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Oct. 12, 2011

Brown kills 710 freeway project

Corridor cities affected by the 710 freeway project can once again govern their futures. By Antonio Rossmann of Rossmann and Moore LLP


By Antonio Rossmann


In 1976, a newly-elected Gov. Jerry Brown shocked the transportation establishment by deciding that, what would become the nation's most destructive freeway, not be built. Responding to the state's obligation under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to assess the impacts and alternatives of the proposed extension of the 710 freeway through South Pasadena, El Sereno, Alhambra, and Pasadena, Brown concluded that the destruct...

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