Local News in Brief : Freeway Widening OKd
A $40-million widening of a bottleneck in the Simi Valley Freeway in the San Fernando Valley has been approved by the county Transportation Commission.
If, as expected, the long-awaited project is approved by the California Transportation Commission, a congested six-mile section of six-lane freeway--the portion from Balboa Boulevard to the Ventura County line--will be widened to eight lanes within five years.
From Balboa to the Golden State Freeway, the Simi Valley Freeway is 10 lanes wide, and there are no plans to widen that stretch.
Since its completion in 1982, the Simi Valley Freeway has grown increasingly congested, but the widening has been squeezed out by other transit projects.
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