Officials initially
hoped to shut down a segment of the San Diego (405) Freeway next month, but
delays to the $1 billion project are pushing the massive closure back to August
or September. Unexpected utility work, a
$300 million lawsuit and bickering with FBI representatives over security
clearances are all delaying completion, Metro officials said Thursday…
… A $300 million
lawsuit - filed last year by a Bel Air landowner - forced Metro to move a
freeway on-ramp near the Getty Museum 150 feet to the west. …And then there's the FBI. The agency works
out of a building at 11000 Wilshire Boulevard, near the construction site.
Government officials are demanding Metro workers go through security clearance
before working on the sensitive FBI lines.
…The FBI didn't return
calls…
Full article at http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_20706249/carmageddon-ii-delayed-utility-work-300m-lawsuit-stalling
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