The U. The shift came just days after local Rep. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and ranking members of the House Appropriations Committee to express her strong opposition to the project and to ask Buttigieg to reject its funding.
The 1. Waters did not respond to requests for an interview, though her office did provide a copy of her letter. Inglewood wants to begin construction on the automated people mover next year and is aiming for a opening to coincide with the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Inglewood is hosting the opening ceremonies and swimming at SoFi Stadium, as well as basketball at the Intuit Dome, which will be the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, chair of the subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, brought forward an amendment that excised the earmark for Inglewood. Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. The two legislative bodies then will have to negotiate on the differences between their respective markups before a final budget is approved.
Butts is confident Inglewood will make it through in the end. It will reduce vehicle miles traveled in the region. Butts said Waters has not spoken to him about her opposition. The city is working with business owners, who will have to move to make way for transit stations and other supporting structures, find new locations and will cover the costs.
Some of those affected expressed worry about finding comparable rents and losing customers. Inglewood first proposed the Inglewood Transit Connector back in as an elevated automatic people mover that would ferry visitors from downtown Inglewood to SoFi Stadium, the Kia Forum and the then-rumored Clippers arena, now known as the Intuit Dome.
