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Environmental

Apr. 19, 2012

Appellate court OKs environmental review of rail project

In a victory for a long-planned effort to connect downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica by rail, a state appellate court rejected claims that the Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority did a faulty environmental review of the project.

By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer

In a victory for a long-planned effort to connect downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica by rail, a state appellate court rejected claims that the Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority did a faulty environmental review of the project.

A community group claimed the construction authority had violated the California Environmental Quality Act because it analyzed the project's impacts on air quality, traffic and greenhouse...

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