Higher Priority for Freeway Work Backed
In response to new traffic counts that indicate a sharp increase in congestion, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission on Wednesday gave a higher priority to a planned widening of the Antelope Valley Freeway and doubled the size of the project.
If the state upholds the commission’s vote, the $50-million project could begin in 1994 and be completed two years later. It would eliminate four-lane sections in which traffic crawls at “under 20 m.p.h. for two to three hours daily,” according to a commission report.
The widening to six lanes would be between San Fernando Road in the city of Santa Clarita to Escondido Canyon Road in Agua Dulce.
The California Transportation Commission will assign priorities to projects throughout Southern California on Aug. 14.
The state commission has the final say, but it usually follows the recommendations of county commissions, each of which is allotted a portion of state road-building funds.
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