Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Metro officials held a ground-breaking ceremony Friday, Nov. 7 for the planned four-mile extension of the city's Purple Line. Three new stations will be built, extending the rail line from the existing Wilshire/Western stop to Beverly Hills.



The Purple Line extension has a total of $4 billion allocated for the project and is slated to be completed by 2023. The full construction, which ends the line near UCLA, will be complete in 2035.

L.A. Mayor Garcetti and Metro officials break ground on the new Purple Line extension. (Benjamin Dunn/Neon Tommy)

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