Mayor Pro Tem Patsy Ayala was sworn in Thursday as the North Los Angeles County-San Fernando Valley representative on the Los Angeles County Metro Board. Ayala’s appointment marks the first time a Santa Clarita official has served on the Metro Board, giving the city and the North County region a direct voice in transportation decisions affecting Los Angeles County. City ...

The Metro Community Relations staff set up a virtual community meeting on Wednesday to discuss the upcoming construction activities along the I-5 freeway to all Santa Clarita Valley and North Los Angeles County residents. The virtual meeting for the Metro I-5 North County Enhancement Project is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. via Zoom, according to officials.  The Metro I-5 ...

Metro and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) rescheduled the scoping meeting to November.  Metro, in partnership with CalTrans, has rescheduled a critical scoping meeting to collect public input on potential improvements to State Route 14 (SR-14). “It cannot be overstated how important these scoping meetings are for the future of SR-14,” said Councilwoman McLean. “Public input collected during these ...

CalTrans, in partnership with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, planned on holding two scoping meetings to receive public input on enhancing the safety of State Route 14. However, less than a week before the first scoping meeting was to be held, it was announced that the meetings would be postponed for an undetermined period of time. The North ...

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) was awarded a $7.7 million federal grant for the development of the Southern California Mobility Wallet, a digital payment system. The federal “Advanced Transportation Technology and Innovation” (ATTAIN) grant was awarded to Caltrans to support an “innovative” way to revamp access to transportation through a “seamless” payment system. “We have to innovate and incorporate ...

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) celebrated the groundbreaking for the I-5 North County Enhancements Project in Santa Clarita on Wednesday morning with a ceremonial shovel groundbreaking. The $679 million project is meant to improve the operations and safety of the I-5 Freeway for motorists in the Santa Clarita Valley, in order to accommodate expected population growth, as ...

5 Freeway traffic improvements in the Newhall Pass were approved by the Los Angeles County Metro board of directors, officials said Thursday. The board unanimously approved actions Thursday to move forward on two projects identified by North Los Angeles County leaders and residents as high priorities under Measure M. This will include a construction support services contract for the I-5 ...

A presentation of the Metro Antelope Valley Line Study is set to move forward to the Metro Board following a push from Santa Clarita Mayor Marsha McLean. McLean spoke before the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Planning and Programming Committee on July 17.  “The study identifies strategic improvements that can be constructed and phased in over time to deliver ...

Metro and CalTrans officials hosted a joint meeting recently to discuss construction on the I-5 freeway, which will add lanes from SR-14 to Castaic. The project will add a HOV lane going both directions from the I5-14 Freeway interchange to Parker Road in Castaic, while also adding soundwalls to certain areas along that stretch. Click here for the full Metro ...

Santa Clarita residents have until Saturday, July 1 to make purchases before the sales tax is set to increase. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The sales tax across Los Angeles County is expected to increase one-half of a percent to 9.25 percent in the City of Santa Clarita, according to the State ...