Why the 710 
Needs to be Completed

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  1. We could generate over 500,000 new jobs per year in the next 25 years if we invest in our region’s transportation infrastructure and eliminate 3 million hours of wasted time due to congestion.
  2. By filling the 710 gap, the region will enjoy substantial relief in traffic volumes on freeways throughout Southern California because of the ripple effect caused by the current bottleneck of the incomplete 710 corridor.  Freeway segments as far as 30 miles away –from Valencia to Anaheim - will feel relief.
  3. Completion of the 710 Gap could potentially remove about 1.1 tons of air pollutants each day.  That equals 803,000 pounds of air pollutants removed from the air every year.
  4. The lack of alternatives on the 710 Gap means that the residents of the 710 Corridor itself are choking on the nearly 100,000 additional vehicles idling at traffic lights, crawling along at slow speeds and spewing higher levels of pollutants into the local corridor’s air.
  5. When measured against the 2035 No Build (or the baseline condition), a tunnel is projected to: 
            
            Reduce arterial and freeway 
            congestion by over 20%. 

            Remove over 75,000 daily trips from 
            the local street system which was 
            NEVER intended to bear this level 
            of traffic.

           Reduce regional  cut-through traffic 
           from 25%  (or 1 in 4 vehicles) to 10% 
           (or 1 in 10 vehicles). 

           Eliminate congestion at 22% of
           intersections studied. 

Upcoming Workshops!

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Thursday, July 18, 2013
6-8 pm
Los Angeles Presbyterian Church
2241 N Eastern Ave, El Sereno

Saturday, July 20, 2013
9:30 – 11:30 am
Blair High School
1201 S. Marengo Ave, Pasadena

Tuesday, July 23, 2013
6-8 pm
Langley Senior Center
400 W Emerson Ave, Monterey Park

About Us

The 710 Freeway Coalition is a grassroots collection of interests united in their desire to see the 710 Freeway completed as soon as possible.

The Coalition was formed in 1982. It unites business groups, labor organizations, cities and minority groups under a common umbrella of action and information. The 710 Freeway Coalition's member organizations represent millions of people in Southern California.

If the 710 Gap is not fixed, then major traffic arteries such as Fremont, Fair Oaks Avenue, Arroyo Parkway, Los Robles Avenue, Atlantic Boulevard, Garfield Avenue, San Gabriel Boulevard, Rosemead Boulevard and Sierra Madre Boulevard are all projected to have at least 10,000 more vehicles per day by 2015 and represents major environment and public safety risks in the communities in the San Gabriel Valley.

What are the alternatives being considered by Metro?

Metro is currently considering five alternatives, including the mandated "no build" option.  Preliminary evaluations suggest that the single most effective concept in terms of improving traffic congestion, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving regional mobility is the Tunnel Concept which would essentially complete the 710 freeway.

1.   No Build Concept
Refers to not building anything within the study area, except for what is already being planned by local jurisdictions. and/or included in the Southern California Association of Governments’ Regional Transportation Plan.  This option is a requirement of the environmental review process.

2.   Transportation Systems Management Concept/ Transportation Demand Management

3.   Bus/Rapid Transit

4.   Light Rail

5.   710 Tunnel Concept