What did Metro report as the cost of the original 2005 G Line busway together with the future Canoga Park station?
Los Angeles Metro opened the original Orange Line, now G Line, between North Hollywood and Warner Center on 29 October 2005. In its retrospective, Metro reports USD 349.5 million for the initial 14-mile busway and the future Canoga Park station. The later Chatsworth extension was a separately funded project and is not included in this amount.
Reported project cost
$349.5 million
Cost basis: 2005
The short answer
$349.5 million
Metro reports USD 349.5 million for the original 14-mile Orange Line busway and the future Canoga Park station. A county grand jury gives USD 324 million for the narrower initial 14.7-mile line.
Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
What the number includes
Cost scope
This is the original 2005 corridor plus the future Canoga Park station, not the subsequently built Chatsworth extension or the cost of every later G Line improvement.
Project record
Opened or launched
Los Angeles Metro - Orange Line 10th anniversary29 October 2005
Project context
About G Line
The original busway opened on 29 October 2005. Metro later extended service to Chatsworth under a separate project.
Reading the data
How to interpret the figure
The primary answer uses Metro's own retrospective reported cost in nominal USD. The county grand jury's narrower USD 324 million figure is disclosed as a distinct scope, not silently substituted.