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Metro Plans to Spend Nearly $900M Expanding Freeways Next Year, a 40 Percent Increase
Metro expects to spend $887.1 million on widening the 5, 57/60, 91, 105, and 405 Freeways, and planning for Metro widening of the 5, 14, 71, 605, and other freeways.
March 20, 2026
January 2026 Los Angeles Metro Board Round-Up: Sepulveda Rail Approved, Torrance Rail Kneecapped
Valley-Westside subway plan approved. South Bay light rail delayed significantly, perhaps indefinitely.
January 22, 2026
Metro Committee Approves $7M to Tee Up 91 Freeway Widening
Metro and Caltrans anticipate spending roughly $200M to add one more westbound lane for nearly four miles through the cities of Artesia and Cerritos.
December 1, 2025
UCLA Report Shows How Freeway Construction Last Century Was Used to Destroy and Divide Communities of Color
“Understanding the history of racism in freeway development can inform restorative justice in these areas.”
November 25, 2025
Workshop for 710 Stub Conversion set for Wednesday October 8
Possible design elements for an arterial roadway look promising.
October 6, 2025
What’s Going On with the 57/60 Confluence Project Construction?
Construction is a year behind schedule, but work is being re-staged to recoup time. Changes are not expected to affect drivers on the freeways.
August 26, 2025
Judge Blasts, Approves, I-80 Causeway Widening Between Davis and Sacramento
Caltrans wins. The environment loses.
August 19, 2025
South Bay Pauses Planned Metro/Caltrans 405 Freeway Widening
Metro suggested that that the South Bay Cities Council of Governments be responsible for a 405 Freeway project cost overruns. The SBCCOG board declined.
August 5, 2025
Metro/Caltrans Freeway Expansion Updates: Projects on 57/60, 605, 71 Freeways
57/60 Freeway construction might be a year late, first segment of 71 Freeway construction finishing, and agencies keep setting the stage for 605 Freeway mega-project.
July 31, 2025
Commentary: The French City of Lyon Shows How to Connect Oakland and Western Alameda
An amazing 24/7 bike-ped-transit connection can be made for pennies on the dollar—if the Bay Area can get past its car-brain affliction.
July 15, 2025
