$3 BILLION JUST BIT OF FREEWAY CURE REGION NEEDS 10 TIMES MORE, OFFICIAL SAYS.Byline: SUE DOYLE Staff Writer More than $3 billion in improvements planned for some Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County freeways will reduce congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. on those roadways, but the region needs 10 times that much before drivers will see an end to traffic jams, a Caltrans official said Monday. Within the next five years, construction will start on widening highways and building five car-pool lanes and some new freeway ramps, California Department of Transportation The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is a government agency in the U.S. state of California. Its mission is to improve mobility across the state. It manages the state highway system and is actively involved with public transportation systems in California. officials said during a meeting to preview upcoming projects. But it's still not enough to accommodate all the cars on the road. These projects will not completely eliminate congestion, said Doug Failing, Caltrans district director. "We'll need probably 10 times the projects we have going here to eliminate congestion in an area like Los Angeles." Here's what is planned: A 10-mile, $950 million northbound car-pool lane is slated for the San Diego (405) Freeway between the Santa Monica (10) and Ventura (101) freeways, with construction to start by spring. Plans also call for adding a sixth lane to the southbound 405 through the Sepulveda Pass. Changes to the project are expected to be released this month, and final approval will come in November or December, Failing said. Car-pool lanes costing about $605 million are planned in each direction of the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. between the Hollywood (170) and Ventura (134) freeways. Construction should start in spring 2009. About 11 miles of car-pool lanes are planned for each direction of the 10 Freeway between the San Gabriel River San Gabriel River is the name of watercourses in two states:
Pearblossom Highway (138) will be widened to four lanes -- two in each direction -- from Avenue T in Palmdale to Highway 18 in Llano lla·no n. pl. lla·nos A large, grassy, almost treeless plain, especially one in Latin America. [Spanish, plain, from Latin pl , pending funding. The $68.2 million project is divided into seven phases, with widening from Longview Road to 146th Street East completed last February. Construction is under way from 146th Street East in Pearblossom to 165th Street East in Llano. The last leg of construction is scheduled to begin in fall 2009. New pavement will be laid in a $164.5 million project along nine miles of the Long Beach Freeway (710). The project includes shoulder reconstruction, new concrete barriers, a soundwall and widening of the Atlantic Boulevard undercrossing and of the southbound lanes at the Compton Creek bridge. Construction is scheduled to start this summer. Construction should start in winter 2008 on a $156 million project to elevate a two-lane car-pool lane to connect car-pool lanes on the Golden State Freeway (5) and the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. (14). The project should be done by 2012. Six miles of car-pool lanes will be added on the Ventura Freeway in each direction from Mobil Pier Road to Casitas Pass Road in a $116 million project to start in winter 2011. A $9.1 million project on the Ronald Reagan Freeway (118) calls for an eastbound off-ramp and westbound on-ramp at Rocky Peak Road in Simi Valley. A $165 million project should start in summer 2009 to improve the 5 Freeway and the Carmenita Road interchange between Santa Fe Springs Santa Fe Springs, city (1990 pop. 15,520), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., inc. 1957. The city lies in an oil and natural gas region and has diversified manufacturing. and Norwalk. A portion of the Schuyler Heim Bridge at the Port of Los Angeles The Port of Los Angeles is located on San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, approximately 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown. Also called Los Angeles Harbor and WORLDPORT LA will be replaced in a $351 million project to start in 2009. Construction for a $66 million direct connector from the southbound 605 Freeway to the eastbound San Bernardino Freeway The San Bernardino Freeway is the assigned name of an approximately 60-mile (95 km) long segment of Interstate 10 (I-10) between the cities of Los Angeles, California and San Bernardino, California. (10) should break ground in 2011. sue.doyle(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3746 |
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