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Victory for Community Resistance: L.A. Cancels Long-Planned $6 Billion Lower 710 Freeway Widening
L.A. Metro approved the 'No Build' alternative for planned 710 freeway widening through predominantly Black and brown communities. The action is unprecedented for Southern California.
May 26, 2022
Metro’s The Source Retreads Tired Pro-Freeway Falsehoods Today
The Metro budget is a statement of intent. If Metro is honest about "want[ing] a wider menu" of non-driving options, then Metro's budget needs to reflect that.
May 25, 2022
Metro Leadership Making It an Annual Tradition to Lie about Freeway Expansion Budget
Metro Planning Chief de la Loza: "[Metro Highway Program FY23 budget] predominant projects are focused on... completing gaps between the HOV system, safety improvements... they're not focused at all on just providing road widening."
May 20, 2022
Metro Committee Expected to Vote to Not Build Lower 710 Freeway Widening Project
Metro and Caltrans plan to formally reset their 710 Freeway corridor plans by approving the 'No Build' alternative, as the new Locally Preferred Alternative for their 710 Environmental Document, reversing a 2018 approval of a freeway widening alternative.
May 17, 2022
Metro FY23 Budget: Those Freeways Metro Plans to Widen
Last year, Metro increased its annual freeway expansion budget by a whopping 80 percent. This year, the agency has proposed an 33.5 percent increase on top of last year's. Here's a list of Metro big widening projects.
May 13, 2022
Pasadena and Caltrans Reach Agreement to Relinquish 710 Freeway Stub to City
Once the deal is finalized, the city has promised a public process to decide the future land use, transportation network, and utility infrastructure network for the land that is now-called the Ditch.
May 4, 2022
Metro/Caltrans 605/5 Freeway Expansion Approval is a Year Off
Metro is planning community outreach and a less harmful 605CIP alternative to be incorporated into a new EIR/EIS document to be released about a year from now
April 26, 2022
Metro Pushing to Get Construction Underway this Year on Major Phase of 57/60 Freeway Interchange Expansion
Metro and Caltrans are spending a half-billion dollars to widen the congested 57/60 Freeways interchange
April 8, 2022
Proposed Metro FY22-23 Budget: Increase Freeway Widening, Decrease Transit Construction
While the Metro FY22-23 budget figures are still in flux, the latest proposal shows a 30 percent increase in freeway expansion and a 9 percent decrease in transit expansion
March 17, 2022
Highway Widening Chief Abdollah Ansari Has Left Metro
Ansari was one of the agency's most rigidly pro-freeway and pro-car-capacity leaders
February 28, 2022
