In April 1998, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration issued its Record of Decision (ROD), State Route 710 Freeway between Interstates 10 and 210.  The ROD approved the environmental impact document permitting the project to progress, provided several conditions were satisfied.  One condition required Caltrans to establish community design advisory groups (DAGs) in the cities of Pasadena, South Pasadena, Los Angeles (El Sereno) and Alhambra.  On April 27, 1998, the Pasadena City Council appointed six community members to serve on the Pasadena DAG.  The DAG consists of three supporters and three opponents of completing the SR 710 Freeway.  The members of the DAG are:

The ROD also contained a specific condition intended to provide immediate relief to the impacted communities by having the DAGs establish a list of interim improvements and traffic management measures to address traffic impacts caused by the 710 Freeway gap.  The ROD authorized $8 Million for the interim transportation improvements and in the 710 Corridor.  In 1999, the Pasadena DAG recommended six projects to Caltrans, of which two were funded in the amount of $1.8 Million.  The two funded projects are the Fair Oaks Urban Corridor ITS Improvements and the California Boulevard and Fair Oaks Avenue intersection widening for turn lanes.