LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – This month the California Transportation Commission, or CTC, allocated more than $200 million for 27 fix-it-first highway projects and $42 million for 43 transit, bike and pedestrian projects that are partially funded by Senate Bill 1, or SB 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
That includes $5.7 million for two Lake County projects.
“Californians expect their transportation system to be well maintained, efficient and multimodal,” said Caltrans Director Toks Omishakin. “This funding will keep us safely moving motorists, bicyclists, pedestrians and transit users across the state.”
The 27 SB 1 funded SHOPP projects will replace or improve 305 lane miles, 27 bridges, 204 congestion reducing devices, and repair 32 culverts to prevent flooding on highways.
In Lake County, $1.1 million has been allocated for a traffic management system elements project that will improve traffic monitoring and data transmission on Highway 20 at Red Rock Road, Del Way and Highway 53, on Highway 29 at Lake Street, Main Street, Wardlaw Street, Butts Canyon Road, Hartmann Road, Highway 53, Main Street, Lee Barr Drive and Live Oak Drive, on Highway 53 at Dam Road, 18th Avenue, Lakeshore Drive, Polk Avenue, Olympic Avenue and Ogulin Canyon Road, and on Highway 175 at Red Hills Road, Emerford Road, Bottle Rock Road, Brookhill Road and Dry Creek Cutoff.
In addition, a $4.6 million traffic management system elements project will improve traffic monitoring and data transmission on Highway 20 at George's Last Change, Bridge Arbor, Government, Nice/Lucerne Roundabout, Rosemont Drive and Clearlake Oaks maintenance yard, on Highway 29 at Seigler Canyon Road, Point Lakeview, Red Hills Road, Cole Creek, Highland Springs, Soda Bay Road, Caltrans Lakeport maintenance Yard and Highway 29 traffic monitoring station, on Highway 101 at Old River Road and Hopland, on Highway 175 at McDowell Creek, Woolridge Ranch Road and north of Red Hills Road, and on Highway 281 at Fairway Drive, in Lake and Mendocino counties.
Other area projects allocated SB 1 funds include a $38.8 million bridge project that will replace Panther Creek Bridge No. 01-0025 and Hunter Creek Bridge No. 01-0003 on US Highway 101 near Klamath in Del Norte County.
The CTC also approved an allocation of more than $42 million for 35 locally administered Active Transportation Program projects, 16 of which received $8.3 million in funding from SB 1. These projects range from improving sidewalks and bicycle lanes to creating safer routes to school for children who ride their bicycles or walk to school.
Additionally, more than $21 million of SB 1 funding was allocated to the Local Partnership Program to help match road and transit investments that local communities have made in their region through voter-approved transportation tax measures.
Since SB 1 was signed into law April 2017, Caltrans has repaired or replaced 299 bridges and paved nearly 2,400 lane miles of the state highway system. Caltrans has completed 176 SB 1 projects to date, with 455 projects in the works statewide.
SB 1 invests approximately $5 billion per year to fix roads, freeways and bridges in communities across California as well as strategically investing in transit. These funds are split equally between state and local projects and will allow Caltrans to fix more than 17,000 lane miles of pavement, 500 bridges and 55,000 culverts on the state highway system by 2027.
SHOPP is the state highway system’s "fix-it-first" program that funds safety improvements, emergency repairs, highway preservation and operational highway upgrades. A significant portion of the funding for this program comes from SB 1.
Caltrans is committed to conducting its business in a fully transparent manner and detailing its progress to the public. For complete details on SB 1, visit http://www.rebuildingca.ca.gov/.
More information and updates on these and other projects can be found on Caltrans’ social media channels: http://www.dot.ca.gov/paffairs/social-media.html.
More than $200 million allocated for SB 1 funded projects; $5.7 million to come to Lake County
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