Calif. Claims Adding Miles of New Lanes to a Freeway Is… Not Expanding the Freeway

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By Joe LintonMar 7, 2024, 5:16 pm316 pts
After the community caught Metro and Caltrans defying federal clean air law, Metro radically pared back its 710 Freeway expansion plans. In 2018, Metro approved a $6 billion plan that would have added at least forty new lane-miles to the lower 710 Freeway. Metro and Caltrans canceled that plan in 2022, pledging…

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