‘Freeway Fighters’ Saved Newport Beach From Massive Freeway System

‘Freeway Fighters’ Saved Newport Beach From Massive Freeway System
Newport Beach Civic Center in Newport Beach, Calif., on Aug. 25, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
John Fredricks
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The city of Newport Beach, Calif., would have had a large freeway running right through the heart of it, if not for a group of residents and politicians known as the Freeway Fighters.

“There’s a high demand for people to go up and down the coast, and that was the idea for the freeway plan,” former Newport Beach city councilman and civil engineer Don Webb told the Epoch Times.

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John Fredricks is a California-based journalist for The Epoch Times. His reportage and photojournalism features have been published in a variety of award-winning publications around the world.
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