FREEWAY WIDENING SUMMIT SOUGHT.Byline: Jim Skeen 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 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 called for a planning summit Wednesday to expedite widening projects for 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 Highway 138. Antonovich called for bringing together Antelope Valley's representatives in Congress and Sacramento, city officials from Palmdale and Lancaster and staff members from Caltrans and the county public works department Many governments worldwide have had departments or ministries referred to as the Public Works Department either formally or informally. In Australia: - New South Wales -
``We have to have a planning symposium to program the build-out of the 14 and the 138,'' Antonovich said. ``We have to have an aggressive plan so when we go to the federal agencies these projects will be fast-tracked.'' Antonovich called for the summit during his annual breakfast meeting with Palmdale City Council. Most of the meeting focused on regional transportation issues, including the widening of the two highways, street improvements and the proposed statewide high-speed rail High-speed rail is a type of passenger rail transport that operates significantly faster than the normal speed of rail traffic. Specific definitions include 200-320 km/h (125-200 mph) - depending on whether the track is upgraded or new - by the European Union and above 90 mph system. The state has earmarked $38.5 million for widening Highway 138 to four lanes between Avenue T and 165th Street East, a project that is expected to begin in 2003. Caltrans also sent a recommended project list to the California Transportation Commission for more than $6 million for design work for widening the highway between 165th Street East and the junction with Highway 18, but did not include money for construction. Caltrans is spending $31 million to add two car-pool lanes to the Antelope Valley Freeway between Sand Canyon Road and Escondido Canyon Road. The state later plans to widen the stretch from Escondido Canyon to Palmdale. Palmdale officials also asked Antonovich for the county to provide more money to widen Avenue S from two lanes to four lanes between the Antelope Valley Freeway and Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling . The county has pledged $500,000 to the project, but city officials say the county's fair share of the $4.6 million project is $1.15 million. ``Avenue S is as much a death trap death trap Noun a place or vehicle considered very unsafe as Highway 138,'' said Palmdale Councilman David Myers. ``Avenue S is the most important public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. project we have on our books.'' City officials said a grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority would provide a two-to-one match for county funds. Antonovich said he will have staffers re-evaluate the money the county is providing to north Los Angeles County projects to see if there is anyway to provide more money for Avenue S. Antonovich also pledged to introduce a motion supporting an Antelope Valley alignment for a proposed statewide high-speed rail system. That motion should be heard Tuesday by the county board of supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. . Staff of the state's high-speed rail authority is recommending a route that would bypass the Antelope Valley in favor of a route along Interstate 5. |
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