Is the finish line ahead for 710 extension wrangle; highway chief may OK project before leaving office. (planned 710 Long Beach Freeway extension; Federal Highway Administration Chief Thomas Larson)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: January 18, 1993| Author: Rackham, Anne | Copyright information

The fight over the controversial extension of the 710 (Long Beach) Freeway through Pasadena is coming to a head this week, as the California Transportation Department is successfully pushing to obtain final federal approval before the federal highway administrator, a presidential appointee, leaves office Jan. 20.

Opponents of the freeway extension are accusing CalTrans and the Federal

Highway Administration of rushing the decision out of fear that President Bill Cl...

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