Commerce Vs. Construction

The only thing people hate worse that a hole in the road is when the road is closed to fix the hole.

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March 16, 2005, 11:00 AM PST

"This is the largest street-improvement project ever undertaken by the city of L.A...

The $68-million West Los Angeles widening and realignment effort involves a 2½-mile section of Santa Monica Boulevard. Work crews are excavating hillsides, relocating underground utilities, removing a onetime Pacific Electric Red Car right-of-way median strip and combining what generations of commuters have called 'Big Santa Monica' with a frontage road known as 'Little Santa Monica.' "

Thanks to Laura Kranz

Read the full story: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-boulevard15mar15,1,277220.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Tuesday, March 15, 2005 in The Los Angeles Times

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