60 getting wider
One carpool lane will be added in each direction of the 60 between the San Gabriel River (605) and Orange (57) freeways. That stretch of the freeway is used by an estimated 211,000 drivers every day, according to the California Department of Transportation. "These highway improvement projects are providing congestion relief for California’s motorists," said Caltrans District Director Doug Failing. "We all want a California where people spend less time sitting on the freeways, less time commuting and more time with their families." Construction is expected to be completed by the summer of 2011. (CNS)
A long-discussed widening of the 60 Freeway -- 11 miles through the San Gabriel Valley -- is finally getting underway. But you'll have to wait until 2011:
