Environmental
Apr. 6, 2012
Judge halts Highway 101 widening project
A San Francisco federal judge put the brakes on an effort to widen a one-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 101 that runs through an ancient Redwood forest Wednesday.
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A San Francisco federal judge put the brakes on an effort to widen a one-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 101 that runs through an ancient Redwood forest Wednesday.
District Court Judge William Alsup ruled that the California Department of Transportation made serious errors in its initial environmental review of the project and that it needed to better document and analyze how the road widening will impact the giant trees. The s...
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