Hundreds Discover Freeway Expansion Threatens Their Homes

Even though the freeway expansion project has gone on for over two years, hundreds in Southern California find out their homes are threatened.

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April 14, 2003, 2:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Nearly 700 homes and up to 259 businesses could be acquired and demolished. That could prove one of the largest acquisitions of homes for area highway construction since the Century Freeway was built amid controversy in the late 1980s. The outcry mounted in the last six days as some residents obtained access to maps showing that the three designs under serious consideration could force the demolition of hundreds of homes and businesses along an 18-mile swath from East Los Angeles to Long Beach."

Thanks to Gilbert Estrada

Read the full story: Hundreds Learn Plans to Expand 710 Freeway Threaten Their Homes

Sunday, April 13, 2003 in The Los Angeles Times

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