Metro CEO Phil Washington: Downey Freeway Widening Was Already Identified “About Three Decades Ago”
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Metro keeps saying 605 and 5 Freeway widenings are in "early stages" but CEO letter says that project was decided decades ago
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about highway expansion
KNBC Covers Metro’s Plan to Widen 605 Freeway and Demolish Homes, While Metro’s The Source Lies About the Project
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Metro claimed four-lane project would only add one lane, and that nearly-complete plans are in "early stages"
City of Downey Officially Opposes Full Metro 605/5 Freeway Widening Impacting Downey Homes
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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”
Metro Plans to Take Out 200+ Downey Homes to Widen 5 and 605 Freeways
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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."
North 5 Freeway Widening Project Cost Overrun is Even More Than Metro Reported in Early September
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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
Over Budget, Five Years Late, I-5 Widening Sparks Metro-Caltrans Debate on Who Pays Cost Overruns
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The three- to four-year-long 5 Freeway widening project through Burbank is now expected to take eight years of construction