Metro Orange Line

Metro Orange Line

LOS ANGELES -- Local leaders including Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were on hand Wednesday for the ground breaking on the Metro Orange Line extension project.

The $215.6-million undertaking will be funded by the new-voter approved Measure R half-cent transportation sales tax.

It will extend the busway from Canoga Park to Chatsworth, adding additional stops in the north-west San Fernando Valley area.


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The project is expected to generate 3,000 new jobs.