Step closer to filling 710 gap

Flooded with support from neighboring communities, transportation officials Thursday gave the go-ahead to further study the feasibility of building tunnels under South Pasadena to connect the 710 and 210 freeways.

Members of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority board members voted 11-0 to contribute to $13 million preliminary engineering and technical studies. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne Burke were not present.

"I believe that a small minority of this county for way too long has stopped the rest of the county from getting relief in both congestion and air quality," said Richard Katz, an MTA board member appointed by Villaraigosa. "It’s time to move this project along."

-Jean Guccione

Photo above of empty freeway where the gap begins. More cool shots of the "gap" here.

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Comments

[Benjamin Brown]

"Every Street is crooked, they just wind around until they disappear"- Bob Dylan

[greg kay]

$13 million to study spending $3 billion for another freeway?? Without an attendant light rail? Light rail is a much more space efficient way of transporting commuters. It should be mandatory alongside any new freeway project in the southland. Then commuters could have an option: get on the new freeway that feeds into the old clogged freeway/road system and get stressed out over the latest KFWB traffic report, or ride a train and read the paper.