Letters to the Editor: Foothill Exp., Lee Eng-Moos issue
What’s the benefit of Foothill widening? Has anyone else pondered what benefit we have experienced in the road changes (on Foothill Expressway between San Antonio Road and El Monte Avenue) compared to the taxpayer cost and many months of construction and traffic inconvenience? Sure, the median has been made narrower, and the inside lanes widened, but to what end? The parts that have been widened seem to be unusable – they are still sectioned off with traffic barriers. What was the goal – to have an extra lane on either side for one block between El Monte and San Antonio? Also, the righ...