foothill south

US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez today sided with radical environmentalists in southern California rejecting the alignment for the 241 Foothill South (CA241) tollroad that has been supported by USDOT, USEPA, US Fish and Wildlife Service, as well as by the state of California and local governments in the area as well as the local public Foothill/Eastern toll

With the prospect looming of a federal coastal permit for the Foothill South tollroad in southern Orange County California a native American group has cut a deal with The Toll Roads. David Bedares head of one Juaneno tribe with burial grounds and other tribal interest in parts of the tollroad corridor has signed a settlement agreement under which The Toll Roads will provide $350k compensation in return for acceptance of the tollroad.

Eight congressmen representing communities most affected by the Foothill South Toll Road have written to the US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez urging that he over-ride a veto being attempted by the state's Coastal Commission.

The Federal Highway Administration is urging the US Secretary of Commerce to override a state coastal commission's bar to the Foothill South Toll Road (FSTR) in southern Orange County California.

Federal and state agencies continue to grant Orange County's Transportation Corridors Agencies (TCA) remaining permits for the Foothill South 241 Toll Road. Only remaining obstacle is a US Commerce department decision needed to override a radical environmentalist dominated California Coastal Commission effort to block the southern end of the project where it joins I-

Radicals with an anti-car/anti-road/anti-wealth agenda on the California Coastal Commission voted 8 to 2 last night against the Orange County TCA toll authority's application for approval for the CA241 Foothill South tollroad extension which will link the stub end of the tollroad in Rancho Santa Margarita with the I-5 in San Clemente.

The long running dispute over completing the CA241 Foothill Toll Road with the 26km (16 mile) Foothill South extension goes to the California Coastal Commission Wednesday Feb 6.

A small portion of the Transportation Corridors Agencies tollroad where it meets I-5 comes within the jurisdiction of the Commission because it is within a coastal zone.

The Foothill Eastern TCA tollroad in southern California has made an offer of $100m to the California State Parks System in an effort to resolve a longstanding dispute over the routing of the final 26km (16 miles) of the Foothill CA241 tollroad. The extension often called Foothill South most of which is in Orange County will hook into I-5 just inside San Diego County.

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