The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ordered a temporary halt of work on its $2.4-billion Purple Line Section 2 subway extension project over “serious and ongoing safety concerns” that officials said contractor Tutor Perini/O&G has not adequately addressed.
The suspension will last until Nov. 7, as long as the joint venture of L.A.-based Tutor Perini Corp. and Torrington, Conn.-based O&G Industries Inc., takes action outlined by Metro in an Oct. 21 letter. Otherwise, the agency may extend the suspension and remove some contractor personnel under the terms of the contract, officials wrote.
