South Pasadenan: ‘The Freeway is Dead’ | State Senator Anthony Portantino

Anthony Portantino is aware of the chatter that the proposed 710 Freeway tunnel extension could be resurrected, but he wants to put all concerns to rest.

“The freeway is dead,” he said matter-of-factly. “It’s not going to happen.”

Portantino, who represents South Pasadena in the 25th State Senate District, has long been an opponent of the controversial project that ends at Valley Boulevard just outside the Alhambra city limits and would go under parts of El Sereno, South Pasadena and Pasadena and end at the 210/134 interchange if proponents ever got their way.

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