Article: Planning resumes on connections between Riverside, Orange Counties. (Public Development).

During the next 12 months, the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) plans to build a an additional westbound lane on the 91 Freeway for a few miles just west of Riverside County. Such minor highway work might seem unremarkable -- except for the fact that the agency spent $207 million simply for the right to pursue the project.

In January, OCTA took possession of a 10-mile-long toll road in the median of the publicly owned 91 Freeway. The public purchase of the private toll road marked another chapter in California's decades-long struggle to provide highways for its growing population and the even faster growing number of cars and trucks. More directly, ...

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