ACCESS Magazine · 1996 · 16 citations · 0 references
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When the Century Freeway opened in October 1993 after three decades in the making -- the product of intensive civic conflict, and advertized as the world's most costly road at over $100 million per mile -- it was indeed an achievement of the century. Ultimately it was far more than a mere road. It also became a community development enterprise, an environmental improvement program, a housing project, and a legal precedent that may well shape all future freeway construction. To assess its significance the authors examined the record and interviewed the participants, and summarize their findings here.