Highway 1 sees pre-pandemic level traffic but help is on the way Share Updated: 7:15 PM PDT May 14, 2021 Share Updated: 7:15 PM PDT May 14, 2021
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Show Transcript AT FIVE-AM ON KSBW ACTION NEWS 8 SUNRISE. ## AS COVID RESTRICTIONS EASE U. AFTRFIC ON T HE ROADS IS GETTING BACK TO NORMAL WITH INCREASED VEHICLES.. ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY E ONIN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. BACK IN 20- 16..VOTERS PASSED MEASURE D... WHICH IMPOSED A HALF CENT SALES TAX TO EXPAND HIGHWAY ONE. TA O THIRD LANE. NOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY FINALLY HAPPEN. ACTION NEWS EIGHT REPORTER PHIL GOMEZ HAS MORE ON HOW THOSE PLANS ARE MOVING ALONG. It feels like the congestion is back. People aren t paying attention WITH COVID RESTRICTIONS EASING, PEOPLE ARE DING IN OUT AND TRAVELING AND HIGHWAY ONE IS NOW JUST AS CONGESTED AS IT WAS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. ANIT SD EVEN MORE FRUSTRATING IF YOU RE BEHIND THE WHEEL OF AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE. To maneuver to an emergeny,