Authority puts traffic congestion on agenda The...

Authority puts traffic congestion on agenda

The Orange County Transportation Authority will unveil options to

solve traffic congestion at an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight in

the Victoria room at the Costa Mesa Neighborhood Community Center,

1845 Park Ave.

Transportation officials will present several alternatives

explored in a study of the central Orange County traffic corridor,

such as extending the Orange Freeway to Huntington Beach or Coast

Highway, adding lanes to the Costa Mesa Freeway and improving street

intersections and freeway interchanges.

The transportation authority is seeking public input on the

alternatives. In addition to tonight’s open house, two more will be

held next week in Fountain Valley and Orange, and comments are being

accepted in an online survey at https://www.octa.net/centralcounty.

For more information, call (714) 560-6282.

Library friends look toward the future

Friends of the Costa Mesa Libraries are holding a meeting tonight

to discuss the future of a potential new public facility.

The program, entitled “Envisioning a New Library,” is scheduled

for 7:30 p.m. in the Fairview Room of the Neighborhood Community

Center, 1845 Park Ave., in Costa Mesa.

Dan Worthington and Mary Ellen Goddard of the Friends of the Costa

Mesa Libraries organization plan to discuss what services an updated

library could provide the community.

Goddard, the group’s president, said she plans to tell attendees

what other local libraries offer their residents. She said she also

wants to hear input from Costa Mesa residents on their visions for a

new facility.

The meeting is open to the public. Call (714) 556-4396 or (714)

751-7472 for more information.