"To rewind: Metro approved the gondola project last year, but a court ordered a second look at whether the environmental impact report truly had evaluated all that could be done to mitigate construction noise. Upon further review, Metro staff said such "acoustic retrofitting" would not be feasible and might not even be effective, because it would depend on "case-by-case consent" for retrofitting structures and could involve "invasive construction ... possibly requiring relocation of occupants.""
"On Thursday, the Metro committee approved the revised environmental impact report. The full Metro board of directors is expected to do the same next month, which would advance the gondola project to city and state consideration. That's enough bureaucracy talk. Nothing that happened Thursday was unexpected, aside from the mayor's remarks, or lack of them. After the committee had received hundreds of written public comments and had heard from pro-gondola and anti-gondola voices during an hour of passionate public testimony -"
The Los Angeles City Council overwhelmingly passed a resolution urging Metro to cancel the proposed Dodger Stadium gondola and urged Mayor Karen Bass to support that position. Metro had previously approved the project, but a court required a second review of whether the environmental impact report adequately addressed construction-noise mitigation. Metro staff concluded acoustic retrofitting would be impractical and possibly ineffective, citing case-by-case consent and invasive construction that could require occupant relocation. LA Aerial Rapid Transit agreed to provide personal hearing protection devices. A Metro committee approved the revised environmental impact report amid heavy public testimony, and the full Metro board is expected to advance the project.
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