Proposed full-service Murrieta hospital campus gets boost -

Published on Wednesday, August 27, 2008
By ROCKY SALMON

MURRIETA - Residents near a proposed 46-acre full-service hospital campus near Interstate 215 can expect more noise and traffic. But the benefit of more hospital beds in the area and the introduction of nearly 700 new jobs outweigh those problems, Murrieta officials said.

On Wednesday night, the Murrieta Planning Commission unanimously recommended to the City Council that it approve the environmental reports and plan changes to the proposed Physicians Hospital of Murrieta. Only the City Council can approve a change to a land-use plan.

"I am excited to see it and wish it was already here," Commissioner Harley Cohen said.

A group of doctors and Loma Linda University Medical Center hope to build the $256 million hospital campus that would energize a rural area of Murrieta.

The group is proposing a 490,000-square-foot hospital and 160,000-square-foot medical building Read Full Article...

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