|
|
Article: 60 headaches.(California Department of Transportation starts work on Pomona (60) Freeway)(Brief article)
- Article from:
- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- June 11, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 CBJ, L.P. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Sorry, port truckers, but the clogged arteries connecting the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to the rest of the region will be getting more jam packed in the coming months.
Caltrans is beginning work on the Pomona (60) Freeway--a major route connecting the ports to the Inland Empire. The construction project will add a carpool lane to an 11-mile stretch of the freeway in the San Gabriel Valley.
As many as one in every 20 vehicles on the freeway is a truck, and some trucking companies are so concerned about the bottlenecks the major construction project on the freeway could cause they are even diverting drivers.
"It will definitely cause ...