Transportation
The Hwy 149 Expansion
The following are articles and letters that will hopefully provide some balance to the often lopsided arguments presented in the mainstream local press on the Hwy. 149 expansion project.
The Veggie Voyagers: An Eco-Friendly, Low Budget Loop of North America's Wild Places Powered by Used Cooking Oil
At the age of 60 BEC member Chris Nelson retired and with her very capable husband went on the road in a 1987 truck with a cab over camper that had been converted to run on waste cooking oil.
From the Fall/Winter 2010 issue of the Environmental News
Hwy 149 Expansion Project FAQs
Below are a set of FAQs intended to illuminate the issues regarding the Highway 149 Expansion that is slated to turn Hwy. 149 into a four-lane freeway, complete with a Los Angeles-style clover-leaf interchange at the intersections with Highways 99 and 70. [Read more]
Hog Wild: Hwy. 149 Expansion - Your Tax Money for Urban Sprawl or Safety?
The intersection of Highway 149 and Highway 70, just north of Oroville. Butte County is no different than...
Spring 2006 issue of Environmental News
Hwy. 149 Expansion: Do We Really Need an L.A. Freeway Near a Cow Pasture?
This project will turn a 4.6 mile highway between highway/freeway 70 and highway/freeway 99 into a four-lane freeway with two clover-leaf intersections. All this is occurring in the middle of grazing land. Is this really what we want? There are some timely, cheaper and safe alternatives. [Read more]
Posted January 2006
CalTrans: Save Lives Immediately!
BEC has repeatedly suggested over three years that the Butte County Association of Governments, Butte County Supervisors, and CalTrans should prioritize public safety right now instead of waiting for their expensive, unfunded, sprawl inducing Highway 149 expansion and cloverleaf interchanges with Highways 70 and 99.
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Winter 2005 issue of Environmental News
Beavers or Meadowfoam, Widening Highway 149
The question of whether to protect beavers or meadowfoam when widening Highway 149 took center stage at a recent meeting between the Butte County Association of Governors (BCAG) and CalTrans. County Supervisor Jane Dolan spoke for protection of the beavers, inhabiting a nearby lake; CalTrans project engineer, Winder Bajwa, reminded association members that, unlike the beaver, meadowfoam is an endangered species in need of protection. All were trying to grapple with the soaring costs of expanding the highway, costs that have doubled from a 1991 estimate of $41.5 million to a current estimate of $80.9 million.
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March 2001 Chico Examiner
Other Transportation Articles
Keeping an Eye on the Butte County Association of Governments
Summer/Fall 2005 issue of Environmental News
City of Chico Manzanita-Widening Proposal Analysis
March 2002 Chico Examiner
America's Clean Energy Blueprint
by the Union of Concerned Scientists
November 2001 Chico Examiner
Public Transit Best For The Upper Ridge
by Paul Smith
Winter 2000 issue of Environmental News
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