Cities, residents voicing concerns about possible high speed route line along 10 Freeway
By Dan Abendschein Staff Writer
Posted: 08/04/2010
Pasadena Star-News
Rosemead council member, Sandra Armenta, center, with neighbors and a map of the affected area at Olney street and Lashbrook Ave. along the 10 Freeway corridor where commercial businesses and residential homes could be torn down due to the construction of the California High Speed Rail project on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 in Rosemead. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Keith Birmingham/SXCITY)
"Some cities in the path of a proposed high speed rail line through the San Gabriel Valley are lining up against the project's potential to displace homes and businesses.
Rosemead earlier this year passed a resolution opposing any route that would displace property owners, while Alhambra city officials are scheduled to meet Monday to discuss the project. Officials will consider a resolution opposing a route along surface streets.
Covina City Manager Daryl Parrish said he also has concerns about the proposed routes.
The San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, meanwhile, is set to vote next Wednesday on a motion to oppose a surface route for the project.
"The bottom line is that everybody needs to be informed," said Rosemead City Councilwoman Sandra Armenta, whose home is in one of the areas under consideration for the proposed route.
Armenta, who has lived in her home for 32 years, said most of her neighbors no nothing about the rail project.
"They are painting this picture that everybody is in support of this. But people don't even know it could affect them," she said..."
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