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Yes, indeed, they’ve been talking about the above-ground freeway for years, since the 1950s. More recently, there’s been a push for a tunnel. How many commuters would actually use the tunnel, or is the tunnel for freight trucks coming from … Continue reading →

1) Valuing “Bigness” over anything else by falsely asserting that benefits “are typically examined independently of their relationship to costs.” In fact, if the alternatives were presented in terms of the ratio of benefit to cost, the results would show … Continue reading →

Will Kempton, Executive Director California Transportation Commission 1120 N Street, Room 2221 (MS-52) Sacto,  CA  95814     Will.kempton@dot.ca.gov   Dear Staff The City of Alhambra has pushed the 710 tunnel on its citizens with their propaganda everywhere710  banners, expensive, disruptive “710 Celebration Days,” and the … Continue reading →

Read the two recent letters to the Press from Alhambrans, which appeared in the San Gabriel Valley Tribute, June 12, 2015: With all due respect to Ms. Messina, who clings to her 40-year pro-freeway stance, the current Draft Environmental Impact … Continue reading →

No doubt about it: the 710 freeway is a truck route to move goods from Long Beach through our city. It’s not for Alhambrans (since there are no exits along the route and the toll charge per car one way … Continue reading →

There’s a new proposal in town, and Alhambra’s City Council are scrambling. Here is the latest on what Alhambra Councilmember Placido is telling the public on Air Talk “Opponents of the 710 Freeway Extension Offer New Alternative to Freeway” and at … Continue reading →

Approximately 300 people attended Map/Chart viewing with Metro/Caltrans Staff with Consultant Outreach Groups MBI and ConsensusInc taking names at the door. 40 Public Speakers – 12 pro 710 Tunnel/ 28 anti 710 tunnel and for re-evaluation of EIR with true … Continue reading →

To: Garrett Damrath, Caltrans District 7, Division of Environmental Planning, 100 S. Main St., MS-16 Los Angeles, CA 90012  State Clearinghouse Number: (SCH#) 1982092310 File number: 07-LA-710 (SR 710) Caltrans Project No.: EFIS 0700000191 (EA: 187900) Title: State Route 710 … Continue reading →

Pasadena Star News, April 14, 2015: http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/general-news/20150414/pasadena-city-council-opposes-710-freeway-tunnel