LINDERO CANYON ROADWORK IS SET.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer Using $3.7 million in developer fees, city and state officials plan to widen Lindero Canyon Road and its northbound north·bound adj. Going toward the north. northbound Adjective going towards the north Adj. 1. on-ramp to 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. . Plans call for widening Lindero Canyon from two lanes to three lanes in each direction, from Via Colinas and Agoura Road, and upgrading the freeway on-ramp in anticipation of future growth. ``Every new developer since the early 1990s was asked to participate in the program,'' said Bob Theobald, Westlake Village's planning director. ``The intent of the program is to make major road improvements to accommodate future traffic patterns.'' The two-phase project is part of an ongoing project to lessen 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. along Lindero Canyon Road, through the new 131-acre community known as Westlake North. The project is being financed by fees paid by developers, including those who built the Westlake Village Market Place, the Opus opus (ō`pəs) [Lat.,=work], in music, term used in cataloging a composer's works, designating either a single composition or a group published together or considered a unit. West office complex, the Renaissance neighborhood, and improvement to the Dole headquarters. Their contributions were based on how much traffic their project was expected to generate in the area. ``We anticipated the traffic impact of the development,'' said Mark Wessel Mark Wessel is the current Dean of the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to being the Dean Wessel held leadership positions within the Heinz School as Acting Dean, Chief Operating Officer, Senior Associate Dean, and of Willdan, a consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a that performed the traffic engineering work on the project. ``It's an example of forward planning forward planning n → planificación f por anticipado .'' An environmental report conducted by the state Department of Transportation shows the project will not significantly affect the quality of the environment. The initial Environmental Assessment is available for review and at City Hall and the Westlake Village Public Library. The first phase of the current project is expected to be completed by the end of next year. The second phase, not yet scheduled and awaiting additional funding, is hoped to be completed within a few years. CAPTION(S): map Map: Proposed widening project |
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