60 headaches.Sorry, port truckers, but the clogged arteries connecting the ports of 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. and Long Beach to the rest of the region will be getting more jam packed in the coming months. Caltrans is beginning work on the Pomona (60) Freeway--a major route connecting the ports to the Inland Empire In·land Empire A region of the northwest United States between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, comprising eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Farming, lumbering, and mining are important to the area. . The construction project will add a carpool car·pool n. also car pool 1. An arrangement whereby several participants or their children travel together in one vehicle, the participants sharing the costs and often taking turns as the driver. 2. lane to an 11-mile stretch of the freeway in the San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. . As many as one in every 20 vehicles on the freeway is a truck, and some trucking companies are so concerned about the bottlenecks the major construction project on the freeway could cause they are even diverting drivers. "It will definitely cause some service issues for us," said Clem Cleri, vice president of Compton-based PDS (1) (Processor Direct Slot) A single expansion slot on certain, early Macintosh models that was used to connect high-speed peripherals as well as additional CPUs. Providing a channel directly to the CPU, the PDS coexisted with NuBus slots on some models. Trucking Inc. Cleri said some of his drivers use the 60 when making deliveries to Rancho Cucamonga, but they may start taking a different route. "I'm thinking they'll probably dive into the 71, south to the 91, which will add some miles to their drive," he said. "Generally, though, this will cause an immense amount of traffic." The entire project is expected to be completed in 2011. Staff reporter Richard Clough can be reached at (323) 549-5225, ext. 251, or at rclough@labusinessjournal.com |
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