APRIL OFF TO FOOLISH START WITH HAHN'S FREEWAY FIX.Byline: Beth Barrett Staff Writer Morning commuters resigned to an endless future of slogging to work on the gridlocked grid·lock n. 1. A traffic jam in which no vehicular movement is possible, especially one caused by the blockage of key intersections within a grid of streets. 2. 101 Freeway could hardly believe what they were hearing Thursday. There on KOST-FM's (103.5) Morning Show with Mark Wallengren Mark Wallengren is a well-known radio disc jockey who hosts a morning show called Most Music Mornings on KOST 103.5 in Los Angeles. On the show, he co-hosts with Kim Amidon. He and Amidon received a "star" for the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their work on the radio. and Kim Amidon Kim Amidon is an American radio personality, well-known for her work on the Most Music Mornings on KOST 103.5 in Los Angeles, co-hosting with Mark Wallengren. She and Wallengren both received together a "star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their work on the radio. was the mayor of Los Angeles, James Hahn, actually promising a remedy to their daily traffic miseries. ``We've been talking about traffic 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. for a long time in Los Angeles but no one's taken the bold steps that need to be taken, so tomorrow we're announcing a joint project with Caltrans that will totally revamp the 101 Freeway from downtown L.A. to the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . ``For people who are stuck there right now, I know they're saying, When is somebody going to do something about it? ``So we're announcing that tomorrow we'll be beginning construction on a $5 billion remake of the 101 Freeway.'' But before the celebratory tooting For the crater on Mars, see . Coordinates: Tooting is a suburb in the London Borough of Wandsworth in south London. It is 5 miles (8.1 km) south south-west of Charing Cross. of horns could be heard across the Southland, the mayor explained: ``The only problem is for commuters, we will have to be shutting down all lanes in both directions on the freeway for the next 12 months.'' April Fools! The mayor was just kidding. He took the occasion of being on the radio to promote the city's annual ``One Book, One City L.A.'' that this year features Laura Hillenbrand's ``Seabiscuit'' to play his little prank and to reveal something about his job satisfaction. ``I like the ups a lot better than the downs,'' the mayor said. ``Most days are better than staying at home and watching TV.'' Beth Barrett, (818) 713-3731 beth.barrett(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) HAHN |
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