Irvine : Transportation Corridor Plan Is Subject of Forum at UCI
Proponents and critics of the proposed San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor will discuss the controversial freeway plan in a UC Irvine forum Wednesday.
John Erskine, executive director of the Building Industry Assn. of Orange County, is to speak in favor of the plan to build the corridor from the Corona Del Mar Freeway to Avery Parkway, in Mission Viejo.
Robert Rende, manager of the county Environmental Management Agency, will present background on the plan.
Irvine City Councilman Larry Agran, longtime opponent of the proposal, and Bill Speros, of the Committee of Seven Thousand, are scheduled to speak in opposition.
Discussion will cover the plan to assess developers fees to pay for the corridor, and two other proposed freeways.
The forum, at 8 p.m. in the University Center Heritage Room, will be moderated by Lee Podolak, president of the Orange County League of Women Voters. It is sponsored by UC Irvine’s Cooperative OUtdoor Program and the League of Women Voters.
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