Century City leaders join Purple Line extension celebrations

At the Nov. 7 ceremony held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (from left): Sarah Shaw, Vice President of Development and Operations Century City Realty, LLC; Linda Paradise Lyles, Executive Director of Century City Transportation Management Organization; Susan Bursk, CEO/President of Century City Chamber of Commerce; and Brenton Garen, executive editor of Mirror Media Group (publisher of Century City News). — At the Nov. 7 ceremony held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (from left): Sarah Shaw, Vice President of Development and Operations Century City Realty, LLC; Linda Paradise Lyles, Executive Director of Century City Transportation Management Organization; Susan Bursk, CEO/President of Century City Chamber of Commerce; and Brenton Garen, executive editor of Mirror Media Group (publisher of Westside Today).

Business and community leaders from Century City were among hundreds of attendees at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Metro Purple Line extension project on Nov. 7.

After more than four years of planning, environmental analysis, technical studies, and community input, the Metro Board of Directors certified the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the project in July.

Continuing from the current terminus of the Metro Purple Line at Wilshire/Western, the Purple Line extension will extend westward for about nine miles with seven new stations.

The first of three stages will have underground stations at Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax, and Wilshire/La Cienega.

Section 2, which will include Wilshire/Rodeo and a Century City station, is scheduled for completion in 2026. Section 3, which will include Westwood/UCLA and Westwood/VA Hospital stations, is planned to open in 2035.

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