MTA to Hold Public Meetings on 10 and 110 Freeway Tolls

Starting today, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will hold a series of public meetings on proposed tolls for a project that would add lanes to parts of the San Bernardino (10) and Harbor (110) freeways.

The Congestion Reduction Demonstration Project, which will begin in December 2010, will convert existing carpool lanes on parts of the freeways to toll lanes. Carpoolers, vanpoolers and transit users would not be charged a toll, but solo drivers would be allowed to use the lanes if they pay a toll.

Metro officials said the goal of the program -- which is being funded through a $210 million federal grant -- is to ensure that motorists using the toll lanes can travel at 45-50 mph. The areas chosen for the yearlong project were picked because they are in congested areas where it is nearly impossible to build more freeways due to a lack of space or funding.

Some of the federal funding for the project will be used to add buses and increase vanpools along the corridors.

The toll lanes will be put in place on the 10 Freeway between downtown Los Angeles and the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway, and on the 110 Freeway from just south of downtown to roughly the Riverside (91) Freeway.

Still up in the air is the exact amount of the toll that will be charged. Metro officials said the toll could range from 25 cents to $1.40 a mile for solo drivers, and the cost could fluctuate between peak and non-peak hours.

Five public hearings will be held this month for the public to give input on the price structure, prior to the Metro Board of Directors considering the plan on July 23. The public meetings will be:

-- 10 a.m. today in the Metro board room, 1 Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles;

-- 6 p.m. Monday at the Carson Community Center, 801 Carson St.;

-- 6 p.m. Wednesday at El Monte City Hall, 3449 Santa Anita Ave.;

-- 10 a.m. June 20 at the West Covina Civic Center, 1444 W. Garvey Ave.; and

-- 6 p.m. June 22 at the Torrance Civic Center Library, 3301 Torrance Blvd.

More information about the toll lane project is available online at www. metro.net/expresslanes.
 

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