710 Freeway Extension Public Hearing
PASADENA (CNS) - At the first public hearing on closing the gap on the
Long Beach (710) Freeway into Pasadena, most speakers favored building a tunnel
and opposed a light rail system, according to the Pasadena Star-News.
Caltrans and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority have been studying different ways to move traffic between Valley
Boulevard in Alhambra and Pasadena. A Draft Environmental Impact Report /
Environmental Impact Statement considers five options: a no-build option, a
traffic management system that would upgrade streets and sync traffic lights, a
busway, a light rail line that would connect East Los Angeles and Pasadena and
a freeway tunnel.
Most of the 51 speakers at the public hearing on Saturday favored
continuing the freeway with a tunnel under El Sereno, Alhambra, South Pasadena
and Pasadena, according to the Pasadena Star-News.
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I read the California DOT report, which dismissed a possible detour if the 710 is never completed. I strongly believe they should increase capacity of the 110 freeway with a direct connection to the 210 freeway. The 110 should be widened 2 lanes on each side or made into a stacked deck with 4 lanes on top of each other. This would be cheaper than a tunnel that is proposed to cost 3 billion dollars. (The impediment to this approach is the LA river. The solution is stacking the freeway instead of widening it. Or maybe build on top of… Read more »