SANDAG's 2025 regional transportation plan proposes adding approximately 200 miles of new freeway lanes, expected to generate around 967 million miles of new vehicle travel annually. The Centennial Corridor Project in Bakersfield, a 2-mile freeway, has been completed, displacing hundreds of families and demolishing numerous homes and commercial structures.
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
SANDAG's "initial concept" for its 2025 regional transportation plan includes ≈200 miles of new freeway lanes. The widenings would generate ≈967,000,000 miles of new vehicle travel each year — a colossal setback for state and local climate goals. https://t.co/ilXZ3bcRk1