SACRAMENTO — Caltrans announced today that it is awarding more than $225 million for local projects designed to reduce traffic deaths and serious injuries on city and county roads. Funding is provided through the federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP).
“Safety is always Caltrans’ top priority,” said Caltrans Director Tony Tavares. “These projects will enhance systemwide safety features, including enhancing safety for people who walk and bike, and move us closer to our vision of reaching zero fatalities and serious injuries on roadways throughout the state by 2050.”
Projects approved today in District 10 include:
- Installation of rectangular rapid-flashing beacons (RRFBs), crosswalks, bulb outs, bike boxes, bicycle video detection, painted buffers and cycle track, median refuge islands and sidewalks, and railroad reconfiguration on various segments along South El Dorado Street between Clayton Avenue and Third Street in Stockton (San Joaquin County). This project received $2.35 million, including $2.1 million in HSIP funds.
- Installation of systemic pedestrian safety enhancements, including a high-visibility crosswalk, left-turn phasing, curb extensions, raised median, curb ramps, and left turn lanes at Hammer Lane and Lorraine Avenue, Wilson Way and Park Street, and Wilson Way and Waterloo Road in Stockton (San Joaquin County). This project received approximately $2.8 million, including $2.5 million in HSIP funds.
- A safety improvement project at numerous signalized intersections throughout the City of Tracy (San Joaquin County) received approximately $2.6 million, including $2.3 million in HSIP funds. This project will install a series of traffic signal updates and engineering countermeasures, such as backplates and Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) signal timing.
“We want everyone to get home safely,” said Caltrans District 10 Director Dennis T. Agar. “Whether you drive, bike or walk, everyone needs to safe when traveling on our region’s transportation network, including city and county streets.”
A total of 282 projects from 155 local agencies will receive HSIP funds for safety enhancements that include pedestrian crossing enhancements, bike safety improvements and new traffic signals, roundabouts, turn lanes, rumble strips and guardrails. Caltrans awards these grants every other year to cities, counties, and tribal governments.
Caltrans is using the Safe System approach – which emphasizes multiple layers of protection, including safer road designs – to achieve its goal of reducing to zero the number of fatalities and serious injuries on state roadways by 2050. Caltrans’ adoption of the Safe System approach builds on its ongoing work to embed safety in the state’s transportation system, and for that reason all transportation projects the department funds or oversees now must include “complete street” features that provide safe and accessible options for people walking, biking, and taking transit.
The full list of projects is available online and more information on HSIP is available at Caltrans’ Local HSIP site.