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Toll Roads Announce Rate Hike and Restructuring

By Don Juan Ortega, on June 19th, 2014

More price increases and financial restructuring coming to the OC toll roads.

The Transportation Corridor Agencies, which oversee four toll roads in Orange County, voted last week to raise rates up to 5.8 percent starting July 1. Increases are likely to range from a few cents to nearly a dollar a trip. The TCA will [...]

June 19th, 2014 | Category: Transportation | Tags: , | Comments are closed
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4408

Today is the Last Day for Paying Cash on the Toll Roads

By Don Juan Ortega, on May 13th, 2014

This is a reminder that today is the last day you can use the Orange County toll roads and pay cash. Effective midnight tonight, cash will no longer be accepted on the toll roads. The Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency discussed the change in this recent blog article:

In January, the Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA), which [...]

May 13th, 2014 | Category: Transportation | Tags: , , , | Comments are closed
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4350

OCTA Seeking Comments on its Draft Long Range Transportation Plan at Public Meeting Tonight

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 [...]

May 7th, 2014 | Category: Development, Politics, Transportation | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments are closed
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/4207

Toll Roads Scrap I-5 Connector; Refocus on Tesoro Extension

By Don Juan Ortega, on April 9th, 2014

The under-resourced and under-staffed Patch is still able to break some local news, such as this story:

Officials overseeing the 241 Toll Road in Orange County said today they have moved to scrap federal environmental reviews of an extension of the major arterial to San Diego County because they have languished for about a decade. [...]

April 9th, 2014 | Category: Transportation | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments are closed
http://www.ranchoortega.com/blog/archives/2562

Does Trouble for the Toll Road Mean Trouble for the Ranch?

By Don Juan Ortega, on July 8th, 2013

With the recent defeat suffered by the 241 and Transportation Corridor Agencies at the hands of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board, some are wondering whether there will be an impact on the future development of the Ranch Plan. Does trouble for the toll road mean trouble for the Ranch? The short answer [...]

July 8th, 2013 | Category: Transportation | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments are closed