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Supervisor Don Knabe

County of Los Angeles, Fourth District
822 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
500 West Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
www.Knabe.com

For Immediate Release
Los Angeles, CA
July 22, 2011

Press Contact:

Andrew Veis
Assistant Press Deputy, New Media Manager
ph: (213) 974-4444
fax: (213) 626-6941
aveis@lacbos.org

Cheryl Burnett
Communications Director
ph: (213) 974-4444
fax: (213) 626-6941
cburnett@lacbos.org

 
 

Jul 22, 2011

Metro Blue Line Service in Long Beach to Be Impacted by Tree Trimming

Metro Blue Line service in the Long Beach area will be replaced by bus service this weekend due to City of Long Beach tree trimming maintenance work.

Beginning Friday night at 9 p.m. and continuing through 2 a.m. Sunday morning, trains will not run between the Transit Mall and Wardlow Stations.

Beginning Sunday at 4 a.m. and continuing through Monday at 2 a.m., trains will not run between the Transit Mall and Willow Stations.

Metro will run bus shuttle service between the Wardlow Road, Willow Street, Pacific Coast Highway (PCH), Anaheim Street, 5th Street, 1st Street, Transit Mall and Pacific Avenue stations to provide Metro Blue Line patrons with access to those stations/locations.