10/6/05-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Oct. 5 intended to make it easier to fund a series of highway projects statewide.
Sponsored by Assemblywoman Jenny Oropeza, D-Long Beach, the action – AB216 – preserves $822 million in funding for about 30 projects, including improvements to Interstate 405 in Los Angeles.
Among the projects that would move forward:

• The addition of a northbound carpool lane to I-405 over Sepulveda Pass in Los Angeles.
• Completion of a fourth tunnel and additional lanes to the Caldecott Tunnel in Alameda County.
• A new six-lane freeway on Route 905 on Otay Mesa in San Diego County.