The California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $152 million to 36 projects statewide.
The new allocations includes $16 million from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved transportation bond. To date, more than $17 billion in Proposition 1B funds have been put to work statewide for transportation purposes. The remaining $136 million in new allocations came from various state and federal transportation accounts.
Highlights of the new funding allocations include:
- Almost $4.9 million for paving along 12.8 highway lane-miles of State Route 198 in Hanford, from 14th Avenue to 11th Avenue, to improve ride quality and extend pavement service life.
- $15.4 million for 12th Avenue interchange reconstruction on State Route 198 in Hanford. This project will increase vehicle capacity, reduce traffic congestion, and improve overall safety.
This latest round of funding drives the total amount of transportation funding allocated in 2013 beyond the $3 billion barrier.
California Transportation Commission December 2013 Project Allocations List
“The billions in funding we’ve invested in transportation has kept workers on the job building better roads, bridges, rail, and transit that will benefit California for decades to come,” said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
In 2013, Los Angeles received $26 million to improve the Port of Los Angeles; $20 million to widen Interstate 5 from the Orange County Line to the I-5/I-605 junction; and $28 million was distributed for the Exposition Light Rail Project between Culver City and Santa Monica.
In the Bay Area this year, $91 million in Proposition 1B funds were directed to the Doyle Drive Replacement Project, which is building a modern, seismically-safe roadway, the Presidio Parkway, south of the Golden Gate Bridge. This fall, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) received$140 million from Proposition 1A, the high-speed rail bond, to purchase 46 new rail cars that will provide new service from the BART/Caltrain Millbrae Station directly to San Francisco International Airport.
In June, $158 million was allocated to the Cajon Pass Rehabilitation Project to repave 126 lane miles on State Route 215, and nearly $47 million was reserved in October to add carpool lanes on Interstate 5 in Orange County.
Almost $97 million was previously approved this year for the State Route 4 Crosstown Freeway Extension in Stockton, and Sacramento received $38 million to repair a bridge on U.S. Highway 50 near the Sacramento River used by more than 200,000 vehicles daily.
