City of Inglewood
DELAYED9 months late40% CONFIDENCEThe City's release says only "Construction begins this fall," so the pin uses the start of that autumn.[1]First promised for 01/01/2026; now 9 months later. Stated: the project's own overview page still says "Construction is anticipated to begin in early 2026," while the City's August 25, 2026 announcement of the partnership says "Construction begins this fall."
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- Oct 1, 202640% CONFIDENCELow confidencefrom the source
Inglewood Starts Building Its Downtown Transit Hubs for 2028
The rephased Inglewood Transit Connector begins with three mobility hubs holding more than 1,000 parking stalls, event-day bus lanes, a rebuilt Market Street and a pedestrian bridge over Florence Avenue to the Metro K Line station, all due by 2028. The automated people mover it grew out of is deferred, with the right-of-way preserved at Market and Manchester.
- The Inglewood City Council voted in favour of a public-private partnership to build the Inglewood Transit Connector's mobility hubs and rebuild the streets of Downtown Inglewood, with "Construction begins this fall"[1]
- Elevate Inglewood Development Corporation was selected as Best Value Proposer through competitive procurement - a consortium led by Plenary Americas as developer, with Swinerton as design-build contractor and Walter P. Moore as architect of record[1]
- It is a Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain agreement putting design, construction, financing, operations and maintenance under one contract "at a fixed price against a fixed completion date"; EIDC operates and maintains the Market & Florence Hub and the pedestrian bridge for 20 years while the streetscape and other two hubs return to the City on acceptance, with payments earned against standards for availability, cleanliness, safety and security and state of good repair[1]
- The scope delivers three mobility hubs "collectively delivering more than 1,000 new parking stalls", a pedestrian bridge over Florence Avenue connecting the downtown core to the Metro K Line's Downtown Inglewood Station, and rebuilt Market Street, Manchester Boulevard and Queen Street with new hardscape, landscaping, irrigation, traffic controls, wayfinding, street furniture and pedestrian-scale lighting[1]
- The largest hub, at Market & Florence, brings transit-oriented retail, parking, a bus plaza and a kiss-and-ride lot downtown, coordinated with the City's Destination Market Street program funding facade and tenant improvements on the same corridor[1]
- Dedicated event-day shuttle lanes will run from the north and south of the City to the sports and entertainment district with synchronised signals giving buses priority, plus improved commuter shuttle service closing the first/last-mile gap from the Metro K and C Lines[1]
- "The plan preserves all necessary right-of-way for a high-capacity automated people mover system in the future", with that right-of-way at Market and Manchester[1]
- The $261 million design and construction budget "will be covered entirely by grants from the State of California's Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program and from Metro", with no General Fund dollars and no new tax; the City projects about $210 million in tax revenue and $1.5 billion in total economic output over the life of construction and operations[1]
- Mayor James T. Butts, Jr.: "This agreement caps our cost, and construction is funded through a partnership with the State and Metro - using grant dollars we competed for and won, and not a dime from the General Fund. When the world arrives in 2028, Inglewood will have the downtown transit capacity to meet the moment"[1]
- Councilmember Eloy Morales, Jr. framed the structure as "one contract, one team, one fixed price and one deadline. The developer carries the cost and schedule risk, which protects Inglewood taxpayers"[1]
- The case for the work is event traffic: "More than 60 major annual events at SoFi Stadium, the Intuit Dome, the Kia Forum and other venues" bring tens of thousands of visitors into a city of roughly 100,000 residents, and during the 2026 FIFA World Cup "Metro moved record numbers of fans to and from matches at SoFi Stadium using dedicated bus lanes, signal priority and expanded shuttle service"[1]
- From November, roadway work runs mainly at night with hub construction by day; the three streets are rebuilt block by block at roughly two months per block, with business access maintained and periods of lane closures, sidewalk detours and modified traffic patterns[1]
- Businesses displaced by the Market & Florence hub get one-to-one relocation advisors, State-law relocation benefits and City incentive grants of up to $250,000 to reestablish within the downtown core[1]
- The agreement carries a 35% local hiring commitment across construction and operations, a 20% local and small business participation goal and a Community Workforce Agreement, with apprenticeship readiness work with the building trades and a youth program with Inglewood Unified School District[1]
- Other Phase 1 elements: Lot T at Prairie and Manchester is complete and served as flexible event space during the 2026 World Cup, while the event-day bus lanes and Intelligent Transportation Systems program are in design under separate City contracts with construction anticipated to begin in 2027[1]
- The release does not give a 2028 completion date for the hubs themselves, only the mayor's reference to "when the world arrives in 2028"[1]
Cost $261M
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- [1]40%inglewoodtransitconnector.com/inglewood-council-approves-partnership-to-rebuild-historic-downtown-and-improve-citywide-mobilityinglewoodtransitconnector.com· Posted Sep 20, 2026· Starts Oct 1, 2026 ✓· 100% of score
The City's release says only "Construction begins this fall," so the pin uses the start of that autumn.
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