$493M Needed For Transit Project To SoFi, Intuit Stadiums Rejected By Coalition Of Cities

Barchart · 10/25 19:16
A Thursday night vote denied the Inglewood Transit Connector the funding it needs to move forward and cast doubt on the future of the project that would link light rail in Inglewood to two of the city's sparkling new professional sports venues.  The South Bay Cities Council of Governments — a 16-city entity that oversees revenue from Measure R and Measure M, sales tax measures that raised funding for transportation projects — voted against a request from Inglewood Mayor James Butts to close a major funding gap and award the project $493M, the Los Angeles Times reported. “We’ve funded a huge portion of this already,” said John Cruikshank, mayor of Rancho Palos Verdes....