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Heavy congestion pressures idyllic Santa Cruz, Calif., to widen freeway.
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San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, California) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
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July 21, 2004
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2004 San Jose Mercury News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Ken McLaughlin
Jul. 21--Santa Cruz considers itself heaven on earth, but many residents say that holding on to that notion is turning it into a high-stress hell.
Known worldwide for its waves and laid-back ways, Santa Cruz has become so notorious for its traffic that the county is nudging the Top 10 list of the most stressful mid-size places to live in America.
The main source of the problem: gridlock on Highway 1 for hours every day.
One solution: Widen the northern stretch of the freeway to six lanes.
But many Santa Cruz residents believe that paradise cannot include six-lane thoroughfares -- they belong on the "other side of the hill."
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