Pasadena projects on list of state projects on hold

As reported in today's state deficit story Pasadena has some projects at stake if the state can't make a deal to close its massive deficit.

Among them are several housing development projects which are not clearly described in the report- is is about $2.2 million worth of funding that would be held up. I am working on getting city info on what the projects are.

The other program I recognized: a traffic synchronization project that I wrote about last summer: it would synchronize traffic lights on the following streets to make it so drivers don't always get caught up in several lights in a row: Fair Oaks, Hill, Del Mar, California, Orange Grove, Los Robles, Sierra Madre, and San Gabriel.

I am really rooting for the Sierra Madre and San Gabriel projects to get done fast- I live in the area and it is agonizing to be stopped at three or four lights in a row only to see 1 or 2 cars pass by in a minute.