Will new Van Tran traffic bill slam Newport Beach & Costa Mesa?

26 June 2008, 11:09 pm

Can Assemblyman Van Tran (R-Garden Grove) have a mulligan? According to a Daily Pilot editorial, he might need one. Apparently Tran has been celebrating the signing into law of Assembly Bill 2906, the "Orange County Traffic Relief Act of 2008." According to a Daily Pilot editorial, "AB 2906 actually repeals a law instead of giving birth to a new one. It dumps a provision in the California Vehicle Code that required a 4-foot buffer zone between carpool lanes and the regular mixed-flow freeway lanes." That sounds good, but "Couple the lane addition created by Tran's bill with Project F of the Renewed Measure M, and you'll find we're on the brink of significantly boosting through-put on the 55 between the 22 Freeway and the 405." Click here to read the rest of this article.... read more

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