City of Fresno v. California Highway Commission

Opinion

PERLUSS, J. *

We are called upon to interpret the meaning, scope and effect of the so-called “freeway agreements,” or contracts which the state enters into with cities pursuant to certain statutes relating to freeways. In such agreements the state, in contemplation of building a freeway which has been approved by the California Highway Commission (commission), agrees to pay for and make the necessary changes in city streets (such as overcrossings and frontage roads) while the city agrees to the closing of certain city streets and other changes in local roads to be done at state expense,…