Recent Streetsblog LA posts about highway expansion

Caltrans has no plans to widen the 5 freeway, except for this one presented last week - image via Metro/Caltrans presentation

Caltrans: “No Active Plans” to Widen 5 Freeway North of the 605. Really?

By Joe Linton | Feb 5, 2021 | No Comments

The OC Register reports that a Caltrans spokesperson said no more widening. The Caltrans spokesperson now says they told the Register about planned widening.

Metro plans to widen the 5 Freeway through Downey, demolishing homes, apartments, and more. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro Shares Some Information About Revised 605/5 Freeway Widening Alternative

By Joe Linton | Jan 26, 2021 | No Comments

New Metro alternative plans would demolish around 156-182 homes in the city of Downey

Metro and Caltrans 5 Freeway widening through Burbank is years late and tens of millions of dollars over-budget. Photo by Joe Linton

Metro Proposes $73.2M Loan to Caltrans for Overruns on 5 Freeway Widening through Burbank

By Joe Linton | Jan 16, 2021 | No Comments

Metro approving more money for this nightmare project would send a signal to Caltrans that wastefulness and irresponsibility will be not only tolerated, but rewarded

New walk/bike crossing along the 5 Freeway in Burbank - photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Eyes on the Street: New Bike/Ped Crossing over Railroad Tracks in Burbank

By Joe Linton | Jan 15, 2021 | No Comments

Though the facility has some utility - and preserves earlier walk/bike access, it's the kind of hellscape that only a freeway traffic engineer can love.

This vacant land, viewed from Norwalk's Silverbow Avenue pedestrian overpass, was more than a dozen homes. Metro and Caltrans have demolished hundreds of homes for their South 5 Freeway widening project. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Metro/Caltrans Neighborhood Erasure along the Lower 5 Freeway

By Joe Linton | Jan 7, 2021 | No Comments

Metro and Caltrans have erased hundreds of houses, apartments, and businesses - in the cities of Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs - to widen the 5 Freeway

NO MORE LANES banners over the 5 Freeway in Downey. Photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Downey Freeway Fighters Hang NO MORE LANES Banner over 5 Freeway

By Joe Linton | Jan 1, 2021 | No Comments

The Happy City Coalition tweeted that "From the view of the pedestrian overpass you can see dozens of homes that will be affected if the freeway expansion goes through."

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