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4/24/2019
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently approved the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (Metro) request for a letter of no prejudice for the Purple Line extension’s third section between Century City and Westwood, California.LA Metro now can proceed with a contract it awarded earlier this year to Tutor Perini Corp. for stations, trackwork, systems, testing and related section 3 activities, authority officials said in a blog. To be completed in 2026, section 3 of the subway extension will run 2.56 miles from the Century City Station to two stations in Westwood, one at Wilshire and Westwood boulevards and the other in front of the Westwood VA Medical Center.LA Metro and the FTA are finalizing a $1.3 billion full funding grant agreement (FFGA) for the $3.6 billion Purple Line extension's third section. The federal grant will be combined with local funds from Measures R and M.The FTA in September 2018 gave LA Metro the go ahead to begin tunneling work on the third section, then in November allocated the first $100 million of the FFGA.Heavy construction of the Purple Line extension's first and second sections currently is underway. When all three sections are completed, the total $8.2 billion subway extension will run 9 miles underground between LA's Koreatown and Westwood.