EUREKA — The California Transportation Commission (CTC) on Friday allocated nearly $1.2 billion for investments for urban and rural projects throughout the state, continuing a historic push to improve the state’s vital transportation infrastructure.
The latest allocations include nearly $428 million from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA) and $168 million via Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. The CTC included $245 million for full trash capture devices, shoreline embankment restoration, improvements to bus, bicycle, and pedestrian infrastructure, railroad overcrossings, and better alignment with the Americans with Disabilities Act throughout the state highway system. Trash capture devices are mesh screens placed in rivers and other waterways that filter out large and small pollutants. They prevent litter from continuing downstream to bays, estuaries, and the ocean.
“California is continuing to upgrade our transportation infrastructure,” Caltrans Director Tony Tavares said. “These investments will help us increase the safe, equitable, and sustainable transportation access that all Californians deserve.”
The latest CTC-approved projects include:
- Approximately $3.6 million in SB1 funding in support of allocations toward culvert and fish passage improvements and reduce sediment loads to the South Fork Eel River along Route 254 near Phillipsville and Weott in Humboldt County.
- Approximately $2.1 million in support of allocations toward culvert and roadway improvements on U.S. 101 from south of the South Prairie Creek Park Undercrossing near Orick in Humboldt County.
- Approximately $1.5 million in support of allocations toward the construction of a concrete median barrier and roadway, guardrail and signage improvements at the Outlet Creek Bridge on U.S. 101 near Willits in Mendocino County.
- Approximately $1.4 million in SB1 funding in support of allocations toward mitigation work, revegetation and monitoring for the Jack Peters Creek Bridge Widening and Rail Upgrade Project on Route 1 near the community of Mendocino in Mendocino County.
- Approximately $1.1 million in SB1 funding in support of allocations toward mitigation work, revegetation and monitoring for the Elk Creek Bridge Replacement Project on Route 1 near Fort Bragg in Mendocino County.
- Approximately $430,000 in SB1 funding in support of allocations toward environmental mitigation monitoring at the Panther Creek Bridge and the Hunter Creek Bridge on U.S. 101 near Klamath in Del Norte County.
- Approximately $392,000 in support of allocations toward the construction of a left-turn lane on Route 1 at Ocean Drive near Gualala in Mendocino County.
IIJA, known as the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,” is a once-in-a-generation investment in our nation's infrastructure to improve the sustainability and resiliency of our energy, water, broadband and transportation systems. Since 2021, California has received nearly $33 billion in IIJA funds, including more than $24 billion for transportation-related projects.
In addition, SB 1 provides $5 billion in transportation funding each year that is shared between state and local agencies. Road projects progress through construction phases more quickly based on the availability of SB 1 funds, including those partially funded by SB 1.
For more information about California transportation projects funded by IIJA and
SB-1, visit RebuildingCA.ca.gov.
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