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Pasadena Makes Progress on Getting Local Control Over State Route 710 Stub
From 1965-1974, when the state started buying up land through eminent domain for and pushing out residents, more than 4,000 residents were displaced and and more than 1,500 homes were destroyed.
January 21, 2022
Pasadena Canceling Grade Separation Gives Metro Another Chance to Do Right with 710 Funding
With Pasadena seeking to moving funding around, what projects Metro chooses to fund will be an early test of whether or not culture change is taking root
October 27, 2021
Paused 710 Freeway Widening Project is the Focus of Two New Committees
The fate of the 710 is being discussed at the Gateway Cities Council of Governments I-710 Ad Hoc Committee, and will soon be discussed at Metro's new I-710 South Corridor Task Force.
August 31, 2021
Groups Urge Metro Not to Approve Car-Centric SGV Projects Replacing Canceled North 710 Freeway
Metro's zombie engineers are pushing a half-billion dollars worth of projects that will force more car traffic into the San Gabriel Valley
September 25, 2019
With the 710 Dead, What Should Alhambra’s Position Be on the 710
Mayor Jeff Maloney sounds interested in turning the current freeway stub into a park.
March 11, 2019
Metro’s $400 Million Roads Plan Is an Act of Climate Change Denial
It’s time for Metro to pump the brakes on its misguided, climate-harming road plan for the 710 N. Corridor cities.
December 3, 2018
Metro Roads Committee Approves Heavily Car-Centric 710 North Corridor Projects
Blocked from building a ridiculous freeway tunnel, Metro staff are defying board instructions, pushing to single-mindedly increase car capacity
November 15, 2018
Motion Seeks to Ease Tensions Over 710 Expansion by Focusing on Displacement Elimination, Community Enhancements
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.
February 28, 2018
Metro Board Votes to Kill 710 North Freeway Tunnel
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.
May 25, 2017
Fasana Metro Motion Could Kill 710 North Freeway Tunnel
If passed by the full Metro board next week, John Fasana's motion should spell the end of the zombie highway expansion project to spend $6B tunneling the 710 Freeway North
May 17, 2017