SACRAMENTO – Continuing the push to rebuild California’s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) on Thursday allocated $1 billion to 107 transportation projects statewide, including $838 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006.

The remaining allocations came from assorted state and federal transportation accounts.

“From one end of the state to the other, transportation projects are providing jobs and improving mobility for people and businesses in California,” said Caltrans Director Cindy McKim.

Among the approved projects are the city of Clearlake's Austin Park Sidewalk/Bikeway Project, which will install bike lanes from Lakeview Way to Highway 53; sidewalks and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) curbs on Olympic Drive; and ADA curbs, bike lanes, gutters and sidewalks from Burns Valley Elementary School to Lakeshore Drive. The allocation for $10,000 will be funded in fiscal year 2011-12.

The county of Lake also will receive $50,000 in fiscal year 2011-12 for the Bridge Arbor Bikeway, to construct class one and class three bikeways from the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff at Westlake Drive and the Bridge Arbor North Highway 20 intersection at Upper Lake.

Mendocino County will receive $495,000 from Proposition 1B funds to construct a roundabout at the intersection of Highway 1 and Simpson Lane. A roundabout will relieve current and future projected congestion at this intersection more efficiently than traffic signals.

In addition, Mendocino County will get $2.6 million in state and federal transportation funds for storm damage repairs on Highway 101 near Rattlesnake Creek Bridge. Repairs include constructing a retaining wall, reconstructing shoulders and improving drainage.

Sonoma County will receive $19.8 million to widen the roadway from four lanes to six lanes in Petaluma, from just south of Old Redwood Highway Overcrossing to just north of Pepper Road. When completed, the project will result in daily vehicle hours of delay savings of about 965 hours..

Since its passage, $6.8 billion in Proposition 1B funding has been allocated by Caltrans and the CTC.

For information about all projects that received allocations visit www.dot.ca.gov/docs/ctcprojectallocationsjanuary2011.pdf .

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