710 Freeway Alternatives: How to Speak Out

Metro is making an open call to all who are interested in the future of the SR-710 and addressing traffic and mobility in the region. Residents can join a SR-710 Study Community Liaison Council (CLC) or simply attend one of their meetings.

A Sierra Madre/Monrovia/Bradbury/Duarte/Azusa CLC will meet tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m. at the Monrovia Public Library, 321 S. Myrtle Ave. in Monrovia. More info here.

To see what the proposed Metro 710 options currently are, check out a Metro timeline of the public meeting and feedback process for 710 alternatives attached to this article.

CLC meetings began this month and alternative concepts open houses will occur in May. There will be more focused CLC meetings and workshops in the summer and a presentation of a final set of alternatives in late summer and early fall.

What Does Being on a CLC Involve?

If you chose to join a CLC, you will act as a liaison between the study team and your community by:

• Sharing updates with others

• Providing feedback to the study team

• Remaining current on the alternatives screening process as it affects your community and the study area

• Gathering feedback received from others in your community and sharing this with the outreach team

• Recommending outreach activities and making suggestions to enhance the public participation program, including the need for technical information.

At the meeting, a presentation will outline the history, the process, where Metro is at in the process and information that will be presented to the Technical Advisory Committee.

CLC members will be given information to take back to the community to study in preparation for the Open Houses in May. 

There is no deadline for applying to the CLC. 

There will be other opportunities to review this information via the Metro Facebook page, website and Twitter feed, but for those who want an opportunity to interact in person with the Metro Outreach Team, the CLCs are for you, said Metro.

For more information visit http://www.metro.net/projects/sr-710-conversations/community-liaison-council

Are you on a CLC? Have you been to a 710 study meeting? What do you think of Metro’s 710 study communication with the public so far? Tell us in the comments.