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KNBC Covers Metro’s Plan to Widen 605 Freeway and Demolish Homes, While Metro’s The Source Lies About the Project
Metro claimed four-lane project would only add one lane, and that nearly-complete plans are in "early stages"
October 8, 2020
City of Downey Officially Opposes Full Metro 605/5 Freeway Widening Impacting Downey Homes
Downey officially opposes Metro taking 200+ Downey homes, but Mayor Blanca Pacheco caveated that "The City is supportive of the improvements of the I-5 freeway, which will bring transportation, connectivity and economic benefits”
October 7, 2020
Metro Plans to Take Out 200+ Downey Homes to Widen 5 and 605 Freeways
Downey resident Alexandria Contreras says Metro's "I-605 Corridor Improvement Project" is "not an improvement, it's destruction, state sanctioned violence.... immoral and unjust."
October 2, 2020
North 5 Freeway Widening Project Cost Overrun is Even More Than Metro Reported in Early September
September Metro report said Burbank freeway project was $50M over budget, but a May Caltrans letter said $73.2M - and with no construction end in sight, the final total could be even higher
September 30, 2020
Over Budget, Five Years Late, I-5 Widening Sparks Metro-Caltrans Debate on Who Pays Cost Overruns
The three- to four-year-long 5 Freeway widening project through Burbank is now expected to take eight years of construction
September 18, 2020
CA Senate Transportation Vice-Chair Says Active Transportation Projects Increase Emissions
Spoiler alert: They don't
February 14, 2020
Wrongheaded High Desert Freeway Named a Top National Boondoggle
Proponents have smeared a lot of lipstick on their $8 billion, 63-mile highway project, but it's still a pig
June 18, 2019
Caltrans Lies Again: Widening 5 Freeway Will “Minimize Congestion… Reduce Pollution”
Caltrans is lying. Again.
April 19, 2019
The 210 Freeway Remains a Dire Threat to Gold Line Safety – Fixes Needed Yesterday
The Times finally covered this clear danger to transit rider life and limb. Metro's planned fix is awaiting approval and funding.
April 9, 2019
Gov’t Analyst: Despite Lack of Data, Let’s Rethink the Active Transportation Program
Part 2 of our look at LAO report on the ATP
March 15, 2019
