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10/11/2023
Editor's note: This story has been updated.
The Federal Railroad Administration is awarding a $38.3 million grant to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (L.A. Metro) for the agency's Doran Street Grade Separation Project.
FRA officials are slated to present the grant award today at a ceremony in Los Angeles.
The project calls for L.A. Metro to improve safety and make it easier for traffic to get around railroad tracks by building a grade-separated structure that links Los Angeles and Glendale by connecting West San Fernando Road to the Fairmont Avenue bridge.
The project will close the grade crossing at Doran Street, which has one of the highest numbers of safety-related incidents in Los Angeles County, according to the California state officials.
Closing the at-grade crossing will improve the second busiest intercity rail passenger corridor in the United States. The corridor is used by Metrolink, Amtrak and freight trains, L.A. Metro officials said in a media advisory.
Up to 90 trains per day currently use the tracks in the area, but train volumes are anticipated to increase to 116 trains per weekday by the time the project is completed in 2026, L.A. Metro officials said.