710 Advisory Group to Hold Bus Tour of the “Stub”

The Reconnecting Communities 710 Advisory Group will hold a 710 Stub bus tour at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

Pick up and return on the tour will occur at City Hall, 100 No. Garfield. 

The tour will consist of three stops, first at Bellfontaine Street and St. John Avenue. The second stop will take place at Del Mar Boulevard and South Pasadena Avenue, before finally stopping at South Pasadena Avenue and Holly Street.

Limited seating is available and a signed waiver will be required by members of the public before entrance on the bus is permitted.

Members of the public are not required to participate by bus and self-travel.

In 1964, the State of California took possession of a half-mile swath of land and seized hundreds of homes in southwestern Pasadena, the city of South Pasadena, and the Los Angeles neighborhood of El Sereno through eminent domain in what ultimately became a failed effort to connect the Long Beach 710 and Foothill 210 freeways.

In June 2022, Caltrans voted unanimously to approve the relinquishment of the 710 stub back to Pasadena, which marked a historic moment in the City’s long-sought goal of re-envisioning and rebuilding what was once an integral and vibrant part of Pasadena.

The City also received a one-time payment of $5 million as part of the vote.

The vote came after decades of uncertainty regarding the future of the 710 northern extension.

The group provides guidance and advice to the City Council regarding the redevelopment of the nearly 50-acre site.

For over 50 years, the state planned a freeway through the heart of Pasadena, extending the 710 to connect the 110, 134, and 210 freeways.