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History dotted with proposals for large-scale freeways in Malibu

Pictured is an artist’s rendering from the unsuccessful 1963 Malibu incorporation effort showing Highway 64 — the Malibu portion of the proposed Whitnall Highway — encompassing most of the Malibu Civic Center area. Photo submitted
Pictured is a 1915 postcard showing the California Incline in Santa Monica when it was still a dirt road. Photos submitted
Pictured is a close-up of the Metropolitan Transportation Engineering Board’s 1958 Master Plan of Freeways and Expressways showing several Malibu freeway plans.
Pictured is a postcard image of Arch Rock c. 1910, between Malibu and the Palisades, when Pacific Coast Highway was still an unpaved cart track.

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Suzanne Guldimann, Freelance Reporter
6:58 pm PDT April 22, 2015

The official website for the California Incline replacement project invites the public to “Be Excited, Be Prepared,” but for many Malibu commuters the prevalent emotion is trepidation, not excitement. 

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