Montebello scales back plans

According to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Montebello's City Council is in the process of scaling back its plans with the Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority. Montebello had originally planned to fund a $200 million trench in which rail lines would be lowered under four crossings. ACE pledged $65 million if Montebello could come up with the balance (ACE's traffic studies in 1997 found that Montebello merited only one grade separation under the approved formula, which measured service grades and overall traffic amongst other factors). Additional funding has not materialized, so ACE is redirecting the funding to other ready-to-go separations. Full story