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Originally Posted by SFBruin
I feel like Washington has done a good job. He helped get Measure M passed and has overseen the construction of several high-profile expansion projects, including the Crenshaw Line, the regional connector and the Purple Line Extension.
Is there something that I am missing about him?
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Yes, you missed a lot. The Crenshaw line is a disaster. Over budget with significant delays, and probably will not even open for revenue service completely because construction is pending on two overpass and 96th Street/LAX station. Speaking of the LAX station, it is 18 months behind schedule with contracts still not fully awarded. Meanwhile LAWA is on schedule to open the LAX APM in 2022... which means the APM will be fully operational but unable to transfer to Metro for at least 2 years.
Meanwhile the regional connectors is also behind schedule and over budget.
The Purple line extension is the only project that has been largely on schedule and budget under his watch.