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From the Burbank Airport Newsletter:
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"Funding Sources Announced for Bridge Between Airport and Bob Hope Airport Train Station
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has announced that Metro and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will provide funding for a $14 million pedestrian bridge over Empire Avenue connecting the Bob Hope Airport Train Station and the Airport's new Regional Intermodal Transportation Center (RITC). The station is served both by Metrolink and Amtrak.
"We have a true, true flawless plane to train connection with this project," Don Sepulveda, executive officer of regional rail for Metro, told the Airport Authority in January. Sepulveda applauded the Airport for coming up with the concept during the environmental review for the RITC. "This is the future, in my view, of how true commuter rail and intercity rail plane-train connections should be," he said.
The funding consists of a $7 million grant expected to be approved in March by Caltrans, and matching funds from Metro. Engineering work could start later this year, Sepulveda said. The RITC opens this summer. Initial access to and from the station will be via a pedestrian street crossing."
:
"Funding Sources Announced for Bridge Between Airport and Bob Hope Airport Train Station
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has announced that Metro and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will provide funding for a $14 million pedestrian bridge over Empire Avenue connecting the Bob Hope Airport Train Station and the Airport's new Regional Intermodal Transportation Center (RITC). The station is served both by Metrolink and Amtrak.
"We have a true, true flawless plane to train connection with this project," Don Sepulveda, executive officer of regional rail for Metro, told the Airport Authority in January. Sepulveda applauded the Airport for coming up with the concept during the environmental review for the RITC. "This is the future, in my view, of how true commuter rail and intercity rail plane-train connections should be," he said.
The funding consists of a $7 million grant expected to be approved in March by Caltrans, and matching funds from Metro. Engineering work could start later this year, Sepulveda said. The RITC opens this summer. Initial access to and from the station will be via a pedestrian street crossing."