One of Los Angeles’s most anticipated transit projects, an 8.5-mile light rail line connecting South LA to the South Bay, won’t open in 2020, as planned. According to a Metro staff report, the agency’s Crenshaw/LAX Line, once expected to open in 2019, is now projected to be ready for riders by next year at the earliest. The report indicates that Walsh/Shea Corridor Constructors has fallen behind schedule due to “damaged, incomplete and missing components” in “several areas of work” along the new rail route. The Los Angeles Times reports that steel reinforcements were installed incorrectly in more than 100 locations where this work will now need to be redone.
