A proposal to extend Metro's K Line north into the Hollywood area with new connections to four rail lines will go before the transit agency's board.
Metro could be making its way north to West Hollywood and other parts of LA. Brittany Hope reports for the NBC4 News at 6 a.m. on March 26, 2026. A proposal to extend Metro's K Line north into the Hollywood area with new connections to four rail lines will go before the transit agency's board at a Thursday morning meeting.
The vote is expected during the Metro board's meeting scheduled for 10 a.m., when members will consider the staff recommendation for a “The extension project is expected to increase the number of riders on the light rail by at least 100,000 per day. Staff have estimated the extension project to cost between $11 billion to $15 billion. Three possible routes will be considered by board members, but Metro staff recommended the San Vicente-Fairfax alignment. The 9.7-mile route would add nine stations and connect to stops such as Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, Pacific Design Center and the Grove.This alignment would also connect the route to four other major rail lines -- including the under-construction expanded D Line -- and several bus lines.Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news.West Hollywood has endorsed this route and offered to fund 25% of capital costs through a so-called Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District. If it passes, according to LA Metro, the funding would become available in fiscal year 2041 and construction would be complete sometime between 2047 and 2049. Major leaders in the region like the mayors from Inglewood and West Hollywood and LA County supervisor Lindsey Horvath will be rallying outside metro headquarters in downtown Thursday morning, asking Metro to move forward.
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