{"id":662,"date":"2017-05-21T22:28:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T22:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/news\/news-news\/harriet-completes-digging-out-twin-tunnels-under-crenshaw-blvd\/"},"modified":"2017-05-21T22:28:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T22:28:39","slug":"harriet-completes-digging-out-twin-tunnels-under-crenshaw-blvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/news\/news-news\/harriet-completes-digging-out-twin-tunnels-under-crenshaw-blvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Harriet completes excavating twin tunnels under Crenshaw Blvd."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Crenshaw\/LAX Transit Project stations at Exposition Blvd., MLK Jr. Blvd., and in Leimert Park are now connected.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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By Megan Reed<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The 950-ton, 400-foot-long tunnel boring machine, which is named after the famous African-American abolitionist and humanitarian Harriet Tubman, completed its mission of digging out twin tunnels under Crenshaw Blvd.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harriet began excavating the first of the two rail tunnels in April of 2016, and it took six months to make it to the Leimert Park station.  A month later the tunnel boring machine was transported back to the station at Exposition Blvd. to begin the second tunnel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Harriet moved through 60 feet of soil and rock per day to create the one-mile twin tunnels.  The train will travel above ground at Vernon Ave.  <\/span><\/p>\n

This construction project has created major traffic issues along Crenshaw Blvd., with the small businesses that line the street being affected the most.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We all know the construction is a messy business but with the arrival of Harriet to Leimert Park we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel,” said Metro Board Member Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker.  “The small mom-and-pop businesses that have been through a lot of hardship during the construction period will soon reap the benefits that a project like the Crenshaw\/LAX can bring to our communities.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Metro’s Project Team will host a Construction Update Community Meeting on Wednesday, May 24 at 6 p.m. at the Loyola Village Library, 7114 W. Manchester Ave.  Updates for the entire corridor, including major milestones, next steps, schedules and mitigation measures will be provided. <\/span><\/p>\n

For more information about the Crenshaw\/Expo Line, visit Metro.net<\/a>, and find them on Facebook<\/a>, and Twitter<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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A view from six stories below. Event attendees were lowered to the bottom of the Leimert Park station in a cage, which was maneuvered by a crane.<\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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