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Downtown-to-Eastside Rail Line Closer to Reality

LOS ANGELES-Transit officials approve $20.8-million contract for engineering work on proposed six-mile line. Losing bidders cry foul, noting the same engineering firm is also handling the projects EIR.

By Erin Cassin and David W. Myers | Updated on December 01, 2000

LOS ANGELES-Transit officials here have approved a $20.8-million contract for engineering work on a light-rail line that would run from Downtown to the densely populated Eastside, pushing the proposed $760-million project one step closer to becoming reality.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority awarded the contract to Eastside LRT Partners, a locally based group that is also preparing the project’s environmental impact report. The decision instantly raised conflict-of-interest howls from the losing bidders, which include Southland-based Jacobs Engineering Group and giant Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall.

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