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Project engineers un- pressway, either an underpass or 280/Page Mill interchange, im- veiled preliminary proposals for overpass would be built. by Sue Dremann proving the Junipero Serra Bou- the 4.7-mile expressway at a drop- “It is the third worst in the en- ome of the most dangerous to head off major traffic problems levard and Page Mill intersection in session on Monday. tire county expressway system in and congested sections of for the next 25 years on all of the and reconfiguring the U.S. 101/ The Alma Bridge, which has terms of traffic delays,” Dawn S Oregon Expressway/Page county’s expressways. Oregon/Embarcadero interchange four ramps, would be widened to Cameron, county transportation Mill Road from Alma Street to Santa Clara County Roads and so traffic doesn’t back up onto Or- six lanes to add new traffic signals planner, said Monday. Foothill Expressway are being Airports officials held two meet- egon. and left-turn lanes that would feed In one of three preliminary eyed for redesign to improve bike ings in Palo Alto this week on the The county recently installed traffic onto two new clover-leaf concepts, Page Mill would be and pedestrian safety and ease Oregon-Page Mill expressway, new traffic signals and improved on-ramps. Two existing ramps to trenched underneath Foothill. traffic backups. The project is which extends from U.S. Highway bike and pedestrian safety along and from Oregon would be elimi- Bike and pedestrian lanes could part of Santa Clara County’s Ex- 101 to Interstate 280. Oregon from West Bayshore Road nated. pressway Plan 2040, which seeks The 2040 project proposes to Bryant Street, but many of the At the intersection of Page Mill (continued on page 16) ELECTION 2014 Wolbach edges out Kou for fifth council seat Legislative aide joins Holman, Scharff, DuBois and Filseth on the City Council by Gennady Sheyner ory Wolbach, a legislative and Eric Filseth, were elected to aide for state Sen. Jerry the council on Nov. 4. Incumbent C Hill, has edged out emer- Councilwoman Karen Holman, gency-preparedness leader Lydia who was endorsed by the group, Kou for the fifth contested seat in easily won a second term on Elec- Palo Alto’s heated City Council tion Day, ensuring that the coun- race, according to the final bal- cil’s slow-growth wing — which Veronica Weber Veronica lot count from the Santa Clara also includes Greg Schmid and, County Registrar’s Office.