tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11976254.post4121257971547998153..comments2024-03-23T05:59:57.374-07:00Comments on This and That and More of the Same: Will we ever get there ???Arthur Eadeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01611683051848983344noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11976254.post-47739783917161359532009-02-01T14:31:00.000-08:002009-02-01T14:31:00.000-08:00The 710 Gap Closure chronology underlines the fact...The 710 Gap Closure chronology underlines the fact that the most energetic project opposition campaign in So. Calif. history has not been able to stop the project. The reason? Because our freeway system doesn't work without plugging this gap. Completion will reduce congestion more than will any other highway project in Southern California and will reduce pollution more than will any project in 6-County Southern California. Fortunately the project is going forward with the unanimous approval of the MTA and the Calif. Transportation Commission, via a technical tunnel study. Lawsuits no longer stand in its way, for the first time in 30 years and funding has been identified, through private sources (repaid with tolls), Prop. R, and money from the Caltrans corridor real estate. Polls show overwhelming support for completion in Los Angeles (5 to 1), the San Gabriel Valley (6 to 1), El Sereno (2 to 1) and Pasadena (3 to 1) and Alhambra (7 to 1). South Pasadenans, who opposed a surface route 5 to 1 are evenly split on a tunnel completion. It's desperately needed, the public wants it badly and, fortunately, it is going forward.<BR/><BR/>Nat Read, Chair<BR/>710 Freeway CoalitionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com