Freeways

A terrible project in Berlin shows the need for a global network to support local freeway fighters everywhere.

Two key documents that address the ways Caltrans measures and accounts for new travel induced by their projects are being finalized this week.

Melanie Curry

November 20, 2024

New off-ramps have begun to sprout out of the dirt, and widening surface streets are going through the growing pains of construction closures

Metro and Caltrans are planning to expand the current ten-lane 105 Freeway to twelve lanes, plus adding new auxiliary lanes, widening ramps, and widening streets.

Between Wilmington Avenue and Avalon Boulevard, Metro and Caltrans are looking to add four new freeway lane sections at a construction cost totaling at least $90-120 million

Metro plans to add more general purpose lanes as part of its 14 Freeway expansion project through Santa Clarita - a part of L.A. County that is reeling from triple digit heat

Metro/Caltrans highway expansion will encourage more vehicle trips, exposing already disadvantaged, environmental justice communities to even more pollution, with lifelong health impacts

The $48M project is meant to pave the way for a multi-billion dollar freeway widening project to come

The community felt dismissed and disrespected by Metro's earlier response. This time Supervisor Hahn and Councilmember Ricks-Oddie heard them loud and clear: they don't want this project