Monthly Archives: January 2012

Mild winter gives road crews a break

It might be bad for crops and water levels, but the weak winter is a windfall for area roads. Crews responsible for building and maintaining Inland-area streets and highways are advancing long-sought projects as opposed to patching up pocked, soaked … Continue reading

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RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Car pool lane project mired in bidding war

A project to widen Highway 91 in Riverside will cost between $17 million and $21 million more than initially estimated because the job’s low bidder has been disqualified. Officials opened bids Dec. 8 for the project to add car pool … Continue reading

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Maglev gone, but high-speed rail remains

Transportation planners once dreamed that super-fast trains would whisk Southern Californians at more than 300 mph across the Mojave Desert to Las Vegas. But the idea of a magnetic levitation train didn’t stick around for long in regional transportation plans … Continue reading

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Truck freeway a regional focus, San Gabriel Valley pain

A deluge of freight forecast to clog Southern California freeways has regional transportation planners pursuing a plan for a truck-only east-west freeway between two major interstates. But it’s running into stiff opposition along the way. As part of a sweeping … Continue reading

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