CORRIDOR PLANNED BY TWO COUNTIES SAN BERNARDINO, L.A. EFFORT BACKED.Byline: ALEX DOBUZINSKIS Staff Writer 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 supervisors voted Wednesday to join with San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. County on an initiative to build a high-speed roadway linking 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. and Interstate 15. No funding was allocated, but officials hope the proposed freeway or expressway could receive funds under Proposition 1B that state voters approved Tuesday to raise $19.9 billion for transportation projects. ``It will address the region's shortage of major east-west routes, and it will result in economic development for both north Los Angeles County and San Bernardino County,'' said Tony Bell, a spokesman for Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San . By their unanimous vote Wednesday, county supervisors authorized forming a joint-powers authority between Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. The authority, with a five-member board from both counties, is expected to be formed before the end of the year. The High Desert Corridor is a long-range vision of the 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. and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, but the project was not expected to be done before 2020 or 2030. Antonovich wants to accelerate that, and forming a joint-powers agency is one way to do that, said Michael Cano, a transportation deputy for the supervisor. The proposed roadway would provide access to the Palmdale Regional Airport terminal, where officials are trying to attract airlines to relieve 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. at major Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, airports. ``We're talking about a lot of passengers that need to be accommodated and served from throughout Southern California,'' said Nancy Castles, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles city department that oversees Los Angeles International, Ontario International, Palmdale Regional and Van Nuys airports. In addition to money from Proposition 1B, officials hope there could be federal aid for the corridor, and private funds could be used through the creation of toll roads or other means. |
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