Just weeks after throwing its support behind a controversial 710 Freeway tunnel, the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments removed tunnel funding from a transportation priority list that could become part of a half-cent sales tax ballot measure in November 2016.
A $3.3-billion transportation funding list was submitted by the SGVCOG to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Monday, shortly after the board accepted a request from the pro-tunnel coalition to remove $105 million in funding for a 4.