There are now four public meetings scheduled to solicit public comment on the SR-710 North draft environmental document released last month. The first meeting is Saturday, April 11. Details on the meetings are in this news release from Caltrans and Metro: Caltrans and Metro Add Two More Public Hearings for [continue reading]
Caltrans and Metro today released the Draft Environmental Impact Report/Statement (DEIR/S) for the SR-710 North Study. The entire study is online and can be found by clicking here. The study looks at [continue reading]
Officials this morning celebrated the groundbreaking of the $215 million I-5/Florence Avenue Interchange Project in Downey. Representing Metro at the press event were L.A. County Supervisor and Metro Board [continue reading]
Here’s the press release from Caltrans: Los Angeles – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will re-construct curbs at various locations throughout Los Angeles County. Construction activities will take place daily, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through late spring. Some night work may be required. The following [continue reading]
Here’s the press release from Caltrans: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will deploy 100 maintenance and community service workers (orange hardhats) to perform “swarm” maintenance on Sunday, January 11 in closed sections of the East Los Angeles Interchange from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. Crews will remove litter and [continue reading]
Here’s the press release from Caltrans: SANTA CLARITA — Hundreds of thousands of motorists will now enjoy reduced congestion and enhanced safety on a segment of Interstate 5 in Santa Clarita thanks to the completion of a $67 million project by Caltrans and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. L.A. Auto Show: is the two-car family on the decline? (L.A. Times) A brief article on a fascinating subject. The auditing firm KPMG predicts that families with two cars will [continue reading]
Here’s the press release from Caltrans: LONG BEACH- The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will demolish and reconstruct a damaged portion of the Temple Avenue Bridge. This will temporarily close the southbound I-405 on-ramp from eastbound Spring Street for the duration of this bridge rehabilitation construction work. Detours will be posted. [continue reading]
The following statement is from Metro in response to an op-ed that ran earlier this week in the Los Angeles Times saying there is a need for more detour signs for the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project: The buck stops with Metro. We are the lead agency responsible for communicating 405 [continue reading]
Caltrans and Metro today released the long-awaited draft environmental study for the High Desert Corridor project, which contemplates a new 63-mile freeway between Palmdale in Los Angeles County and the town of Apple Valley in San Bernardino County — along with a possible high-speed rail line, bikeway and green energy transmission corridor. [continue reading]
