Comments on: Superfund, Fault Lines, Groundwater All in the Way…Let’s Dig a Tunnel!

By: Adam Villani

Adam Villani — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:09:42 +0000

Build it. I’m a big mass transit supporter, too, but this isn’t like other freeway expansion projects. This completes a gap that’s caused problems for more than four decades. It’s not a matter of “golly, this freeway’s crowded; let’s make it bigger.” It’s a matter of improving connectivity and diverting traffic away from surface streets and downtown L.A.

By: limit

limit — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:18:52 +0000

Multi modal solutions are key. However, I would also like to see additional options such as a cut and cover middle ground.

By: John F. Conroy

John F. Conroy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:39:46 +0000

Build a “flyover” like the Harbor Freeway downtown. Two lanes each way, and leave room for a Gold line connection. NO on or off ramps in South Pasadena. Over 30 years of NIMBY-ism is quite enough, thank you.

By: Spokker

Spokker — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:26:01 +0000

There are better ways to opposing the 710 project than resorting to fear tactics. We don’t like it when it’s done to transit projects, so we shouldn’t do it to freeway projects.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:13:57 +0000

It’s true. Scare tactics delayed the Wilshire Subway a couple of decades and here we go again, deja vu, with this blog post. Some things never change.

By: Another Angeleno

Another Angeleno — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:27:49 +0000

This “No We Can’t” attitude emerges only when a proposal offers to move cars more efficiently. I have yet to see any rational opposition to the 710 tunnel. Note the same people fighting the 710 tunnel support tunneling twice as many miles under Wilshire for a subway — I support that too, by the way… we need a comprehensive approach: mass transit AND more freeway capacity to meet future demand.

By: Carlos Morales

Carlos Morales — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:46:53 +0000

Watch KABCTV Channel 7 tongiht at 5:30pm & at 11pm
They may be reporting on this subject!

By: nobody

nobody — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:08:16 +0000

Really, they should just make an alternative that ends this around Huntington Drive. A lot of the congestion in the area would vanish if they did so. No use wasting the money to connect the 710 all the way to the 210, when the same benefits could be obtained by connecting to a more suitable road for the volumes on that freeway.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:38:23 +0000

The expense and challenge of building a tunnel is exactly why the I-710 gap closure should be built as a surface freeway.