1. March 18, 2013
RE: AVENUE 64 AND SAN RAFAEL AREAS REMOVED FROM SR 710 STUDY
Dear Community Stakeholder,
Thanks to all of our residents and community members who attended our All Communities
Convening open houses in January. The purpose of these meetings was to share information
about alternatives to be studied in the SR 710 Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental
Impact Statement (EIR/EIS).
However, some property owners, tenants, and businesses in the Avenue 64 and San Rafael areas
were unaware that in August of 2012, the alternatives involving those areas were removed from any
further consideration in the SR 710 North Study.
Analysis of Highway Alternative H-2 (improvements along Avenue 64) and Freeway Alternative F-5
(a tunnel through the San Rafael neighborhood) indicated that they were low performing and/or
environmentally damaging, and were therefore removed.
The five remaining alternatives that performed best against the screening criteria, and that will be
studied in-depth in the Draft EIR/EIS are:
 No-Build
 Transportation System Management/Transportation Demand Management
 Bus Rapid Transit (Los Angeles to Pasadena)
 Light Rail Transit (East Los Angeles to Pasadena)
 Freeway Tunnel (connecting the north and south termini of the existing SR 710,
excluding those alternatives that were removed from further study in August of 2012.)
The Draft EIR/EIS is expected to be complete and available for public review in spring 2014, and
the Final EIR/EIS and a Notice of Determination are expected to be completed in the spring of
2015. Opportunities for public participation and educational information sessions are planned
throughout the remainder of the SR 710 North Study.
Further information about the five alternatives and the SR 710 North Study is available at:
www.metro.net/sr710study.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH
Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Los Angeles County Supervisor, Fifth District