. along the Harbor ROW (the other plan adds 2 additional train tracks to the existing freight track; 3 train tracks would severely limit the use of the ROW as a community green belt!)

8. CONNECTIVITY
   Since buses already stop at Artesia and Hawthorne, contrary to talking points used, connectivity is seamless by directly boarding desired bus at the Artesia/Hawthorne bus stop which will be accommodated by the new station’s configuration.

For all of these reasons we STRONGLY URGE the Metro Board to choose ALTERNATIVE 2e (HAWTHORNE BLVD) as the only pro-resident, pro-safety, and pro-business choice!

The Two Possible Alternatives - Maps

ALTERNATIVE 2e - Has the best Metro stop location for residents and visitors: the Galleria Mall. Stops should be where commuters, residents, visitors, and business patrons will use them...on Hawthorne Boulevard!