12.13.2011


The California Department of Transportation signed a settlement agreement today with the Alameda Creek Alliance that forces the agency to terminate the approval and permits for the first phase of a controversial $80 million highway widening project in Niles Canyon along Alameda Creek.CalTrans will rescind its 2006 approval and flawed environmental review for the Route 84 Safety Improvement Project, notify regulatory agencies it is withdrawing the project, terminate the project construction contract, and comply with mitigation requirements for work already done, such as tree cutting along Alameda Creek. (more here).

3 comments:

muchtoomuch said...

Way to go POPs!

leslaz said...

Wow. Caltrans totally messed up! Project go through extensive, sometimes frustrating, review for a reason. All those trees! Sad for the loss, glad for the stop.

Lori Huneke said...

yay! =)