Gold Line: 'Dangerous conditions'?
The Gold Line is perfectly safe, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority says. But the Star-News gets a lawsuit that might not put passengers' minds totally at ease:
A Metro official said Tuesday the Gold Line is safe for riders, even though the agency is seeking $25 million in a lawsuit that claims shoddy construction led to "dangerous conditions" along the route.
The 118-page suit, filed Friday, does not mention any specific problem locations along the Gold Line, though it does exclude the elevated portion of the line through Chinatown, which was built by another contractor.
Parsons, a Pasadena-based engineering firm that designed the line, is one of several defendants named in the lawsuit. Metro accuses Parsons and several contractors of breach of contract, negligence and product liability in the construction of the line.
Oh goody, more ammo for the anti-Foothill Extension crowd. Just great...
Posted by: Tom A. | February 24, 2008 at 07:08 PM