The city of Beverly Hills has announced that North Canon Drive at Wilshire Boulevard is scheduled to reopen by the morning of March 14. The location has been closed since Sept. 2019 to enable the construction of the Beverly Drive Station, part of Section 2 of the Metro Purple (D) Line Extension. The closure also required the installation of a 20-foot sound wall to help reduce construction noise and vibration impacts. The Beverly Drive Station is expected to open in the spring of 2027.
As reported in the Courier, the Metro Purple (D) Line Extension is set to open its first phase, from Koreatown to Beverly Hills, on May 8. New stations will open at Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega. According to Metro officials, the journey from Union Station in downtown Los Angeles to the edge of Beverly Hills will take approximately 20 minutes. Plans call for the line to eventually extend to Westwood/West LA.
