BUSINESSES PRESS FOR HIGHWAY LINK.Byline: Sherry Joe Crosby Daily News Staff Writer Seeking to hasten construction of an east-west road, business leaders are inundating City Hall with letters endorsing a six-lane highway that would link Newhall Ranch Road and Golden Valley Road. The city has received about 80 letters from representatives of the Valencia Industrial Association, Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Chamber of Commerce and the Santa Clarita Valley Board of Realtors. The businesses are urging the city to adopt one of four alternatives that would link 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. to 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. . The road would extend Highway 126 to Newhall Ranch Road to Bouquet Canyon Road, across the Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
``We need a route desperately,'' chamber President Marc Aronson said. ``We need one that's going to work and that's going to upset the fewest number of people and that moves people east and west. With all the planned development in our valley we're going to be in big trouble.'' In 1992, the City Council rejected a proposal for an eight-lane extension of Highway 126 after residents opposed plans to raze raze also rase tr.v. razed also rased, raz·ing also ras·ing, raz·es also ras·es 1. To level to the ground; demolish. See Synonyms at ruin. 2. To scrape or shave off. 3. several homes. Now city traffic engineers are studying four alternatives. Supporters of the Newhall Ranch-Golden Valley alternative said it would disturb few homes and is desperately needed to alleviate traffic on existing east-west corridors The East-West Corridor is the built-up area of north Trinidad stretching from the capital, Port of Spain, 15 miles east to Arima. The term was coined by economist and political philosopher Lloyd Best, after gleaning the works of a technocrat named Lynette Attwell. such as Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road, Lyons Avenue and Magic Mountain Parkway. ``This community is increasingly reaching the desperation point,'' said Bob Kellar, a chamber vice president and committee chairman for the Board of Realtors. He said long delays on roads such as Soledad Canyon Road and Lyons Avenue has increased stress among motorists and eventually will corrode cor·rode v. cor·rod·ed, cor·rod·ing, cor·rodes v.tr. 1. To destroy a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action: acid corroding metal. the quality of life for valley residents. Building another east-west road will help alleviate those problems, he said. ``It's incumbent upon us to get this road built,'' Kellar said. Without a new road, ``we're going to experience increased frustration due to travel problems. It will be a reduction in the quality of life out here. We need that road. We've needed that road for quite some time.'' City officials said they welcome the business community's suggestions but won't be ready to adopt a new road design until a year from now when a series of public meetings on the alternatives have passed. They encouraged the business leaders to participate in the meetings, which start in December. ``We can't choose specific alternatives because of letters,'' city traffic engineer Bahman Janka said. ``We encourage letter-writers to get involved in public participation. There's going to be several workshops with the community. It would be helpful for everyone to get involved and find a solution that will work for all of us.'' The businesses started the letter-writing campaign in October to encourage the city to apply for federal transportation funds that could be used to finance an east-west road, estimated to cost about $100 million. Highway 126 stretches from the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. to the Golden State Freeway, then follows Magic Mountain Parkway and San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the to the Antelope Valley Freeway. The route now carries about 30,000 cars south of Soledad Canyon Road. As Santa Clarita Valley grows, the road eventually will carry about 100,000 cars daily, Janka said. ``The scope of the project is to find alternatives that meet the circulation needs of the valley and take into account various input from the community,'' Janka said. |
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