Civil Litigation,
Government,
Environmental & Energy
May 7, 2019
Judge halts Highway 101 widening project, saying it would harm redwoods
A San Francisco federal judge halted Caltrans’ controversial widening project along U.S. Highway 101 in Richardson Grove, citing the damages to ancient redwoods.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup
Caltrans has again lost its fight to develop a long-planned highway-widening project near Richardson Grove State Park south of Humboldt County.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup of San Francisco ruled the project would harm ancient redwoods.
"All of these old growth redwoods have lived many times longer than our nation has existed,"...
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