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Farmers Field developers promise to add Metro station platform after environmental impact report
AEG's 10,000 page Environmental Impact Reports for the proposed football stadium in Downtown Los Angeles. Stadium developer AEG promises to redevelop the Pico station and add another Metro platform as part of its efforts to keep the stadium "transit-oriented."
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Football fans and activists are telling Los Angeles city planners what they think about the proposed Farmers Field stadium in downtown Los Angeles — and about the project’s 10,000-page environmental impact report.
"So we have a very significant challenge here and it’s the result of our new legislation, to be the most transit-oriented station in the NFL," said Ted Tanner of AEG, the stadium's developer.
"That means getting people out of cars and into transit systems," he said. "So we intend as part of our project to redevelop the Pico station and add another platform. And that’s part of our project’s mitigation."
Business leaders applauded other environmental efforts in the plan. But the project’s neighbors say the developer hasn’t fully addressed the project’s potential effect on the South Park neighborhood.
Mayoral candidate Kevin James attended the Farmers Field hearing, asking for more time to read the environmental impact report. He said that there's lots of money at stake and problems in the report.
Other objections included gentrification, housing, displacement and policing. On the other side, they emphasized job creation and revenues.
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