
More Cars – More Asphalt
We have a real and growing problem in Southwest Riverside County. It takes about 60 days to build a new home and it takes about 20 years to build a new freeway. The freeways around the Temecula Valley rival any in LA or the Bay Area during rush hour.
The County Supervisor who represents this area, Jeff Stone, has come up with an out of the box idea. Pave over the emergency lanes and outside shoulders on a 19 mile stench of the I-215 to create a new lane in each direction. Some question the engineering obstacles to this and it would only be a temporary solution to a larger problem. Stone was elected last year on the platform of solving local traffic problems. I applaud him for thinking out side the box. Jeff Stone is going to be one elected official to watch in in the future. He is aggressive, smart ,and not your normal elected county official.… Read More