A transportation engineer with political saavy gets his transit solution noticed.
"Bill Vardoulis of Corona del Mar freely admits he suffers from an acute case of tunnel vision. For three years, the 64-year-old mechanical engineer, former Irvine mayor and transportation wonk has exhausted his spare time on a crusade to build the longest subterranean highway in the United States.On paper, the $3.5-billion tunnel complex -- with room for trains, trucks, cars and utilities -- runs for about 10 miles under the rugged Cleveland National Forest. The tollway would provide a second major link between Orange and Riverside counties, two fast-growing neighbors struggling to improve the chronically congested freeway that connects them."
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