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By mvlife on April 13, 2012
The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is recruiting Orange County community leaders to serve on the volunteer Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC). The 34-member committee, appointed by the Board of Directors, plays a significant role in representing a broad spectrum of community perspectives on transportation projects, studies and outreach activities. OCTA officials are looking for volunteers [...]
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By mvlife on February 29, 2012
Caltrans recently upgraded ramp meter software on freeway ramps throughout Orange County including some in Mission Viejo to improve traffic flow onto the freeway and increase safety. The new software has been installed at the Alicia Parkway I-5 northbound on-ramp and loop on-ramp; Oso Parkway I-5 northbound on-ramp; and at the Crown Valley Parkway I-5 [...]
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By mvlife on March 25, 2010
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will close the southbound I-5 Oso Parkway off-ramp from 10 p.m. Friday, April 9 until 5 a.m. Monday, April 12, officials announced today. The closure is due to continuing construction work on the $14.3 million Oso Parkway Interchange project, which started Sept. 15, 2008. The work is expected to [...]
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By mvlife on March 5, 2010
More than two miles of busy Mission Viejo streets have been paved in an effort to extend the life of the roadways. As part of the City’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 Street Rehabilitation Project, All American Asphalt completed the final paving on Olympiad Road between Marguerite Parkway and Alicia Parkway today. [...]
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By mvlife on February 26, 2010
Street pavement overlay work will take place on Olympiad, Alicia Parkway and Trabuco Road next week, part of a project designed to improve City streets. Weather permitting, the work will take place Monday on Trabuco Road from Manalastas Drive to Los Alisos Boulevard. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the work takes place on Olympiad Road from [...]
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By mvlife on October 30, 2009
City officials are hoping the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors will not eliminate bus routes in town when it addresses the issue on Nov. 23. At its Monday meeting, OCTA board members acknowledged the City’s letter outlining the importance of bus routes in Mission Viejo. Several concerned residents and City staff attended the [...]
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By mvlife on June 3, 2009
The City will begin accepting bids on a much-needed traffic-improvement project at the intersection of Oso Parkway and Marguerite Parkway, under a plan the City Council approved on Monday. The project, which has been a longtime in the making, calls for widening both Oso Parkway and Marguerite Parkway near the intersection to provide additional lanes [...]
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By mvlife on May 29, 2009
The City Council on Monday will consider seeking bids on a much-needed traffic-improvement project at the intersection of Oso Parkway and Marguerite Parkway. The project, which has been years in the making, calls for widening both Oso Parkway and Marguerite Parkway near the intersection to provide additional lanes and increase traffic flow. The roughly $5.5 [...]
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By mvlife on April 30, 2009
Mission Viejo is expected to receive more than $2 million in Prop 42 funding over the next two years for transportation projects. The City is expected to receive roughly $932,000 in 2009 and about $1 million next year in Prop 42 funds directly from the state along with an additional $230,000 through the County of [...]
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By mvlife on March 17, 2009
The City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) regarding a project designed to ease traffic along an 11-mile stretch of Alicia Parkway. Alicia Parkway is one of 10 corridors funded through the $8 million in Measure M and state-funded Traffic Light Synchronization Program to synchronize Orange County roadways [...]
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