Tunnel Supporters to host 710 Day Event to Promote Completion of the 710 Freeway

Tunnel Supporters to host 710 Day Event to Promote Completion of the 710 Freeway

July 10, 2016

WHAT:           710 Day Celebration in support of the movement to complete the 710 freeway.

WHEN:            Sunday, July 10, 2016 from 6:00 pm -9:00 pm.  Official program is scheduled to begin at 7:10pm.

WHERE:         Valley Boulevard and Fremont Avenue.

WHO:              Alhambra Mayor Barbara Messina; Alhambra Vice Mayor Steven Placido; Monterey Park Vice Mayor Teresa Real-Sebastian; Monterey Park Councilmember Peter Chan; San Gabriel Mayor Chin Ho Liao; Rosemead Mayor Pro Tem Polly Low; Rosemead Councilmember Steven Ly; Garvey School Board Member Henry Lo; Ron Miller, Executive Secretary, LA/Orange County Building & Construction Trades Council.  

WHY:              Tunnel supporters will host the fourth annual 710 Day to garner support for the continuing effort to complete the 710 freeway.  Local officials and 710 Coalition members will come together to raise awareness about the important benefits of building the tunnel to complete the 710 freeway.           

ABOUT THE PROJECT

The proposed tunnel will connect the southern terminus of the 710 freeway at Valley Boulevard to the 134 and 210 freeways in Pasadena.  For decades, thousands of cars have been forced to use local streets to connect to their destinations because the 710 freeway was never completed.  This voter-approved project will have regional benefits including:  

• Reduce air emissions and health risks in lower income, minority areas that have been plagued by poor air quality due to severe congestion and slow traffic on neighborhood streets

• Create over 40,000 new jobs

• Move traffic from local streets back onto freeways where it was originally designed to go 

• Reduce cut-through traffic on neighborhood streets by 43% (or 57,000 vehicles per day)

For more information about the 710 Coalition and efforts to complete the 710 freeway visit  www.710coalition.com

Media Contact:  Celine Cordero (562) 673-7979