City Faces Wait for Street Project Funds
Several months after the Orange County Transportation Authority approved and agreed to fund the city’s plan to widen and landscape Imperial Highway, the county agency told city officials they would not see that money until 2004.
“They simply opted to make [us] the last priority,” Councilman John M. Gullixson said.
There was some good news, however, from OCTA for Yorba Linda. It agreed to release $2 million immediately so the city may build a bridge over the railroad near Fairmont Boulevard. The city has contributed $2 million of its money to the $4-million project, which will extend Fairmont Boulevard across the railroad tracks, connecting it to La Palma Avenue.
Bridge work may start within the year.
--BY STEVE CARNEY, HOPE HAMASHIGE AND RUSS LOAR
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