County gives $500K for proposed transportation project

Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger announced Wednesday she has given $500,000 from Fifth District discretionary funding to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) to advance planning and project development activities for the proposed Center for Transportation Technology Excellence project. The center would be the first of its kind in the United States, a 2-million square foot facility for rail car and bus manufacturing, testing, research and development. The center also has the potential to generate $11.5 billion in economic returns and over 114,300 direct and indirect jobs, according to the American Public Transportation Association.