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Council backs state study to explore decking the 101 downtown, adds funding safeguard
Summary
The City Council voted to back state legislation to study capping part of the US-101 freeway downtown to create park space, but amended its support to require the bill not displace projects in regional funding processes and asked that the proposal be submitted through MTA's call for projects.
The City Council voted to support AB 942 (sponsored locally and tied to downtown representatives) to study construction of a deck over the US-101 freeway to create open space near El Pueblo and the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. The council approved support as amended, attaching a condition that the bill not supersede or bump projects already included in regional funding lists and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) call-for-projects process. The item passed 14-0.
Councilmember Alex Pacheco…
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