Growth connector finished
The long-dreaded Pyramid-Tahoe Link between east Sparks and south Reno has been completed. Here, transportation workers kept bikers off it until it was opened for walk-throughs and ride-throughs last weekend. When originally proposed, the freeway provoked grass roots organizing by opponents in the community, partly because they believed it would foster growth, and partly because the route crossed environmentally sensitive land. It was finally canceled, but transportation officials quietly changed its name to the Southeast Connector and built it, anyway, while critics of the project failed to pay attention.
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