California Transportation Commission allocated nearly $1.7 billion for safety and mobility improvements across the state, including repairing wildfire and storm damage. Funding from state and federal sources, such as SB 1 and IIJA, will support infrastructure upgrades and create jobs. Visit Build.ca.gov for more information.
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) on May 16, 2025, allocated nearly $1.7 billion to help improve safety, increase mobility for all users and strengthen the state highway system.
Guided by Gov. Gavin Newsom's Build More, Faster – For All infrastructure agenda, these improvements will make California communities safer and more climate resilient.
In addition to these proactive, long-range efforts, the CTC allocated $86.5 million to repair vital roadways and other transportation infrastructure damaged during recent wildfires and storms in Southern California.
"Investments made today support Caltrans' mission to build and maintain a transportation system that helps Californians now and decades into the future," said Mike Keever, acting director of Caltrans. "This funding translates into safer travel, more accessible mobility options and strengthening our roadways to protect all travelers during extreme weather events."
Projects include:
• $195.5 million to rehabilitate roadway and drainage systems, add a bike trail and pedestrian bridge, as well as upgrade safety along Interstate 805 in the cities of San Diego, Chula Vista and National City.
• $129 million to replace the existing Cordelia Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility along westbound Interstate 80 near Fairfield.
• $55.1 million in response to the devastating January wildfires in Los Angeles County and the strong Pacific storms that followed, battering charred hillsides and unleashing massive debris flows. Those include $30.6 million to replace a retaining wall and rebuild a slope drapery protection system near Big Rock Drive in Malibu and reconstruct hillsides above Pacific Coast Highway/State Route 1 (PCH/SR-1) near Mulholland Drive, all of which were impacted by the Palisades Fire and rainstorms.
• $30 million to replace a retaining wall and rebuild a slope drapery protection system near Big Rock Road in Malibu and reconstruct hillsides above State Route 1 near Mulholland Drive, all of which were impacted by the Palisades Fire and rainstorms.
• $30 million in San Bernardino County in the city of Hesperia and Victorville, 0.16 mi. north of the Interstate 15 junction to State Route 18. This project will widen U.S. 395 to four lanes, add 14 ft. paved median, 8 ft. shoulders, and add operational enhancements.
• $27.8 million in Riverside County in the city of Riverside on State Route 91 East of Tyler to Madison Street. This project consists of pavement rehabilitation, upgrading sign panels and guardrails.
• $26.5 million near Alpine, from 0.3 mi. east of Harbison Canyon Road to 0.7 mi. east of Willows Road, to replace failed pavement on Interstate 8.
• More than $26 million in funding for the construction of a new materials laboratory at the Caltrans District 9 office in Bishop.
• $23 million in the cities of San Leandro, Oakland and Alameda, from State Route 112 (Davis Street) to Encinal Avenue, for rehabilitating pavement, upgrading guardrails and drainage systems, and upgrading facilities to meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards.
• $20.7 million to replace the Calaveras Creek Bridge just east for North Fork on State Route 12.
Of the total allocation this month, nearly $651 million came via Senate Bill (SB) 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 and approximately $536 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA).
IIJA, also known as the federal bipartisan infrastructure bill, is a once-in-a-generation investment in our nation's infrastructure to improve the sustainability and resiliency of our country's energy, water, broadband and transportation systems.
California has received nearly $62 billion in federal infrastructure funding since its passage. This includes investments to upgrade the state's roads, bridges, rail, public transit, airports, ports and waterways. The funding alone has already created more than 170,000 jobs in California.
Meanwhile, SB 1 invests approximately $5 billion annually toward transportation projects. It provides funding split between the state and local agencies. Road projects progress through construction phases more quickly based on the availability of funds, including projects that are partially funded by SB 1.
For more information, visit Build.ca.
gov.
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