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SANTA MONICA VOTES TO RESTRICT INTERSTATE 405 DESPITE DOT
City commissioners in Santa Monica, Calif., voted last week to cordon
off two lanes of a traffic on the San Diego Freeway, despite
assertions from DOT officials that such restrictions would not be
allowed. The move is the latest effort from the city to restrict
commuter traffic. The freeway has become increasingly popular over the
last two decades, much to the dismay of neighbors. A few hundred
residents and politicians rallied at the freeway recently to protest
noise and air pollution. Commission vice-chair Susan Hartley told The
Lookout News she voted for the measure because "it will protect Los
Angeles and Santa Monica residents." DOT officials have told the
commission that any action that would restrict access is "not
acceptable."




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