January 28, 2008
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OCTA Chooses New Leaders
Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) board vice chairman and Fourth District Supervisor Chris Norby was selected as the new chairman of the Board of Directors of OCTA. Public member Peter Buffa was selected as the new vice chairman. For a complete list of OCTA Board of Directors members, visit www.octa.net. |
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Celebrate Lunar New Year With a Free Ride on Metrolink
On Saturday, February 9, take a free ride on Metrolink while you celebrate the Lunar New Year. Just be one of the first 300 guests at the Irvine Station, and you¹ll get a free round-trip ticket to Los Angeles Union Station to see the Chinese New Year parade and festival in Chinatown. There will be entertainment and refreshments, too! For more information on the Lunar New Year celebration and Metrolink Weekends, click here.
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The Latest on Renewed Measure M
Now you can get an update on the Renewed Measure M freeway, streets and roads, transit and environmental improvement projects. The Renewed Measure M Progress Report (August December 2007) is now available online. See what progress has been made on the Early Action Plan freeway projects. Or get an update on the Metrolink expansion plan and the Environmental Cleanup Program. Get the full report at by clicking here.
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Going to Extremes on the Santa Ana Freeway The ongoing Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) Gateway Project is making progress.
Currently the I-5/Artesia Boulevard interchange is getting an extreme makeover. When complete in 2009, the new interchange not only will accommodate the widened freeway, but also will operate much more efficiently due to the realignment of the on- and off-ramps and Firestone Boulevard. For more information, visit www.octa.net/I5Gateway.
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Cut Your Commuting Stress in the New Year
Give yourself a stress-free ride to work every day. Forget about driving through traffic and relax aboard an OCTA bus. With 81 routes and more than 6,500 bus stops throughout Orange County, there's an OCTA bus that's right for you. Planning your bus trip couldn't be easier with OCTA's "Just Click" online trip planner. For fares and to start planning your trip, go to www.octa.net/justclick.
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New Freeway Connectors in Final Design
OCTA and Caltrans started final design on the West County Connectors project. Running through Seal Beach, Los Alamitos, the community of Rossmoor, Westminster and Garden Grove, the project will extend the current Garden Grove Freeway (SR-22) widening from Valley View Street to the San Gabriel Freeway (I-605). The project also will create seamless carpool connections among the I-405, SR-22 and I-605 freeways. For more information,
visit http://www.octa.net/westcounty.
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