Assembly selects Northern Route 1 as preferred Angstrom–Trunk corridor after weeks of testimony

Sep 16, 2026

After hours of public testimony and staff analysis, the assembly voted to select Northern Route 1 as the preferred corridor for the Angstrom–Trunk connection (Resolution 26-094), a choice staff said provides greater long-term transportation benefit though at higher near-term cost and with potential right-of-way impacts.

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The assembly voted on Resolution 26-094 to select Northern Route 1 as the preferred alignment for the Angstrom Road–Trunk Road corridor following an extended public hearing, multiple amendments, and staff testimony. The clerk read the resolution language opening the public hearing; dozens of residents and more than one community council offered testimony over multiple hours, many advocating for the Southern route on cost and property-impact grounds while public-works staff recommended the Northern alignment for its longer-term benefits to the transportation network.

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