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Millennium Project
Hollywood's Traffic Nightmare
Next week the City Council will be hearing the Millennium Hollywood issue. Caltrans has already written 4 letters to the City about the failure of the developer to conduct a cumulative traffic study including all of the developments in Hollywood, the new Community Plan and the NBC/Universal Project according to State standards. Caltrans knows that they will severely impact the Hollywood Freeway. It is already at a Level of Service "F" - the worst - FAIL. We have learned that proponents of the project are trying to pressure Caltrans to stand down. We must remind Caltrans of their responsibility to defend the viability of the State Highway System for ALL Californians and that they should not allow a local project to jeopardize it. Please write a letter to Caltrans!
Their email is caltrans.director@dot.ca.gov Sample Letter: Mr. Malcolm Dougherty, Director California Department of Transportation P.O. Box 942873 Sacramento, CA 94273-0001
RE: Millennium Hollywood Project's Disregard of Caltrans and Public's Objections; Inadequate CEQA Review of Traffic/Circulation
Dear Mr. Dougherty,
Thank you for the persistence that Caltrans has shown in demanding a CEQA compliant traffic study that accurately measures the impact of the Millennium Project on the State Highway System and Hollywood. As you may know, the Mayor has described Hollywood as the "template" for all 35 Los Angeles neighborhoods. What happens now is critical for shaping Hollywood's future. CalTrans' letters to the City point out that the traffic review in Millennium's plan is unlawful under CEQA because it has failed to conduct a cumulative traffic study including all of the developments in Hollywood, the new Community Plan and the NBC/Universal Project according to State standards. We whole-heartedly agree. The Millennium Project will generate 19,000 daily trips (more if you count the nearly 10,000 "trip credits" the developer is claiming and the City is granting). If you combine the Millennium Project with just five of the 57 other projects expected in Hollywood, you will find that the record says that there will be 26,000 NET trips - all within blocks of the 101. Citizens repeatedly asked for this cumulative study and were repeatedly ignored by Millennium and the City. Absent from any Millennium study was summer traffic. There are 18,000 patrons at the Hollywood Bowl, and the Greek, Pantages, Arclight, and Dolby theaters, repeated street closings for "premieres," and the tens of thousands of out-of-area visitors to Hollywood's over 300 bars and bars masquerading as restaurants in the summer months. We respectfully ask that Caltrans remain steadfast in demanding that the City to provide a proper traffic study that follows Caltrans standards and that examines backups into the hillsides, cut-throughs, and the cumulative impact of other developments nearby. An accurate traffic study is critical. It will enable us to understand the true impact of unprecedented density on our health, our ability to get to work, to drive our children to school, and to live with adequate police and fire protection. If freeway access is shut down, it only makes sense that emergency access will be challenged as well as evacuation routes from the hillsides directly north of this project. Sadly, the City has failed to provide any assessment by the Fire Department as to the impact of this building on its already-delayed response times. The SCAQMD has also told the City that its traffic studies are inadequate, likely underestimating GHG and air pollution against our hillside community. We must at least have accurate data before forcing incredible density into our town with no attempt whatever to assess the impact on existing residents, rather than those few who will live in Millennium's Trump-like tower. For these reasons, the Final EIR must be rejected. We have only days before the City Council will hear this matter. They must not be allowed to defy Caltrans' authority. We need your voice at this hearing. As a responsible agency, we should expect no less. Thanks for listening, Sincerely
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