The La Mesa City Council on Tuesday got a glimpse of what the downtown La Mesa trolley station might look like in the decades ahead.
The MTS Orange trolley line that runs parallel to Spring Street in downtown La Mesa could someday tower above the city or burrow underground, according to a study completed by the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG).
The study comes as SANDAG expects trolley service in San Diego County to double over the next decade. In addition to the aerial and below-ground options, there would also be a combo design with some tracks at street level and others above.
SANDAG senior regional planner Cecily Taylor presented the study at the council’s regular meeting. She acknowledged that all of the options are still very much on the drawing board…