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L.A. to Study Using GM Site for Transit Projects

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The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday voted to establish a task force to consider retrofitting the General Motors plant in Van Nuys to manufacture mass transit rail cars or buses.

The task force plan was adopted on a 14-0 vote without debate at the urging of Councilman Ernani Bernardi.

The panel will consist of Southland business, union and government leaders, including representatives for Mayor Tom Bradley and Bernardi, who will look into the feasibility of retooling the plant. The plant is set to close next year, idling 3,500 workers.

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David Mays, Bernardi’s chief deputy, said the task force, whose members have not yet been selected, is expected to consider a number of strategies for making it attractive and feasible for the plant to be retrofitted.

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