The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-0 Tuesday to approve a $100-million expansion of Archer School for Girls in Brentwood, despite lingering concerns from residents that traffic would worsen.
"We're elated and immensely grateful to all the people who supported the project," said Elizabeth English, Archer's head of school. "We think this is going to be an incredible asset to the community."
Archer's proposal includes new performing and visual arts centers, gyms and an underground parking garage for more than 200 vehicles. The project would require months of excavation and dirt-hauling, with potentially hundreds of daily truck trips from its location at Sunset Boulevard and Barrington Avenue -- already a serious choke point.