Since 2011, Caltrans and its local partner, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), planned to build a five-mile tunnel under the cities of Pasadena and South Pasadena to connect the stub ends of two freeways, the SR-710 and I-210. The $3.2 billion project was fiercely opposed by environmental groups and a coalition of five cities (South Pasadena, La Canada-Flintridge, Glendale, Pasadena, and Sierra Madre). Fortunately, the Draft EIR exposed the project’s safety risks and severe environmental impacts on communities and the environment. In 2017, the Metro Board made the decision to drop the tunnel project and consider less harmful transportation alternatives.
CEQA Successes
- Reversing Approval of Insecticide Use in California That Could Cause Bee Colonies to Collapse
- Rare Wildlife Habitat, Old Growth, Headwaters Protected from Church of the Woods Development Above Lake Arrowhead
- Mitigating Wildlife and Climate Impacts of Large Mixed-Use Development in Remote, Fire-Prone Area of San Diego County
- Ensuring Protection of Coho Salmon in Lagunitas Creek
- Averting Destructing of Habitat, Cultural Sites by Geotechnical Investigations for Pacheco Dam Project
- Protecting Lake Tahoe’s Water Quality from Discharges of Dangerous Herbicides
- Forcing a Large Industrial Park to Confront an Inadequate Water Supply
- Ensuring Protection of Water Quality in the Eel River from Large Infrastructure Projects
- Requiring a Water Supply for a Large Housing Development in Contra Costa County
- Establishing and Improving San Dieguito River Park