CALABASAS : Ventura Freeway Interchange OKd
The Los Angeles City Council has unanimously approved a plan for a Ventura Freeway interchange near the Los Angeles-Calabasas border.
The plan, developed by state transportation officials, involves building two ramps near the 145-year-old Leonis Adobe and reconstructing the Valley Circle Boulevard-Mulholland Drive overpass that connects Ventura Boulevard and Calabasas Road.
The plan is a modified version of one that generated opposition from neighbors who feared that the interchange would attract a flood of new traffic. The original design called for six on-ramps, rebuilding the heavily used Valley Circle bridge and constructing a second overpass or flyover bridge to extend Ventura Boulevard south of the freeway.
The new plan extends Ventura Boulevard south of the freeway and eliminates four on-ramps.
The council was asked Tuesday to give the plan its blessing so that the state could begin purchasing right of way. Construction should start within 12 months, state Department of Transportation officials said.
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