California Infrastructure Watch: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Signs Bill to Accelerate 405 Freeway HOV Lane Project

Los Angeles Daily News: Governor accelerates 405 car-pool project

Ending months of political wrangling, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Friday that clears the way to speed up construction of a car-pool lane on the northbound 405 Freeway into the San Fernando Valley.

Standing alongside the San Diego Freeway, crawling with bumper-to-bumper traffic, the Republican governor praised the bipartisan effort, which he hopes to replicate as he undertakes a multibillion-dollar effort to rebuild California’s transportation system.

“This bill demonstrates once again when there is a will – and Democrats and Republicans work together – that anything is possible,” Schwarzenegger said.

This freeway was a mess before Arnold came to California. Where have the politicians been year after year spending gasoline tax money to balance their budgets and rewarding their state employee union campaign contributors.

This project is too little – too late.

How about widening the 101 between Calabassas and the 405? Hahaha – will NEVER happen.

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