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http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4569 By Don Juan Ortega, on July 1st, 2014 Remember, toll fares on the South County toll roads increased today. From the Patch:
The rates will increase by one to five cents for FasTrak customers on the 133, 241 and 261 toll roads, and by four to 60 cents on the 73 toll road, depending on the location and time of travel.
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4350 By Don Juan Ortega, on May 7th, 2014 There is a ton of construction going on in South County right now. For the next few years, South County residents will need to deal with construction on I-5 at Avenida Pico, Ortega Highway and El Toro just for starters. We will also watch as the Rancho Mission Viejo transportation infrastructure is built out over [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4281 By Don Juan Ortega, on April 22nd, 2014 If you’ve driven any of our local toll roads recently, you are aware of (or perhaps confused about) the changes coming to TCA toll collection. On May 14, drivers will no longer have an option to pay cash at toll booths. According to the toll road agency:
On May 14 at 12:01 a.m., we will [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/3117 By Don Juan Ortega, on September 24th, 2013 For anyone interested, OCTA has scheduled a public hearing tomorrow on the plan to widen the I-5 freeway from El Toro Road to the 73. The hearing will be held in Mission Viejo from 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center at 24932 Veterans Way. More information is [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/3056 By Don Juan Ortega, on September 12th, 2013 Are the Toll Roads headed for bankruptcy? A Bloomberg article, citing a California Treasury commission report, warns that the Transportation Corridor Agency may “eventually” become unable to meet its debt service if it is unable to refinance.
The Foothill-Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency, which operates 39 miles (63 kilometers) of toll highways in Orange County, risks [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/1953 By Don Juan Ortega, on April 11th, 2013 The poor toll road! It is being whip-sawed back and forth this week. First, on Tuesday it received good news in the form of $8.3M in funding from the Orange County Board of Supervisors and OCTA for construction of Cow Camp Road to an interchange with the proposed 241 Tesoro Extension. Today, however, a research [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/1750 By Don Juan Ortega, on March 15th, 2013 Remember when Caltrans closes the 73 freeway for two days in October to allow crews to film for the upcoming Hangover 3 movie? Audiences are getting a sneak peak at the results in the recently released trailer for the movie, embedded below.
The freeway clip begins at the 1:34 mark.
“My name is Alan, [...]
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/1393 By Don Juan Ortega, on January 24th, 2013 While San Juan Capistrano and surrounding communities prepare for “Carmageddon” in the form of the Ortega/I-5 interchange project, Caltrans and OCTA have several other major South County transportation improvement projects in the works. While some are substantial projects in their own right, the good news is that none of them pose the same risk of [...]
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