City agrees on federal grant for bus-only lane

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously agreed Wednesday to apply for a $27 million federal grant, in partnership with the Metro, to help fund construction of a bus-only lane on Wilshire Boulevard.

If approved, the grant funding would be made available in October 2008 and require a 20 percent local match -- about $5.4 million -- from the city of Los Angeles.

The first phase of the project would involve repairing the curb lane between Fairfax and Western avenues; adding traffic signals and signage; widening Wilshire between Barrington and Federal avenues; and removing curbs between Selby Avenue and Westwood Boulevard and Selby and Comstock Avenue.

-- Daily News wire services