The issue of the proposed North Portal location for the Metro Purple Line Wilshire/Rodeo Station continues to lead local agendas. At the City Council Study Session on Oct. 29, the Council reviewed three potential locations for the site. The meeting was, in reality, a discussion of which of the three possible sites (or all) should be subject to an Environmental Impact Report (EIR), which would then determine the actual location of the future North Portal.
“I think we’re all in agreement that there needs to be a North Portal,” Mayor John A. Mirisch said, after the public and other council members weighed in. “We don’t want to have passengers filtering out into the south part of town. That’s clear. The question is, where do we put it? Construction in the area and the burden on local businesses has long been a concern, and this meeting proved no different, as business person after business person approached the council with pleas to not consider any proposition that involves the permanent closing off of Canon and Wilshire Boulevard.
