Citing higher than expected costs, the Beverly Hills City Council voted unanimously on May 6 to discontinue construction of a North Portal at the Wilshire/Rodeo station of the Metro D Line Subway Extension Project.
In November 2020, Metro and city officials signed an agreement to each pay half of the $78.5 million the portal was expected to cost. But after consulting firm HDR submitted preliminary designs three years later, the estimated price tag had risen to $134 million, a 70% increase from the earlier estimate, City Engineer Daren Grilley said.
