U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces $20.2 Million for California Highway, Bridge Projects |
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Topics: Norman Mineta
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Federal Highway Administration
4 May 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, May 4, 2004
Contact: Lori Irving, Telephone: (202) 366-0660
FHWA 4-04c
U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta today announced that newly released funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will help reduce congestion, enhance safety and improve traffic flow at key transportation projects around the state. The Bush administration is providing more than $20 million to improve safety and traffic flow along Interstate 80, undertake modifications that will help the Golden Gate Bridge withstand seismic movements, and fund 41other California transportation projects.
"Investing in California's highways is the best way to get people to their jobs, families to their homes and goods to market," Secretary Mineta said.
Several of the projects will ease congestion on some of the state's most heavily traveled roads. The Bush administration has slated funds for two projects that will help improve current and future traffic congestion on Interstate 5 in the Los Angeles area.
There is also more than $1.1 million for a project that connects the Alameda Corridor and the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to the transcontinental rail network, creating a faster, more efficient method of distributing the expected $314 billion in annual trade.
Other projects include $1.6 million for realignment and safety improvements to Needles Highway in eastern San Bernardino County and more than $570,000 for the Oyster Point Ferry in San Francisco.
"The funding we're announcing today is an investment in the transportation infrastructure of California and the region," said Mary Peters, Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. "The President understands that these investments are important to our quality of life and to keep our economy moving."
The following table shows the programs and projects funded by these grants.
| Borders and Corridors | $3,015,435 |
| Alameda Corridor-East Gateway to America Project Phase II, Los Angeles | 1,159,783 |
| Arch-Spery Road Improvements | 144,973 |
| Auburn Ravine Bridge - City of Lincoln | 144,973 |
| State Route 75 (City of Coronado) Tunnel Project Report and Environmental Document | 289,946 |
| Elk Grove Sheldon 99 Interchange | 173,968 |
| Highway 101 Implementation Plan | 347,935 |
| I-5 Interregional Arterials Improvement Project | 405,924 |
| Interstate 5 Riverfront Reconnection | 289,946 |
| North Coast Interstate 5 | 289,946 |
| Ranchero Road/Cajon Branchline Grade Separation | 289,946 |
| Bridge | $3,595,326 |
| Golden Gate Bridge Seismic Retrofit | 2,609,512 |
| Greenspot Bridge, Highland, CA | 289,945 |
| I-710 Corridor/Gerald Desmond Bridge Gateway Program (Desmond Bridge Replacement) | 463,913 |
| Vernon Atlantic Boulevard Bridge Expansion Project | 231,956 |
| Ferry Boat | $579,892 |
| Oyster Point Ferry Vessel, San Francisco | 579,892 |
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| Public Lands | $5,048,551 |
| Access roads to Beale Air Force Base | 424,248 |
| Atwater Federal Penitentiary Access Road | 565,664 |
| Calaveras Wagon Trail Expressway Realignment | 197,982 |
| Hansen Dam Recreation Area Parking Enhancements, Pacoima | 183,841 |
| Highway 62 Traffic and pedestrian safety improvement, in Yucca Valley | 282,832 |
| Marin Parklands/Muir Woods Visitor Access | 622,230 |
| Mill Creek Road, Mendocino County | 226,266 |
| Needles Highway Realignment and Safety Improvements | 1,696,992 |
| Presidio Trails and Bikeways, Golden Gate National Recreation Area | 565,664 |
| Summit Valley Road, San Bernardino County | 282,832 |
| TCSP | $144,973 |
| Route 152 Safety Improvements, Santa Clara County | 144,973 |
| Interstate Maintenance | $3,015,435 |
| I-5/Ortege Highway Interchange Construction | 463,913 |
| Interstate 10 Cypress Avenue Overcrossing | 463,913 |
| Laval Road Interchange Upgrades at I-5 | 463,913 |
| Rancho Cucamonga I-15 & Base Line Road Interchange Improvements | 463,913 |
| Interstate 80 (I-80) Colfax Narrows Project, California | 1,159,783 |
| ITS | $4,527,798 |
| Alameda Corridor-East Gateway to America Project Phase II, Los Angeles | 647,986 |
| Sacramento Area Council of Governments--ITS Projects | 634,486 |
| Carson Passenger Information System | 161,996 |
| City of Santa Rosa: Intelligent Transportation System | 161,996 |
| Corona City-wide automated traffic management system | 539,988 |
| Elk Grove Traffic Operations Center | 518,388 |
| Harbor Boulevard Intelligent Transportation | 431,990 |
| Intelligent Transportation Systems Deployment Project, Inglewood | 269,994 |
| ITS Logistics and Systems Management for the Gateway Cities | 134,997 |
| Los Angeles MTA Regional Universal Fare System | 269,994 |
| San Diego Joint Transportation Operations Center | 215,995 |
| Ventura County Intelligent Transportation System | 539,988 |