Someday, the Los Angeles skyline could include a more-than-mile-long stretch of cable-driven gondolas carrying thousands of people to and from Dodger Stadium. But it'll take time, money and a few more meetings if it's to happen.
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KNX News' Craig Fiegener spoke to L.A. Council President Paul Krekorian, who's intrigued by the idea but also says Thursday's Metro board unanimous vote in favor of the project doesn't make it a done deal.
"We voted on this, of course, after much public comment [Thursday] in the Metro board, but the vote was merely approving the final environmental impact report. This is not a green light of the project at all," said Krekorian.
The public comment period prior to the vote was filled with people who vehemently opposed the plan.
An opposition group filed a lawsuit to halt the project just a day after the Metro vote.
John Christensen with the L.A. Parks Alliance, the group that filed the lawsuit, told KNX News that the gondolas would be damaging to a vital downtown park.
He said the final environmental impact report, "Didn't analyze at all Frank McCourt's plans to develop a major entertainment retail, hotel housing complex at the Dodger Stadium parking lot, something like L.A. Live. That's not allowed under California Environmental Law. You have to analyze the whole project, and it's obviously foreseeable and tied to the gondola. And the other major [issue] is the taking of land and airspace over L.A. State Historic Park."
Council member Eunisses Hernandez, whose district includes Dodger Stadium, has yet to respond to KNX News' request for comment on the gondolas.
The gondolas still need approval from Caltrans, State Parks, and the L.A. City Council to break ground.
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