
10 FREEWAY EXPRESS LANE PAYMENT SERIES
The project team will be hosting a series of public scoping meetings regarding the I-10 ExpressLanes Extension project. Comments may be submitted during the public scoping period via mail, email, the project website comment form, or the project hotline. The project team will be initiating the scoping period for public comment starting April 25, 2022, through June 10, 2022, in conformance with CEQA and NEPA. The project’s official Notice of Preparation and other project materials are available for public review on the project website. Caltrans is the NEPA/CEQA lead agency for this effort. The EIR/EA will be prepared per the California Environmental Quality Act and the National Environmental Policy Act (CEQA/NEPA) requirements. P ublic outreach for the project will extend beyond the I-10 corridor to reach adjacent neighborhoods, job centers, transit hubs and other major corridors, including along the I-605, SR-57 and SR-71.Ĭaltrans has begun the development of The Draft Environmental Impact Report/ Environmental Assessment (EIR/EA) for the project. The project area includes the cities of El Monte, Industry, Baldwin Park, Covina, West Covina, San Dimas, Walnut, Pomona, Claremont, Montclair as well as unincorporated Los Angeles County including the communities of Bassett, Valinda, Industry, Avocado Heights and South San Jose Hills.

The project’s purpose is to improve the movement of people and goods, improve safety, enhance mobility and regional connectivity along the 10 freeway. Maintain the existing HOV lane and add a second HOV lane in each direction.Converting the existing HOV lane to an ExpressLane, and adding an additional ExpressLane/HOT lane in each direction.

Converting the existing HOV lane to a High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lane, also known as an ExpressLane.The alternatives to be studied include, but are not limited to: Metro and Caltrans are working on plans to convert the HOV lanes on the 10 freeway to ExpressLanes from the 605 freeway to the San Bernardino County Line.
