Efforts to complete the 710 Freeway by building a tunnel under South Pasadena and the surrounding area took a hit when the Glendale City Council voted to oppose the idea.
In its vote Tuesday, the council cited projections for traffic increases on the 210 and 134 freeways in Glendale if the "missing link" of the 710 Freeway between Alhambra and Pasadena is finally completed.
According to a staff report, traffic would increase by more than 30,000 vehicles a day on the 210 north of the 134; by about 2,500 daily truck trips on the 210 between the 134 and the 2 Freeway; by about 2,500 daily truck trips on the 210 between the 2 and Interstate 5; and by approximately 1,000 vehicles a day on Foothill Boulevard.
La Cañada Flintridge and South Pasadena also oppose the tunnel. Alhambra, where the 710 now abruptly ends just north of Interstate 10, supports it.
South Pasadena has for decades opposed completing the freeway, saying it would ruin the historic character of the city. Caltrans has proposed the tunnel idea as a way of addressing those concerns.
-- Shelby Grad
hmm.. maybe i should be supporting this... i live in alhambra.
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W00t! Yes! (I'm opposed to the 710 extension). This's already wasting so much money, why won't people just give up?
Dr J
i don't totally understand where this freeway is planned to be tunneled. but, if it gets me from alhambra to pasadena faster, i would actually like it.
In reality, however, most traffic from northbound I-710 is forced onto Fremont Avenue in Alhambra and South Pasadena, and the Pasadena Freeway (State Route 110).
The failure to complete the Long Beach Freeway has contributed to some traffic congestion in northeastern Los Angeles and the northwestern San Gabriel Valley, as there are no north-south freeways in the heavily populated area between Interstate 5 (Golden State Freeway) and Interstate 605 (San Gabriel River Freeway).
Pro- and anti-710 lobbies have debated whether finishing I-710 would
alleviate any of the San Gabriel Valley's congestion, or merely
displace it from surface streets to the freeway.
[edit] Historic plans
@ThurzNite - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_710
These things are such a mixed bag. Too many pros and cons!
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