by Jeff Smith
https://abc7.com/amp/la-metro-east-san- ... /13430492/
METRO ADDING NEW LIGHT-RAIL LINE IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY
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The East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project will kick off soon. It will feature a 6.7-mile line that will include 11 new stations connecting Van Nuys to Pacoima, better serving the communities of Panorama City and Arleta.
Metro's G Line (Orange Line) in Van Nuys will be connected to the Metrolink station in San Fernando.
San Fernando Valley Rep. Tony Cárdenas fought for federal funding, which is a big part of the $3.57 billion project. Cárdenas toured the future line by bus Monday.
"The northeast Valley isn't necessarily a destination point. We don't have a Disneyland. We don't have that kind of thing," Cárdenas said. "But what we do have is a lot of hard working people who come to and from this place, who come to sleep at night and get up really early in the morning, and do the hard work that everyone wants to see happen."
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Next stop, Willoughby
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