INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – Allocations approved Monday (March 25th) by the California Transportation Commission (CTC) may translate to improvements on Inland Empire highways.

The area’s biggest share, 11-point-2 million dollars, will be spent on Interstate 15 and Route 91 in Riverside County.

Another 6-point-6 million is earmarked for pavement rehabilitation near Redlands from Occidental to Crafton Avenue. Three million dollars was allocated to rehabilitate pavement and replacing sign panels near Barstow on State Route 247.

Statewide, the CTC allocations weighed in at 1-point-1 billion dollars. The funding was made possible under the from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 and Senate Bill SB 1 which was approved by California voters in 2017.

Story Date: April 4, 2024