Senator Portantino’s Statement on CTC Approval to Relinquish 710 Stub to Pasadena

For Immediate Release: June 29, 2022

Contact: Lerna Shirinian, (818) 409-0400

Senator Portantino’s Statement on CTC Approval to Relinquish 710 Stub to Pasadena

Sacramento, CA - Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge) released the following statement tonight regarding today’s historic action by the California Transportation Commission to approve relinquishment of the 710 northern stub to the City of Pasadena.

“I am ecstatic with the CTC action today.  Grateful to the hundreds of activists who spent 60 years fighting the 710 Freeway and to the City of Pasadena for a proposing a positive, modern vision for the stub.  I was honored to have authored SB 7 that ended the freeway tunnel threat and authorized CalTrans to negotiate this important property transfer back to Pasadena.  The city  is rightfully back in control of this important land.”

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