JasonA said:
These HOV lanes that you talk about in "Burbank" on the 5/134 (tech 101 ventura) etc.. have already been there FOREVER.. I was born and raised in Burbank and those lanes are not new :lol:
I know they aren't new. Never said they were. But you said that you didn't think the 134/101 was going to get HOV lanes. Yet the 134 has had them for many years.
The 134 HOV lanes are going from the 101/134 transition through Glendale have been there since I was driving (I'm 40 almost)..
I'm a bit older than you, and your memory is fuzzy, because as late as the 1990's those HOV lanes were not there yet. They certainly weren't when I lived in Burbank in the early 1990's.
And if you know anything about Burbank, they are their own separate entity, state funding,,etc,etc,etc blah blah blah.. why do you think right where the boundary of Sun Valley is THE CONSTRUCTION STOPS :lol: and Glendale is... THE CONSTRUCTION STOPS ??? :lol:
Burbank is not in charge of I-5 (nor the 134). Caltrans is.
Those #'s are a complete joke!! We blew out a tire last year on my wife's bday right at Western and there was NO PLACE TO PULL OVER BECAUSE THERE IS CONCRETE BOUNDARIES ON THE ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FREEWAY UNTIL THE 134 TRANSITION!!
This started at Burbank Blvd... 9 month later.. only 1 off ramp has opened since then and the concrete boundaries still line the sides :roll:
I know, because I drive through there somewhat frequently. It seems like for about a year to year and a half they were making good progress. They re-did the Western Ave interchange and actually started to widen the bridge over the railroad tracks between Alameda and Olive/Angeleno. Then all of a sudden, it just stopped.
However, a quick Google search does not show anything that you allege about the city of Burbank not approving this project. They are not South Pasadena, who have spent millions of tax dollars fighting Caltrans over the 710 extension. If anything, Burbank has been cooperating with Caltrans, as this press release seems to indicate:
http://www.burbankca.gov/departments/community-development/planning-transportation/transportation-planning/empire-avenue-interchange" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It talks about connecting San Fernando Rd on one side of the freeway to Empire Ave on the other, which will require a whole new set of bridges and a bunch of other work. That's likely the reason why there's been no progress made south of Hollywood Way. But it will also make going to the airport a lot easier (their new parking structure is being built right off Empire Ave), and will relieve traffic pressure off the Five Points interchange for those going to Empire Center (if you lived in Burbank most of your life, I'm sure you can tell me why it's called "Five Points").
If you go by a them.. then you must believe whatever the gov tells you! :lol:
I'll believe their websites than over some guy who works as a foreman for one of the subcontractors, at least as far as the scope of the project. He does not see the whole picture; he only knows what his company was hired to do, and for what he was hired to supervise.