The Centennial Corridor, a new two-mile freeway section in Bakersfield, California, was officially opened following a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The $1.5 billion project displaced approximately 400 families, demolishing 271 homes, 15 multi-family buildings, and 36 commercial structures in the Westpark neighborhood.
West Valley city leaders are planning out future employment corridors around this proposed freeway. https://t.co/hHt9TfZ56y
No @CaltransHQ freeway expansion binge hasn't ended. @CaltransDist6 and #Bakersfield displaced ~400 families to build a $1.5B 2-miles of freeway - which opened today https://t.co/NK5e0HwWiZ
Bakersfield Opens New Centennial Corridor Freeway. The two-mile freeway demolished a swath of the Westpark neighborhood: 271 homes, 15 multi-family buildings and 36 commercial structures https://t.co/Nq9bRgUWFs
The end of Bakersfield’s dead-end highway! The ribbon is cut on the Centennial Corridor. The story tonight on #kget 17 News at 5:00 https://t.co/Jid5zx82Di
In position on the newest section of State Route 58 for today’s ribbon-cutting for the Centennial Corridor Project along with our partners at the Thomas Roads Improvement Program - the City of Bakersfield, Kern County and the Kern Council of Governments. https://t.co/tYRKXq2T9h
Metro's The Source weighed in Metro's proposed 710 Freeway widening plan today. A thread. [Some Metro points appear to respond to SBLA's earlier coverage : https://t.co/wMpB2VhAi1 ]