Connie Worden-Roberts | Photo by Gary Choppe
A legislative effort by Assemblyman Scott Wilk and Sen. Sharon Runner to name the Golden Valley Road bridge over the 14 Freeway in honor of Connie Worden-Roberts has gotten the OK from the Senate Transportation Committee.
Assembly Concurrent Resolution 89 would instruct Caltrans to designate the bridge, which is being widened, as the “Connie Worden-Roberts Memorial Bridge.”
State road and bridge namings are typically effected through concurrent resolutions, which don’t go to the governor for a signature. If approved by a majority of both houses of the Legislature, they’re enacted upon filing with the Secretary of State.
“Connie was a tremendous leader in the efforts to build the Cross Valley Connector. Designating the Golden Valley Road Bridge in her name is the least we can do to commemorate Connie’s legacy in the Santa Clarita Valley,” Wilk said. “Connie devoted her life to our community, and I’m honored to recognize her hard work and dedication to the City of Santa Clarita.”
Worden-Roberts championed the development of the valley’s transportation network for nearly four decades, serving as the vice-chair of the City of Santa Clarita Formation Committee and served on the city’s first planning commission. She also served as chairwoman of the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles County, founder of the Valley Industry Association, former chairwoman of the board and director of the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce and a member of many more community organizations.
ACR 89 will now be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Wilk represents the Simi Valley, northern San Fernando Valley and most of the Santa Clarita Valley in the Assembly. Runner represents most of the Santa Clarita, Antelope, Victor and Apple valleys in the state Senate.
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Bobby Pina they’re naming this bridge after the warden!!??
Hahaha Connie the warden