![]() It means sticking with it and not giving up.” “We’ve been working on this for so many years. “I can’t believe it, we won,” Vinatieri said. Whittier Mayor Joe Vinatieri, who has been fighting to bring the Gold Line to Whittier since the beginning, said the board’s decision was amazing. It wasn’t clear for which projects the money would be allocated. ![]() The board also voted to commit to spend $633.5 million from Measure R, a sales tax Los Angeles County voters approved 2008, only in the San Gabriel Valley. Metro is now studying three alternatives for light rail from East Los Angeles, one along the 60Freeway, a second using Atlantic and Washington boulevards and a third combining the two. However, to mollify San Gabriel Valley-area officials who were supporting a line along the 60 Freeway to South El Monte, the board also voted to direct employees to prepare a feasibility study looking at other options to meet the needs of Valley residents. ![]() On a 13-0 vote, the Metro board directed its employees to continue studying just one option for the light rail, the one that would travel Atlantic and Washington boulevards and end at PIH Health in Whittier. On Thursday, that number was reduced to one. Thirteen years ago, Metro was considering 47 end points for where the Gold Line extension from East Los Angeles should end. ![]()
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