District: Headquarters
Contact: Edward Barrera
Long Beach – The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $1 billion for projects across the state that will improve safety and enhance the state’s vast network of streets and highways, including bicycle lanes, sidewalks and transit facilities. Guided by Governor Gavin Newsom’s Build More, Faster – For All infrastructure agenda, these improvements will make California communities safer, cleaner and healthier.
Approximately one-third of the investment, nearly $311 million, comes from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA) and another $301 million is from Senate Bill (SB) 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. Among the investments are more than $138 million to address safety upgrades and repairs to drainage infrastructure designed to increase resiliency and protect the state’s roads during storms.
“As California continues adapting to evolving transportation realities, it is important that we invest in emergent technologies to enhance system-wide safety. Today’s action dedicates vital funding for upgrades that will increase asset longevity and protect our infrastructure now and well into the future.”
Included in the approved projects are:
- $40.9 million for State Route 99 in Tehama County, near the Los Molinos Creek Bridge, to improve drainage systems and upgrade transportation management safety technology.
- $27.8 million to build an integrated system that will include real-time traveler information along the Interstate 710 corridor in Los Angeles County between State Routes 91 and 60.
- $19.8 million to improve drainage systems and add transportation management safety technology along 80-plus miles of U.S. Highway 101 in Humboldt County.
Other projects include: