Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Freeways

Metro 605 and 60 Freeway widening plans include demolition of 7-9+ homes on Linard Street in South El Monte. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Metro and Caltrans 605/60 Freeway Widening Project Could Demolish San Gabriel Valley Homes

By Joe Linton and Chris Greenspon | May 10, 2023 | No Comments

Early designs for Metro and Caltrans 605 Freeway Corridor Improvement Project (605CIP) show more than a dozen home demolitions in South El Monte and Pellissier Village

Alhambra Planning to Reconfigure its 710 Freeway Stub

By Chris Greenspon | Mar 30, 2023 | No Comments

The city presented a batch of ideas that increase capacity and use of the 10 Freeway, but also includes some protected active transportation facilities

Metro-funded construction is widening the 71 Freeway from four lanes to eight. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Bait and Switch: Caltrans and Metro Quietly Scale Back 71 Freeway Widening in Pomona

By Joe Linton | Mar 2, 2023 | No Comments

Metro and Caltrans had promoted the project as a nearly 2-mile long freeway widening, with an upgraded pedestrian overcrossing - but it has been scaled back to a 1.5 mile widening with no pedestrian component

Metro 605/South Street project (yellow) - base via Google Maps

Metro Plans to Start Construction This Year on 605 Freeway Widening in Cerritos

By Joe Linton | Feb 2, 2023 | No Comments

Metro says the 605/South Street project is multimodal, but fails to add any multimodal features

Metro, Caltrans, and the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments are widening the 57/60 interchange. 2021 photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro Board Approves $294 Million to Widen 57/60 Freeways Confluence

By Joe Linton | Jan 26, 2023 | No Comments

The final phase of 57/60 Freeway construction is anticipated to get underway this Spring, with the widened freeway expected to open around 2026-2028

Metro Planning Committee Approves $294 Million for 57/60 Freeway Widening

By Joe Linton | Jan 18, 2023 | No Comments

Metro will add one more eastbound general purpose lane, plus new and widened ramps and streets - to the 57/60 Confluence in the city of Diamond Bar

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