Vincent Thomas Bridge closure hearing brings large crowd with complaints, questions

, which officials say is necessary so they can make major repairs on the heavily trafficked San Pedro icon.

The original 30-day time period for comments was simply not enough, Regalado said, especially “when I’m hearing about this today for the first time.” Detour traffic that could primarily impact Wilmington, a community already hard hit by port-related traffic, with trucks cutting through the community, which causes road damage, pollution and safety concerns among residents.

While some have half-joked about bringing the ferry service back from the days before the bridge opened in 1963, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn urged Caltrans during the meeting to consider that as part of its mitigation efforts. Caltrans officials stressed that they are only in the beginning of a thorough and required state and federal study for the project.The process, he said, formally began on April 13 and requires extensive studies to be done on traffic and other impacts.That study will concentrate on detour routes and how traffic will be impacted for each of the three options Caltrans has identified for construction:

The bridge is 58 feet wide with two lanes traveling in each direction, making it among the smaller bridges by today’s standards, especially considering it goes over the busiest port in the nation. Closing a single lane because of truck breakdowns or crashes already backs up the bridge significantly, he and others said of the longer construction options that would keep at least one lane closed on the bridge at all times.

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