The Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians of Valley Center has agreed to contribute $800,000 to fund the shortfall in the East Valley Parkway/ Valley Center Road construction project. This exceeds Rincon’s Fair Share obligation of $579,000 to mitigate traffic impacts on city roads from the Harrah’s Resort Expansion project. A signing ceremony took place at 4:30 p.m. at the February 10, 2016 City Council meeting. The city of Escondido announced the contribution last week; however a case can be made that the residents of Valley Center will probably benefit from the widening more than anyone else. Often on weekends the current bottleneck creates a long line of cars stretching from the bottom of the gr
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Joyce Masterson (City) (760-839-4621 DATE: February 8, 2016 Nikki Symington (Rincon) (619-922-2172 RINCON BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS TO FUND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN ESCONDIDO TO MITIGATE HARRAH’S EXPANSION PROJECT Escondido city officials announced today that the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians of Valley Center has agreed to contribute $800,000 to fund the shortfall in the East Valley Parkway/Valley Center Road construction project. This exceeds Rincon’s Fair Share obligation of $579,000 to mitigate traffic impacts on city roads from the Harrah’s Resort Expansion project. A signing ceremony wil
