Amador County – Amador County Transportation Commission last week was listed as recipients of $1.77 million in state funding to build a bypass, or widen Highway 88, between Climax Road and Mount Zion Road.
ACTC was listed to receive $1.77 million in state administered funding for a project on Highway 88, according to information released Thursday by the California Department of Transportation. The notice from Caltrans District 10 Public Information Officer Christopher Mayfield said the project is near Pine Grove, from Climax Road to Mount Zion Road, and it will fund either the widening from two lanes to four lanes, or to construct a two-lane bypass. The notice listed “contributions from local sources” of $500,000. The funding is from the State Transportation Improvement Program in the State Highway System.
The ACTC Board of Directors will be getting an update on Wednesday from its Pine Grove Corridor Improvement Project Committee, which will make a recommendation to the board, during its regular meeting, starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, in the Supervisors’ Chambers, at the County Admin building in Jackson. The Committee had about 14 different projects it was considering, though most of those were dismissed due to exorbitant costs.
The announcement Thursday from Caltrans said the funds to Amador County were part of $2.2 billion allocated by the California Transportation Commission to 146 transportation projects around the state, and it will “help drive the state’s economic growth.”
Acting Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty said: “We are putting transportation dollars to work creating jobs and making transportation improvements that will benefit Californians now and for decades to come.”
Public information officer Christopher Mayfield said Caltrans is “continuing the push to rebuild California’s infrastructure and spur job growth.” The $2.2 billion in new funding will go to 146 highway, transit, and rail projects statewide.
The funding included $863 million from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved transportation bond. To date, Mayfield said, “the state has allocated more than $9 billion in Proposition 1B funds.”
Calaveras County received $231,000 toward projects in Angels Camp and Mokelumne Hill projects. It includes improvements to a Town Hall, including the installation of bicycle racks, 60 feet of sidewalk, handicapped ramps and a handicapped parking space.
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