Toll Road Directors Modify Plans

Directors for the agency planning the Foothill toll road took swift action Thursday to head off a future public relations headache by shifting the property line and a proposed sound wall for an adjacent housing tract.

Concern erupted about two months ago over the proposed “West Irvine� development by Lewis Homes, said Paul Glaab, director of public affairs for the toll road agency. A portion of the housing tract would bump against the road’s right-of-way near its main toll plaza.

The agency, which already posted a sign alerting future residents to the toll plaza’s location, agreed to a larger buffer between the road and houses and will move a planned sound wall to better insulate against noise.