Recent Streetsblog LA posts about The 710

Among requests that Metro is refusing to fund: Alhambra City shuttle service. Photo via cptdb.ca

Groups Urge Metro Not to Approve Car-Centric SGV Projects Replacing Canceled North 710 Freeway

By Joe Linton | Sep 25, 2019 | 3 Comments

Metro's zombie engineers are pushing a half-billion dollars worth of projects that will force more car traffic into the San Gabriel Valley

With the 710 Dead, What Should Alhambra’s Position Be on the 710

By Damien Newton | Mar 11, 2019 | 12 Comments

Mayor Jeff Maloney sounds interested in turning the current freeway stub into a park.

The City of Duarte is expected to see 40 more extreme heat days by 2050. (Credit: LA Times)

Metro’s $400 Million Roads Plan Is an Act of Climate Change Denial

By Carter Rubin | Dec 3, 2018 | 22 Comments

It’s time for Metro to pump the brakes on its misguided, climate-harming road plan for the 710 N. Corridor cities.

If you can't build a freeway, widen the streets instead.

Metro Roads Committee Approves Heavily Car-Centric 710 North Corridor Projects

By Joe Linton | Nov 15, 2018 | 12 Comments

Blocked from building a ridiculous freeway tunnel, Metro staff are defying board instructions, pushing to single-mindedly increase car capacity

Motion Seeks to Ease Tensions Over 710 Expansion by Focusing on Displacement Elimination, Community Enhancements

By Brian Addison | Feb 28, 2018 | 6 Comments

Metro Board Member and Supervisor Hilda Solis, backed by fellow board member and Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, has drafted a motion that will put the 710 expansion on hold while focusing on the community projects attached to the massive infrastructure proposal.

Metro passed the Fasana motion effectively killing the SR-710 North freewau tunnel. Map via Metro

Metro Board Votes to Kill 710 North Freeway Tunnel

By Joe Linton | May 25, 2017 | 16 Comments

This morning the Metro board of directors voted to approve a motion that effectively kills the $6 billion 710 North freeway tunnel project and redirects its funds to soundwalls, resurfacing, transit, signals, and bicycle and pedestrian improvements.

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