Connecting Pasadena (Photo – DPNA)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — ColoradoBoulevard.net:
Recently, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced it was awarding a $2 million grant to the City of Pasadena to re-envision the land use and transportation of the State Route (SR) 710 Northern Stub (the “710 stub”), a State freeway facility that has been unfinished since the late 1960s—when construction displaced thousands of low-income residents and residents of color and separated a residential community from a vibrant business district.
By News Desk
This DOT grant is from the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program created by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that Congress passed and President Biden signed into law on November 15, 2021.
“I am extremely proud to have voted for the IIJA and supported the City of Pasadena’s subsequent application to the Department of Transportation for a grant to reimagine the 710 stub,” said Rep. Chu. This grant will enable our local community to finally re-envision and reconnect the land in the 710 stub and address the longstanding inequities created by the original unfinished project decades ago.”
With this grant, the City of Pasadena, in partnership with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), will implement a community-led effort to re-envision the 710 stub, which will include community restoration, and increased connectivity.
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