U.S. Rep. Alan Lowenthal, Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell and L.B. Mayor Robert Garcia Say M Delivers for Long Beach, South Bay, Ports and Entire County

LONG BEACH, September 7, 2016 — Congressman Alan Lowenthal, Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell and Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia today endorsed Measure M - The Los Angeles County Traffic Improvement Plan, calling it critical to improving the daily lives of their constituents and the movement of goods to and from the twin ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

Measure M would ease congestion by building a 21st century transportation network across L.A. County, modernizing our aging transportation system and building more light rail, subway, Rapid Bus, Metrolink and better freeways and highways. Measure M will also deliver funding to each of L.A. County’s 88 cities for them to invest in their own local projects to fill potholes, improve intersections and signals, and repave roads.

“Measure M would give the Long Beach region the freeway improvements and transit access we need to get us to work on time, improve the flow of trucks going to and from our ports, and connect us faster and more conveniently with the rest of Southern California,” Congressman Lowenthal said. “Measure M will attract federal matching funds to accelerate projects in the Long Beach region that would otherwise go elsewhere. I strongly
endorse Measure M.”