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Schools To Be Built Near Freeways Despite Health Threat

Posted by: Nate Berg

26 September 2007 - 11:00am

Recent studies have shown that locating homes and schools near freeways increases the rate of asthma and other diseases in children, but the Los Angeles Unified School District has plans for 7 more school within 500 feet of freeways.

"Despite a state law that seeks to prevent schools from being built near freeways and mounting evidence that road pollutants harm children's lungs, the Los Angeles Unified School District is in the process of adding seven new schools to the more than 70 already located close to highways."

"Last year, more than 60,000 L.A. Unified students attended school within 500 feet of a freeway, records show."

"As the district undertakes a $20-billion school construction and modernization program, officials have considered a number of sites close to freeways. The district is now building five schools on lots that are within 500 feet of them."

Full Story: Schools still rise close to freeways
Source: The Los Angeles Times, September 24, 2007
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