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May 26 2:25 pm
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Metro board ends effort to widen 710 Freeway

City News Service

The Metro Board of Directors voted today to end its efforts to widen the 710 Freeway and to use the $750 million allocated to that project instead for improvements to southeast Los Angeles communities along the freeway.

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Nov 7 2021 2:08 pm
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New 710 Freeway task force seeks public input on halted widening project

Crystal Niebla

The virtual meeting, which will run from 5 to 7:30 p.m., will review the I-710 Corridor Project, which would add two lanes of truck traffic on either side of the freeway, and spans from Long Beach to East Los Angeles near the 60 Freeway.

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Sep 15 2021 8:00 am
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New task force for halted 710 Freeway project met with criticism in first meeting

Crystal Niebla

The task force was set up to seek comment on the controversial I-710 Corridor Project, which involves adding  two lanes of truck traffic to either side of the freeway from Long Beach to East Los Angeles near the 60 Freeway.

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Sep 12 2021 11:04 am
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Metro seeks public input on 710 Freeway widening project

Crystal Niebla

After plans were scuttled this spring on a controversial plan to widen the 710 Freeway, a new task force convened by Metro is seeking input from the public, particularly residents who will be directly impacted by the work.   

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May 10 2021 3:51 pm
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Federal regulators’ demand for pollution study could derail 710 widening project

Jason Ruiz

A long-running project to widen the 710 Freeway hit a new hurdle after the EPA has required planners to conduct a detailed pollution study that is likely to show added truck traffic will increase pollution in an area already burdened by bad air.

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Mar 1 2018 2:34 pm
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After Nearly Two Decades, Metro Board Approves $6 Billion Construction of 710 Freeway Improvements

Jason Ruiz

The project, which is expected to take about 40 years to complete, is not expected to break ground until about 2022.

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Feb 28 2018 10:47 am
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Displacement Worries Those Whose Homes, Businesses Could Be In the 710 Expansion’s Path As Metro Board Heads to a Vote

Jason Ruiz

The plan to widen the 710 Freeway will likely take another step forward when the full Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board (Metro) votes Thursday morning.

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Feb 14 2018 6:05 pm
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Expansion of the 710 Freeway Trudges Forward Amid Community Demands For Cleaner Alternative 

Jason Ruiz

The debate was between two alternatives identified by planners, one (5c) costing about $6 billion and “alternative 7” which would cost about $10 billion. Both projects would change the current layout of the current 19-mile stretch of the 710 that runs from Long Beach to East Los Angeles.

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Sep 6 2017 11:33 pm
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With Expansion of 710 Freeway on Horizon Residents Ask For More Time to Understand Impacts

Jason Ruiz

Long Beach has changed a lot over the last 60 years. It’s population has nearly doubled, the downtown skyline has changed dramatically and its port has grown into one of the busiest in the world.

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