Anti-710 Tunnel Group to Hold Rally in Pasadena Saturday

The No on 710 Action Committee group will hold a rally against the proposed tunnel freeway extension at Blair High School in Pasadena prior to a public meeting on the project hosted by Metro.

The Saturday meetings is part of a series of public workshops updating the public on proposed projects to mitigate traffic in the 710 corridor - the study has come as part of a state-required environmental review that must be done prior to building the tunnel.

The study has identified potential alternatives to the tunnel as well, including a no-build option, a bus rail transport option, a light rail option and a traffic metering option that includes new traffic signals and freeway ramp metering.  More on all options can be found here.

The rally starts at 8:45 a.m. prior to the 9:30 meeting.  The No on 710 group describes itself as "

fast growing association of cities, organizations, professionals and citizens who realize that the SR-710 tunnel is an unacceptable alternative to address regional transportation problems."

The group also rallied against the project on July 4 in South Pasadena and at a pro-710 event in the City of Alhambra.  The group claims to have members from all various cities in the San Gabriel Valley, Crescenta Valley and Northeast L.A and the July 4 protests included residents from Alhambra, Altadena, Glendale, La Cañada, La Crescenta and San Marino, according to event organizers.

For those interested in the public meetings on the 710, the schedule is below:

Thursday, July 18, 2013 – 6-8 pm
Los Angeles Presbyterian Church
2241 N Eastern Av., El Sereno

Saturday, July 20, 2013 – 9:30 – 11:30 am
Blair High School
1201 S. Marengo Av; Pasadena

Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 6-8 pm
Langley Senior Center
400 W Emerson Av; Monterey Park

Editor's note: The original version of this story had an incorrect name for the No on 710 Action Committee listed in the story.