California invests nearly $1B in transportation projects to improve sustainability, resilience and safety. Funding from federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and state SB 1 supports various initiatives, including electric charging infrastructure, bike lanes, road rehabilitations and more.
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) on Jan. 31, 2025, allocated nearly $1 billion for projects aimed at solving mobility challenges and aiding California's continued effort to make the highway system more resilient to climate change.
"These investments will harden the transportation system against the devastating results of extreme weather events," Caltrans Director Tony Tavares said. "The allocations made today will add to the electric charging infrastructure, increase mobility options for people who walk and bicycle and enhance our goal to improve safety and economic equity for all users."
Of the total investment allocated, nearly $623 million comes from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA). Another $264 million comes from Senate Bill (SB) 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
Among the projects approved:
• $15 million to install electric charging infrastructure to power electric buses at San Mateo County's SamTrans system.
• $9.5 million to help pay for new bike lanes, crosswalks, pedestrian push buttons, signal heads and other safety upgrades on an 8-mi. segment of State Route 82 in Santa Clara County.
• $6 million for the city of Sacramento to help build a new light rail station serving Sacramento City College.
• Approximately $34.8 million, including more than $30.8 million in federal IIJA funding and $4 million in SB1 funding, in support allocations toward roadway, guardrail, signage and other improvements on U.S. 101 from south of the Klamath River Bridge near Klamath to south of Humboldt Road near Crescent City in Del Norte County.
• $7.13 million for State Route 82 in Mountain View, Los Alto and Palo Alto, from 0.7 mi. north of Route 237 to Sand Hill Road, for rehabilitating pavement, adding pedestrian crossings, and installing bike lanes to enhance safety and extend pavement service life.
• $154,978,000 allocation on U.S. 101 from the Santa Clara County line to South Airport Boulevard for pavement rehabilitation, infrastructure upgrades and the installation of trash capture devices to improve roadway safety and performance.
• $38,847,000 allocation on State Route 1 in and near Half Moon Bay, from 0.1 mi. south of Wavecrest Road to 0.1 mi. south of Marine Boulevard, for rehabilitating roadways, improving pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, and upgrading drainage systems.
• $35,713,000 allocation on State Route 29 in Vallejo, from Interstate 80 to the Napa County line, for pavement rehabilitation by repairing localized failure, grinding roadway and overlaying with asphalt to extend pavement service life and improve ride quality. This project includes lane reductions through the downtown area to improve pedestrian mobility, upgrading signs, facilities to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards, widening sidewalks, modifying traffic signals, constructing Class 2 and 4 bikeways, 36 curb extensions, 57 light emitting diode (LED) light fixtures and repairing drainage systems, downtown pedestrian mobility improvements and drainage system upgrades.
• The Weedpatch Highway 3R Rehab: The Kern County project will upgrade curb ramps to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards, install bike lanes, grind pavement, place hot mix asphalt and rubberized hot mix asphalt pavement, and construct sidewalks, bus turnouts and improve pedestrian crossings as complete streets elements on State Route 184 near Bakersfield from Wharton Avenue to 0.1 miles west of Edison Highway.
Full funding allocation: $36.95 million. SB 1 funding allocation: $8.74 million. IIJA funding allocation: $28.21 million.
• The Delano to Pixley Rehab: The Tulare County project will rehabilitate roadway, construct median concrete barrier, replace signage, rehabilitate drainage systems and upgrade transportation management system (TMS) elements on State Route 99 near Earlimart, from County Line Road overcrossing to 0.7 mi. north of the Court Avenue overcrossing.
Full funding allocation: $25.5 million. SB 1 funding allocation: $2.92 million. IIJA funding allocation: $22.58 million.
IIJA is a once-in-a-generation investment in our nation's infrastructure to improve the sustainability and resiliency of the 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, waterways and the electric vehicle charging network. The funding alone has already created more than 170,000 jobs in California.
Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) has invested approximately $5 billion annually toward transportation projects since 2017. It provides funding split between state and local agencies. Road projects progress through construction phases more quickly based on the availability of funds, including projects partially funded by SB 1.
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