Crews are working on the Wilshire/Rodeo subway station in a construction staging area along the north side of Wilshire Boulevard. (photo by Edwin Folven)

Metro is working on the D Line extension project at many locations along Wilshire Boulevard in June. Public transit riders are reminded that Metro has closed the Wilshire/Western and Wilshire/Normandie stations on the D Line through July 25. The closure is needed to connect the existing D Line with the new subway extension project, which will run between Wilshire/Western and Westwood and will include seven new stations. During the closures, buses will run between the Wilshire/Western and Wilshire/Vermont stations to accommodate D Line passengers. Bus Shuttle 855 and Metro Lines 720 and 20 are transporting riders in the area during the closure. The B Line also runs between Union Station and the Wilshire/Vermont station, and B Line frequency is increased from every 12-minutes to every eight minutes.

Metro plans to close the intersections of Wilshire/Fairfax, Wilshire/La Brea and Wilshire/ Western for repaving on different weekends in June and July. Wilshire/Fairfax will be closed from June 13-16, and Wilshire/La Brea will be closed from June 27-30. Wilshire/Western will be closed on a weekend to be announced in July. The closures run from Friday at 9 p.m. through Monday at 6 a.m. At Wilshire/Fairfax, Wilshire Boulevard will be closed from San Diego Way to Spaulding Avenue. At Wilshire/La Brea, the closure will be located between Mansfield and Cloverdale avenues. At Wilshire/Western, the closure runs between Western Avenue and Saint Andrews Place.

Street restoration continues in June on the north side of Wilshire Boulevard near the Wilshire/La Cienega station. Two lanes on Wilshire Boulevard are open in each direction between La Cienega and San Vicente boulevards. Work is occurring on the station within a staging yard at Wilshire and La Cienega boulevards. Major demobilization work continues within the Gale Staging Yard, located at the northwest corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Gale Drive.

On Saturday, June 7, from 6 a.m.-10pm, westbound Wilshire Boulevard will be closed at San Vicente Boulevard. The traffic control supports the installation of an irrigation line along the north side of Wilshire Boulevard.

Metro will also test electrical generators on Saturday, June 7, from 8-10 a.m., at the entrance plaza to the future La Cienega station. Crews will run the generators and monitor activity for the full two-hour period. The generators are designed to power the station during a major power outage.

Ongoing station construction is occurring at the Wilshire/Rodeo station. K-rail enclosures will remain in place along the northern and southern curb lanes of Wilshire Boulevard in June to support station construction and appendage structure and sidewalk construction. Two lanes will remain open along Wilshire Boulevard between Beverly and Crescent drives. Left turns are restricted from westbound Wilshire Boulevard to South Cañon Drive. The AKA Alley has reopened in the area.

At the Century City/ Constellation station, crews are preparing to remove deck panels and repair the street surface along Constellation Boulevard between Century Park East and Solar Way. The work is anticipated to begin in July and will last approximately two months. Traffic control will be implemented in five phases progressing from east to west. Following deck removal, traffic control measures will be reimplemented on Constellation Boulevard to support continued construction.

For questions and concerns about the D Line Extension project, call the 24-hour project hotline at (213)922-6934, email the project team at purplelineext@metro.net, or visit metro.net.