Division 20 Portal Widening/Turnback Facility
6 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2017101034
Lead Agency
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
(LSCMTA)
Document Title
Division 20 Portal Widening/Turnback Facility
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Document Description
The Proposed project would reconfigure existing tracks and access roads to accomodate a turnback facility at the Division 20 rail yard, construct new storage tracks, and widen the tunnel portal that currently connect to the Metro red/Purple Line in order to substantially increase train movement within the yard. The existing turnback tracks would be ectended towards 6th Street and reconfigured to provide faster service times at Union Station. all turnback tracks would be located within the footprint of the existing Division 20 rail yard. Additionally, the proposed project would install a new traction power substation and emergency backup power generator and modify the 1st Street Bridge to provide train access to the new storage tracks. Figure 1 identifies key components of the Proposed Project. The propose project would demolish a total of approx. 306, 875 square feet of existin buildings at the following addresses: 815 East Temple Street, 234 Center Street, 210 Center Street, 1001 East 1st Street, 214 South Santa Fe Avenue. Furthermore, the proposed project would vacate Jackson street, Banning Street, and Ducommun Street in their segments east of Center Street.
Contact Information
Name
Michael Cortez
Agency Name
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, City of
Counties
Los Angeles
Cross Streets
Santa Fe Ave W, Ducommun Street N, 6th Street Bridge S, W of Center Street, N of Commercial St
Railways
Division 20 Rail Yard, ...
Waterways
Los Angeles River
Other Information
Cont., Metro Red/Purple Line train storage
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Highway Patrol, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, Resources, Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Noise, Tribal Cultural Resources, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Energy resources
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