The California Transportation Commission on Friday allocated nearly $1.7 billion to fund safety and mobility projects across the state highway system.
The spending includes $230 million for projects in San Diego County, along with $86.5 million to repair roadways and other infrastructure damaged during this year’s wildfires and storms in Southern California.
Projects in District 11, which covers San Diego, include:
$195.5 million to rehabilitate roadway and drainage systems, add a bike trail and pedestrian bridge, as well as upgrade safety devices along Interstate 805 in San Diego, Chula Vista and National City. Crews also will construct three auxiliary lanes, upgrade lighting and make bicycle and pedestrian improvements. $26.5 million near Alpine, from 0.3 mile east of Harbison Canyon Road to 0.7 mile east of Willows Road, to replace failed pavement on Interstate 8. $5.7 million to SANDAG for Bayshore Bikeway Segment 5 Connections at two locations – adjacent to Marina Way from 32nd Street to Bay Marina Drive and on the Interstate 5 underpass running along West19th Street from Wilson to McKinley Avenue. Work includes construction of Class I, II, and IV facilities, improvements to existing signalized intersections, curb extensions, coastal sage scrub mitigation, ADA curb ramps and addition of a pedestrian refuge. $1.3 million near Chula Vista and National City, at Sweetwater River Bridge, to remove debris and clear fire-damaged material, replace unsound concrete, repair slope and construct slope paving resulting from an encampment fire. $1.23 million in San Diego County to install trash capture devices on several highways, including Interstates 5, 8, 15 and 805, and state Routes 94, 125 and163.“Investments made today support Caltrans’ mission to build and maintain a transportation system that helps Californians now and decades into the future,” Mike Keever, acting director for Caltrans, said in a news release. “This funding translates into safer travel, more accessible mobility options and strengthening our roadways to protect all travelers during extreme weather events.”
Of the total allocation this month, nearly $651 million came via Senate Bill 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, and approximately $536 million from former President Joe Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.
California has received nearly $62 billion in federal infrastructure funding since passage of the IIJA, which includes investments to upgrade roads, bridges, rail, public transit, airports, ports and waterways. The funding, according to state officials, has created more than 170,000 jobs in California.
Meanwhile, SB 1 invests approximately $5 billion annually toward transportation projects. Funding is split between the state and local agencies.
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