"Caltrans analysis further indicates that completion of the 710 Project would result in the diversion of 50,000 ( primarily SOV [single occupant vehicle] ) ADTs from the I-5. This diversion of 20% SOV traffic from I-5 would be a direct benefit to goods movement in the central metropolitan area."

…Final I-710 Project, A Strategic Analysis, SCAG

"Completion of the Long Beach Freeway would provide the following benefits:
· A freeway bypass or alternative route around the Los Angeles Civic Center for traffic between the San Fernando Valley and points north and Orange County and points east and south."

…Page 4, Chapter 1, Project Description, DEIS

"The Freeway would likely assist Alhambra's Community Redevelopment Agency in implementing its Industrial Center and thus help realize one of the more important objectives identified in the land use element. The Long Beach Freeway would reinforce one of the major goals of Alhambra's General Plan, the upgrading of the City's industrial stature….This area would be a prime area for convenience or highway-oriented shopping activity."

…Page 113, Section 3A, DEIS

"…completion of the Freeway in either corridor would insure accessibility to the redevelopment project. The PRA project is located at a freeway interchange which accommodates major flows of traffic in all four cardinal directions. Redevelopment officials and financial investors seek this freeway accessibility as an important element in the viability of the PRA project."

…Page 114, Section 3A, DEIS

"Another aspect of tax-base impact analysis is that once properties are removed for freeway construction, the cities no longer have to provide services to them. And in this post-Proposition 13 era, it is questionable whether it is profitable for a city to provide services to residential communities."

…Page 52, Section IV, FEIS

"Inconveniences due to construction activities will occur for a period of up to six years. These impacts will inclue; (1) dust due to grubbing, hauling and construction activity; (2) trucks using local and regional arterials to haul excess material to disposal sites in Irwindale and/or Azusa; (3) increase in noise levels; (4) temporary traffic detours; and, (5) mud and water runoff due to rain and dust control."

…Page 3, Section V, FEIS