Thanking the city for writing this letter to the METRO Board in favor of the Hawthorne Boulevard route for the C Line Extension to the Torrance Project.
Your letter validates the consensus of Redondo Beach residents’ wishes across the city. My own personal concern is for the safety and health of those who live in residential areas where the ROW runs, so I am truly grateful for the city’s letter.

If there is a way to abandon the ROW rail line, and dangerous fuel lines, and seek funding to compensate the owners, it could be a winning situation for all parties to develop a new, green, dedicated, linear park running the entire length of the ROW.
There are conservation organizations, like “Rails to Trails” that reclaim rail, and other types of easements, and create greenways in their place.
Back in the 1980s, I believe, the rail line in Hermosa and Manhattan Beach to Redondo Beach, was transformed into the beautiful source of new life, their Greenbelt. There are reports of finding clusters of Monarch Butterflies in new locations on the Greenbelt. They got a beautiful, health-supporting Greenbelt. All we got was public storage.

Hawthorne Blvd. has the width to accommodate this project, and will much better serve the public in getting riders where they need to go. The Hawthorne Boulevard option will be so much better for commercial interests along the route.

I appreciate the Staff, Council members, and Mayor Light’s careful consideration in crafting this draft. It makes perfect sense.