Los Angeles' Freeway Expansion Gets Rejected
After weeks of community uproar, planners drop plans to expand one of L.A.'s most notoriously-congested freeways.
"Caltrans has suspended a controversial proposal to widen the Ventura Freeway that could have required the demolition of nearlyl 1,000 business, churches, and homes. The decision was attributed to outspoken opposition on the part of elected officials and property owners along the corridor."
Thanks to Gilbert Estrada
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Published on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 in
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