Proposed $50 Million Parking Structure Raises Eyebrows, Highlights Challenges of Broadway

by Anna Scott
Published: Friday, May 8, 2009 4:34 PM PDT

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Fourteenth District City Councilman José Huizar wants to build a 300-car parking structure on Broadway as part of his effort to revitalize the thoroughfare between Second Street and Olympic Boulevard. He has said the proposal, which could cost more than $50 million, will spur the area’s revitalization.

Although the garage is a major component of Huizar’s Bringing Back Broadway initiative, it has raised eyebrows at a time when the city is facing a $530 million budget deficit. Others wonder if the need truly exists; a city survey identified more than 5,000 parking spaces in the area.

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