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Post by numble on Feb 26, 2022 9:03:27 GMT -8
The January 2022 status report for the Regional Connector was posted (I haven’t tweeted about it because I like to tweet all the reports at the same time, but the Purple Line 3 report has not yet been posted). libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/StatusReports/2022-january-regional-connector-transit-project.pdfThey seemed to have forgotten to update the completion percentages in this report. The key developments are that the January completion milestone was missed. Metro has 2 new target completion dates, 4/8/22 and 6/1/22 (this corresponds to recent Metro comments at the Construction Committee), but the contractor’s schedule shows 9/23/22 and 11/9/22 completion dates if COVID-19 delays are not mitigated. |
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Post by numble on Feb 28, 2022 14:26:06 GMT -8
The January 2022 status report for the Regional Connector was posted (I haven’t tweeted about it because I like to tweet all the reports at the same time, but the Purple Line 3 report has not yet been posted). libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/StatusReports/2022-january-regional-connector-transit-project.pdfThey seemed to have forgotten to update the completion percentages in this report. The key developments are that the January completion milestone was missed. Metro has 2 new target completion dates, 4/8/22 and 6/1/22 (this corresponds to recent Metro comments at the Construction Committee), but the contractor’s schedule shows 9/23/22 and 11/9/22 completion dates if COVID-19 delays are not mitigated. Here is my tweet on the January 2022 status report for the Regional Connector—they did not update the progress percentage—they only report the progress as of the beginning of the month (January 1), even though the last report reported progress as of the last day of that month (December 31). |
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Post by metrocenter on Mar 17, 2022 13:30:10 GMT -8
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Post by metrocenter on Mar 17, 2022 13:32:20 GMT -8
Ah nvm: numble's got it!
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Post by numble on Apr 1, 2022 8:31:36 GMT -8
Yesterday (3/31/22), Metro program management staffer Julie Owen said that she thinks the Regional Connector will be complete in 2 weeks (I think she is talking about the right-of-way and not the surface construction—they recently said the surface work was delayed.)
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Post by bluelineshawn on Apr 5, 2022 15:20:53 GMT -8
Pretty incredible if they open in the Fall. I was very skeptical just a few pages back that they could do it.
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Post by numble on Apr 15, 2022 13:05:56 GMT -8
They are going to hold their completion announcement event next Monday.
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Post by usmc1401 on Apr 18, 2022 14:11:56 GMT -8
Today KNX radio and KTTV both have stories about the Regional Connector being open but not yet ready for passengers. They say 95% complete but showed the Mayor of Los Angeles and others on a test ride.
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Post by bzcat on Apr 22, 2022 9:38:52 GMT -8
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Post by bzcat on Apr 22, 2022 9:39:56 GMT -8
They are going to hold their completion announcement event next Monday. You didn't get invited?  You do more news reporting on Metro than most local news outlets. |
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Post by metrocenter on Apr 22, 2022 14:00:01 GMT -8
Wow, looking good. They've still got lots of work to go. But finally it's starting to look like a real subway!
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Post by bzcat on Apr 25, 2022 14:45:14 GMT -8
Lots of work to finish the stations but the tracks and tunnels are all done. In theory Metro can start thru-running non-revenue trains now to test but I think they will wait another couple of months.
Once thru-running testing begin, it will be interesting to see Metro try to remove people from A and E trains at Union Station and Metro Center.
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Post by transitfan on Apr 27, 2022 6:34:11 GMT -8
Lots of work to finish the stations but the tracks and tunnels are all done. In theory Metro can start thru-running non-revenue trains now to test but I think they will wait another couple of months. Once thru-running testing begin, it will be interesting to see Metro try to remove people from A and E trains at Union Station and Metro Center. Been there, done that for me. For about 2 weeks before 7th St/Metro Center opened (for Blue Line) in early 1991, trains ran revenue to Pico, then the passengers were cleared off (the NY subway fans refer to this process as "fumigation" 😂), then the train ran light to 7MC and changed ends, then light again from 7MC to Pico where everyone boarded. I went on a Saturday the week before opening and got some pics of the trains entering and exiting the 12th St portal. Same thing happened on the Red Line just before the extension to Wilshire/Western opened, "fumigation" at Westlake/MacArthur Park, and trains ran light the rest of the way. I was gone for the rest of the extensions so I don't know what happened in those cases. |
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Post by metrocenter on Apr 28, 2022 8:40:31 GMT -8
Been there, done that for me. For about 2 weeks before 7th St/Metro Center opened (for Blue Line) in early 1991, trains ran revenue to Pico, then the passengers were cleared off (the NY subway fans refer to this process as "fumigation" 😂), then the train ran light to 7MC and changed ends, then light again from 7MC to Pico where everyone boarded. I went on a Saturday the week before opening and got some pics of the trains entering and exiting the 12th St portal. Same thing happened on the Red Line just before the extension to Wilshire/Western opened, "fumigation" at Westlake/MacArthur Park, and trains ran light the rest of the way. I was gone for the rest of the extensions so I don't know what happened in those cases. Ah a fellow old-timer. I didn't take any pictures though, but I did take some of those 'first rides'. |
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Post by numble on May 5, 2022 18:40:37 GMT -8
March 2022 status report for Regional Connector. 92.9%, +1.5% since 2 months earlier.
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Post by metrocenter on May 23, 2022 12:45:14 GMT -8
Regional Connector project is now 93.5% complete. "In preparation for Substantial Completion, comprehensive systems integrated testing is underway at all stations and the guideway. Site restoration at street level throughout the alignment is in high gear. Collaboration by Project and Operations underway to transition into commissioning for revenue service." Source: Major Project Status Report, May 2022 |
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Post by bluelineshawn on May 27, 2022 14:43:15 GMT -8
The connector is the first metro project that I can recall where the track construction was completed so far ahead of the station elements. The track work should be completed within the next few days and some of the stations look pretty far from complete on the outside. I'm sure like most of us, I'm used to seeing stations look essentially complete yet the line doesn't open for 6-12 months. This will work the other way. Because the tracks will be complete, metro can start train testing which should be completed more or less concurrently with the stations.
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Post by masonite on May 27, 2022 19:31:59 GMT -8
The connector is the first metro project that I can recall where the track construction was completed so far ahead of the station elements. The track work should be completed within the next few days and some of the stations look pretty far from complete on the outside. I'm sure like most of us, I'm used to seeing stations look essentially complete yet the line doesn't open for 6-12 months. This will work the other way. Because the tracks will be complete, metro can start train testing which should be completed more or less concurrently with the stations. How is Metro going to test both this line and Crenshaw when they are so short of operators? Last two times I took Expo at night the train didn’t come for nearly 40 minutes (supposed to be 20). They haven’t made a dent in the shortage and will likely be short until 2023. |
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Post by bluelineshawn on May 28, 2022 10:43:08 GMT -8
The connector is the first metro project that I can recall where the track construction was completed so far ahead of the station elements. The track work should be completed within the next few days and some of the stations look pretty far from complete on the outside. I'm sure like most of us, I'm used to seeing stations look essentially complete yet the line doesn't open for 6-12 months. This will work the other way. Because the tracks will be complete, metro can start train testing which should be completed more or less concurrently with the stations. How is Metro going to test both this line and Crenshaw when they are so short of operators? Last two times I took Expo at night the train didn’t come for nearly 40 minutes (supposed to be 20). They haven’t made a dent in the shortage and will likely be short until 2023. If metro is to be believed (admittedly a big "if" these days), they have reduced bus and train services to levels that can accommodate the reduction in staff, including the test operations. But we're still in a pandemic and people that have Covid have to call off even if they don't have symptoms (IINM unlike the rules for hospitals and emergency responders). Or they have slight cold symptoms and don't come to work like they might have in the past. Drivers calling off will create a gap in service. I've seen gaps just like yours for both bus and train when the scheduled service didn't show up. I don't think that's a metro-specific issue as other agencies have been doing the same, although a 40-minute gap in rail service is unacceptable for the 2nd largest city in the country and will lead to the continued loss of riders. |
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Post by metrocenter on Jun 15, 2022 8:02:28 GMT -8
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Post by metrocenter on Aug 10, 2022 15:30:23 GMT -8
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Post by metrocenter on Sept 12, 2022 6:29:24 GMT -8
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Post by Tomthumb on Sept 15, 2022 14:29:30 GMT -8
If opening is supposedly within the next couple of months, I can’t help but wonder what the plan is for redoing signage across the existing lines. I wouldn’t count on them to finish it in a couple months.
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Post by masonite on Sept 16, 2022 12:44:57 GMT -8
If opening is supposedly within the next couple of months, I can’t help but wonder what the plan is for redoing signage across the existing lines. I wouldn’t count on them to finish it in a couple months. I personally think the Connector won’t be done until 2023. Wiggins was quoted as saying it will open in this fiscal year. The fiscal year ends June 30. |
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Post by gatewaygent on Dec 7, 2022 13:48:33 GMT -8
So what's going on with this project. I've been in the Little Tokyo area weekly for a month and it doesn't look like the portals to/from East LA and Pasadena have even been dug up. Am I missing something?
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Post by andert on Dec 7, 2022 16:09:41 GMT -8
So what's going on with this project. I've been in the Little Tokyo area weekly for a month and it doesn't look like the portals to/from East LA and Pasadena have even been dug up. Am I missing something? Portals are visible on google maps with an imagery date of 1/2/20, so they're definitely there. You can also glimpse them behind fencing on streetview. Haven't gone downtown in a minute but I'll be there tomorrow so may check it out. |
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Post by metrocenter on Feb 14, 2023 7:10:03 GMT -8
Everything is mostly done, esp. the internal invisible stuff. But way too much still isn’t done. Construction - not just finishing touches - is still taking place on the stations and portals.
Bottom line: I wonder when this project is finally going to be done and usable. Its been nearly ten years since I opened this thread, which was ten years after we started discussing routes in the old forum. Crazy that it takes so long to get anything done.
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Post by andop2 on Mar 9, 2023 22:53:17 GMT -8
Everything is mostly done….. Tonight, and also Feb. 28, Platform 1 was closed, and A and E lines both boarded on Platform 2. Both times a train from platform 1 moved north into the tunnel, so they are increasing testing. Hopefully an opening date is not far away! Maybe May? |
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Post by metrocenter on Mar 16, 2023 15:51:09 GMT -8
So, Metro has stopped including a monthly "Major Project Status Report" with their Construction Committee meeting documents. It is no longer an agenda item. It begs the question, what do they discuss in that meeting now, if not the status of major projects?
Anyway, this is why I have stopped providing % complete updates. I guess transparency is no longer a priority at Metro.
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Post by bluelineshawn on Mar 18, 2023 19:24:01 GMT -8
So, Metro has stopped including a monthly "Major Project Status Report" with their Construction Committee meeting documents. It is no longer an agenda item. It begs the question, what do they discuss in that meeting now, if not the status of major projects? Anyway, this is why I have stopped providing % complete updates. I guess transparency is no longer a priority at Metro. I watched the most recent meeting and they discussed where construction costs are rising (labor) and where they aren't rising (materials) as well as project oversight. They didn't get a project update at all. I can tell from discussions during meetings that much of the board prep and discussion occurs outside of public meetings. The metro board is a disgrace as far as I'm concerned. The public blames metro, hell even the board members blame metro in the news, but the people responsible for the current state of metro are the board. After many years of watching meetings, I can't overstate how terrible I think that they are at their job. I'd like to say that we deserve better, but we elect these people so we get what we deserve. |
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